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Queen of England from 1308 to 1327

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On 22 September 1326, Queen Isabella, together with her lover, the exiled nobleman Roger Mortimer, and her son Prince Edward, heir to the English throne, set sail from the Low Countries to invade England, landing two days later. With her was a small force which, led by Mortimer, strode through Ipswich and then Bury St Edmunds finding the roads clear and town gates open, while the king, Edward II, fled towards South Wales, desperately attempting to rally his subjects in his defence as he went. Support for the monarch, if there was any to begin with, quickly melted away, his tyranny having alienated not only his wife, but his subjects across the realm. After a failed attempt to flee to Ireland (medieval seafarers were entirely dependent on favourable winds), Edward was captured on 16 November in South Wales and imprisoned at Monmouth. In January 1327 he was removed from the throne. So occurred the first deposition in post-Norman conquest English history, effected by the king’s own wife, Isabella, the queen of England and ‘she-wolf of France’.

Isabella was born in 1295, the eldest child of Philip IV of France and his wife Joan of Navarre, and spent her formative years in Paris. As a princess, she was educated and taught to read, but from the outset she was expected to be an asse

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Isabella of France

Isabella of France (1292 – 22 August 1358) was the Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was also Regent of England for her son Edward III of England when he was too young to rule. Until 1325 she was a traditional queen consort. After that time she had one of the worst reputations of any English queen.

Early life

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She was the daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre.^[1] As the daughter of two monarchs she was destined to be a queen. While France and England had a common culture, politicalrelations between them were tense. To ease this situation Pope Boniface VIII arranged two marriages. This double-alliance was between Edward I of England and Marguerite of France and also the infant Edward II marrying Isabel.^[1] In 1299 the marriage between Edward I and Marguerite took place.^[2] The marriage between Edward II and Isabella would wait until she was old enough.^[1] They were married in 1308 at Boulogne-sur-Mer in France.^[3]

Young queen

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At age 12 the young bride was already considered a great beauty.^[4] Since his father's death a year earlier, the 24 year old Edward II was now king. But he showed very li