Isabella of England

The wedding of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella.

English Royalty
House of Plantagenet

Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers    Henry the Young King    Richard I    Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany    King John    Matilda of England    Leonora of England    Joan of England Richard I John Children    Henry III    Richard, Earl of Cornwall    Joan of England    Isabella of England    Eleanor of England Henry III Children    Edward I    Margaret of England    Beatrice of England    Edmund, Earl of Lancaster Edward I Children    Joan of England, Countess of Gloucester    Alphonso, Earl of Chester    Edward II    Thomas, Earl of Norfolk    Edmund, Earl of Kent Edward II Children    Edward III    John, Earl of Cornwall    Eleanor of England    Joan of England Edward III Children    Edward, Prince of Wales    Lionel, Duke of Clarence    John, Duke of Lancaster    Edmund, Duke of York    Thomas, Duke of Gloucester    Joan of England    Isabella of England Grandchildren     Richard II     Philippa, Countess of Ulster     Philippa of Lancaster     Elizabeth of Lancaster     Henry IV     Catherine of Lancaster     Edward, Duke of York     Richard, Earl of Cambridge     Constance of York     Anne of Gloucester Richard II

Princess Isabella of England, also called Elizabeth (1214 – December 1, 1241) was a daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angouleme.

She was married to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1225, who kept her hidden away in seclusion. When her brother, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, passed through Sicily returning from the Sixth Crusade, he had to beg Frederick to see Isabella and speak with her for a few moments.

She bore four children, all of whom died as infant aside from a daughter, Margaret of Sicily (1237-1270). Isabella died in childbirth at Foggia along with her newborn child in 1241, and according to Thomas Costain, Frederick buried her beside one of his Saracen mistresses.

Younger namesake

A later Isabella Plantagenet (1332-1379), also called Dame Isabella de Coucy was the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. She was married to Enguerrand VII of Coucy, 1st Earl of Bedford on July 27, 1365 at Windsor Castle. She had two children by Enguerrand VII of Coucy, Marie of Coucy (1366-1404) and Philippa of Coucy (1367-1411). She died in England under mysterious circumstances after Enguerrand's renunciation of English ties, separated from her husband and eldest child.

Reference

• Tuchman, Barbara W. (1978), A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century., Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-394-40026-7.