Isabella of France : the rebel queen
Warner, Kathryn2020
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Isabella of France (c. 1295-1358), who married Edward II in January 1308, is one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325/26, sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her brother Charles IV, Isabella refused to return to England. She began a relationship with her husband's deadliest enemy, the English baron Roger Mortimer, and with her son, the king's heir, under their control, the pair led an invasion of England which ultimately resulted in Edward II's forced abdication in January 1327 in favour of his and Isabella's son. Isabella and Mortimer ruled England during Edward III's minority, until he overthrew them in October 1330. A rebel against her own husband and king, regent for her son, Isabella was a powerful, capable, intelligent woman who forced the first ever abdication of a king in England and changed the course of English history.
Main title:
Isabella of France : the rebel queen / Kathryn Warner.
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Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2020.Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2020.
Collation:
320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445696188 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 ISA
Language:
English
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BRN:
2278037