Longshanks, worried by the threat of the rebellion, sends the wife of his son Edward, the French princess Isabella, to try to negotiate with Wallace in hopes that Wallace kills her in order to draw the French king to declare war on Wallace in revenge.

Isabella of France, sister of Charles IV, claimed the throne for her son, Edward III of England.

* 1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

* 1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England ( d. 1382 )

Edward and his wife, Isabella of France, spent Christmas 1323 at Kenilworth, amidst major celebrations.

In 1326, however, Edward was deposed by an alliance of Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer.

In due course, Isabella and Mortimer had Edward moved by night to Berkeley Castle, where he died shortly afterwards.

( 2003 ) Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II.

# Isabella Curwen ( d. 1848 ) had six children: Jane, Henry, William, John, Charles and Edward.

She was born at the Tower of London and was the youngest daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France.

* January 25 – King Edward II of England marries Isabella of France.

* August 22 – Isabella of France, queen of Edward II of England ( b. 1295 )

* January 20 – Edward II is deposed by his wife Isabella

* June 16 – Isabella de Coucy, daughter of King Edward III of England ( d. 1379 or 1382 )

* The Isle of Wight is sold to King Edward I by Countess Isabella De Fortibus for six thousand marks.

Isabella of France ( consort of Edward II ) was also a direct descendant of Harold via Gytha.

Edward II ( 25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327 ), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327.

On 25 January 1308, Edward married Isabella of France, the daughter of King Philip IV of France, known as " Philip the Fair ," and sister to three French kings, in an attempt to bolster an alliance with France.

In 1308 Edward travelled to Boulogne to marry Isabella, leaving Gaveston to act as regent.

After several bungled attempts to regain the territory, Edward sent his wife, Isabella, to negotiate peace terms.

On 31 May 1325, Isabella agreed to a peace treaty favouring France and requiring Edward to pay homage in France to her brother, King Charles ; but Edward decided instead to send his son to pay homage.

This proved a gross tactical error, and helped to bring about the ruin of both Edward and the Despensers, as Isabella, now that she had her son with her, declared that she would not return to England until Despenser was removed.

When Isabella's retinue — loyal to Edward, and ordered back to England by Isabella — returned to the English Court on 23 December, they brought further shocking news for the king: Isabella had formed a liaison with Roger Mortimer in Paris and they were now plotting an invasion of England.

Afonso's attempts to take over the throne of Castile were not successful after he lost a short war with Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon.

When Queen Isabella and her husband were forced to leave Spain by the Revolution of 1868, Alfonso accompanied them to Paris.

Both Barnard and the survivors from the Isabella had harboured concern the other party was Spanish and were relieved to discover their respective nationalities.

Barnard dined with the Isabella survivors that evening and finding that the British party were unaware of the War of 1812 informed the survivors that technically they were at war with each other.

Both his wife, Isabella Andreini, and their son, Giambattista Andreini, were also distinguished in the arts.

Some older composers in Naples, notably Zingarelli and Paisiello, were inclined to intrigue against the success of the youthful composer, but all hostility was rendered futile by the enthusiasm that greeted the court performance of his Elisabetta, regina d ' Inghilterra, in which Isabella Colbran, who subsequently became the composer's wife, took a leading part.

Contenders for the throne of Castile were Henry's one-time heir Joanna La Beltraneja, supported by Portugal and France, and Henry's half-sister Queen Isabella I of Castile, supported by the Kingdom of Aragon and by the Castilian nobility.

Together, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon were known as the " Catholic Monarchs " (), a title bestowed on them by Pope Alexander VI.

The supporters of reform and of limitations on the absolutist rule of the Spanish throne rallied behind Isabella and the regent, Maria Christina ; these reformists were called " Cristinos.

Both Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick were too dangerous to keep around even in captivity, and Henry had to execute them in 1499 before Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain would allow their daughter Catherine to come to England and marry his son Arthur.

On the other hand, the Angoumois lands that came with Isabella were strategically vital to John: by marrying Isabella, John was acquiring a key land route between Poitou and Gascony, which significantly strengthened his grip on Aquitaine.

At the initiative of Catherine Baw in 1441, and 10 years later of Elizabeth, Mary, and Isabella of the house of Hornes, orders were founded which were open exclusively to women of noble birth, who received the French title of chevalière or the Latin title of equitissa.

Royal writs were issued in Edward's name by Isabella from Kenilworth until the next year.

Bruce's queen, Elizabeth, his daughter Marjorie, his sisters Christina and Mary, and Isabella MacDuff were captured in a sanctuary at Tain, and sent to harsh imprisonment, which included Mary and Isabella being hung in a cage at Roxburgh and Berwick castles respectively for about four years, and Bruce's brother Neil was executed.

Bruce's legitimate children were, with his first wife Isabella of Mar:

Isabella is dissatisfied, having believed the Morlands were quite wealthy, but she pretends to Catherine that she is merely dissatisfied that they must wait so long.

He and the soldiers were released and Despenser was sent to Isabella at Hereford whilst the king was taken by Lancaster himself to Kenilworth.

Isabella had been given the Great Seal, and was using it to rule in the names of the King, herself, and their son as appropriate ; nonetheless, these actions were illegal, and could at any moment be challenged.

As Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were negotiating an alliance with Henry VII, James IV knew that Spain would help him in his struggles with England, in order to prevent the situation escalating into war with France.