Isabeau de Bavière (also Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; ca. 1370 – September 24, 1435) was a Queen Consort of France (1385 - 1422) after marrying Charles VI of France, a member of the Valois Dynasty, on July 17, 1385. She assumed a prominent role in public affairs during the disastrous later years of her husband's reign. Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... For other uses, see number 1435. ... Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... The Valois Dynasty succeeded the Capetian Dynasty as rulers of France from 1328-1589. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Events August 14 - Battle of Aljubarrota between the Portuguese under John I of Portugal and the Castilians, under John I of Castile. ...

Lineage

Isabeau of Bavaria was the daughter of Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Thadea Visconti. Her paternal grandparents were Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth, Princess of Sicily, daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and his wife Eleonora. Eleonora was herself a daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary. Maria was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth of Cumania. Elizabeth was daughter of Koteny or Kuthens, a chieftain apparently descending from the Kipchaks. Duke Stephen III of Bavaria (German, in full: Stephan III der Kneißl, Herzog von Bayern; 1337 — September 26, 1413, Niederschönfeld) was a Duke of Bavaria since 1375. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Duke Stephen II of Bavaria-Munich (* 1319; † 13. ... Frederick III (or II) (1272 – 1337), King of Sicily, was the third son of King Peter III of Aragon and Sicily, and of Constance, daughter of Manfred. ... Charles II, known as the Lame (Fr. ... King Stephen V of Hungary (Hungarian: ,Slovak: Štefan V)(1239 or 1240 - August 6, 1272), was the eldest son of Bela IV of Hungary, whom he succeeded in 1270. ... The Cumans, also known as Polovtsy (Slavic for yellowish) were a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ... This article is about the leader. ... Kipchaks (also Kypchaks, Qipchaqs) are an ancient Turkic people, first mentioned in the historical chronicles of Central Asia in the 1st millennium BC. Their language was also known as Kipchak. ...

Her maternal grandparents were Barnabo Visconti (d. 1385), Lord of Milan and Regina-Beatrice della Scala. Regina was daughter of Mastino II della Scala , Lord of Verona from 1329 to 1351 and his wife Taddea di Cararra. ... Events August 14 - Battle of Aljubarrota between the Portuguese under John I of Portugal and the Castilians, under John I of Castile. ... This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present. ... The noble family Scaliger (Scaligeri) were lords of Verona. ... Map of Italy showing Verona in the north Verona (population est. ... Events Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation. ...

Career

Isabeau of Bavaria was the prominent and unpopular queen of an unsuccessful reign. She assumed an unusually powerful role in government to fill the gap left by her husband's frequent bouts of insanity. Around this time she organised the disastrous The Bal des Ardents, or 'Ball of the Burning Men'. Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ...

Others who vied for power included the King's brother Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans and their cousin John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. Queen Isabeau's strong partisanship for the Duke of Orléans led to rumors of an extramarital affair and a feud that ended in the assassination of the Duke of Orléans in 1407. Bitter resentment continued and the late duke's supporters became known as the Armagnacs. Louis de Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. ... Duke John I aka Jean de Valois and Jean de Bourgogne (May 28, 1371, Dijon – September 10, 1419, on the bridge of Montereau), also known as the Fearless (French: sans peur) was Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... The Armagnac party was prominant in French politics and warfare during the Hundred Years War. ...

Henry V of England took advantage of French internal strife and invaded the northwest coast. He delivered a crushing defeat to the French at Agincourt. Nearly an entire generation of military leaders died or fell prisoner in a single day. John the Fearless, still feuding with Queen Isabeau, remained neutral as Henry V conquered towns in northern France. Henry V, (August 9 or September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422), King of England (1413-1422), son of Henry IV by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in August or September 1386 or 1387. ... Combatants Kingdom of England France Commanders Henry V of England Jean Le Maingre (Bouccicault), Charles dAlbret Strength 6,000-9,000 troops 25,000-50,000 troops Casualties 100-500 5,000-8,000 with over 1,000 prisoners The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415...

Most of Isabeau's twelve children did not survive to adulthood. Shortly after her fifth and final son assumed the title of dauphin as heir to the throne, the sixteen-year-old future Charles VII of France negotiated a truce with John the Fearless in 1418. Armagnac partisans murdered John while the two met on a bridge under Charles's guarantee of protection. For other uses, see Dauphin (disambiguation). ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ...

The new Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good entered an active alliance with the English. With most of northern France under foreign domination, Isabeau agreed to the Treaty of Troyes in 1420. This arranged the marriage of her daughter Catherine of Valois to Henry V and assigned the French royal succession to Henry V and their children. Isabeau's detractors and the Dauphin's political enemies cited this treaty as evidence that he was not the legitimate son of Charles VI. The treaty did not have its intended effect on the French royal succession but did have an ultimate effect on English royal succession. Catherine's second marriage resulted in the eventual Tudor dynasty. Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (1396–1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. ... The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that Charles VI of France would, after his death, be succeeded by Henry V of England. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422. ... Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ...

Both Charles VI and Henry V died within two months of each other in 1422. Charles VII, now fully grown, claimed that the Treaty of Troyes was illegal and assumed leadership of the Armagnac party, ruling what was left of central and southern France. Events August 31 - Henry VI becomes King of England. ...

Isabeau and her son Charles VII shared no apparent love for each other. Charles was to face a similar relationship with his own son Louis XI. Charles' principal female mentor was his childhood guardian Yolande of Aragon. Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was King of France (1461 - 1483). ... Yolande of Aragon (also known as Jolantha de Aragon and Violant dAragó) was born in Barcelona in 1383, the daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar (who was a granddaughter of John II of France (and niece of Charles V of France and Louis...

Isabeau moved to English-controlled territory and exerted no further influence over public affairs. She died in Paris in 1435 and is interred in the Saint Denis Basilica. For other uses, see number 1435. ... West façade of Saint Denis The Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Basilique de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is the famous burial site of the French monarchs, comparable to Westminster Abbey in England. ...

Posterity has not been kind to Isabeau of Bavaria. Her grandson Louis XI of France referred to her as a great whore. A popular saying late in her life was that France had been lost by a woman and would be recovered by a girl. Many took this to be a prediction of Joan of Arc. In fairness to Isabeau it must be noted that her leadership confronted double prejudice as a woman and a foreigner. There are a few bright spots in her reign, such as her artistic patronage. Isabeau aided the era's most significant French author Christine de Pizan and sponsored artisans who developed innovative techniques in decorative arts. Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was King of France (1461 - 1483). ... Joan of Arc, c. ... Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century Christine de Pizan (1364 -1430) was a remarkable medieval writer, rhetorician and critic, who strongly challenged misogynist thinking by successfully establishing her authority, even in the midst of the...

Children

• Charles, Dauphin of Viennois (1386-1386)
• Jeanne (1388-1390)
• Isabella (1389-1409); m.1 Richard II of England; m.2 Charles, Duke of Orléans
• Jeanne (1391-1433); m. John VI, Duke of Brittany
• Charles, Dauphin of Viennois, Duke of Guyenne (1392-1401)
• Marie, Prioress of Poissy (1393-1438)
• Michele (1395-1422); m. Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
• Louis, Dauphin of Viennois, Duke of Guyenne (1397-1415); m. Marguerite of Burgundy the Dauphin in Shakespeare's Henry V
• John, Dauphin of Viennois, Duke of Touraine (1398-1417); m. Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault and Holland
• Catherine, Queen of England, (1401-1438); m.1 Henry V of England; m.2 Sir Owen Tudor
• Charles VII of France, King of France, (1403-1461) m. Marie of Anjou - the Dauphin in Shakespeare's Henry VI
• Philip (1407-1407)

Isabella of Valois (1387-1410) was a Princess of France, daughter of King Charles VI and Isabeau de Bavière. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born at Bordeaux and became his fathers heir when his elder brother died in infancy. ... Charles of Valois, Duc dOrléans (November 24, 1394 – January 5, 1465) became Duke of Orléans in 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis of Valois on the orders of Duke John-the-Fearless of Burgundy. ... John VI (in French Jean VI) (December 24, 1389 – August 29, 1442), known as the Wise, was duke of Brittany, from 1399 to his death. ... Michele of Valois (January 11, 1395–July 8, 1422) was a daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau de Bavier. ... Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (1396–1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. ... Henry V is a play by William Shakespeare based on the life of King Henry V of England. ... Jean de Touraine (August 31, 1398 – April 5, 1417) was the fourth son and ninth child of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. ... Jacoba or Jacqueline of Wittelsbach (1401 – killed 1436) was Countess of Hainaut and Holland from 1417 to 1432. ... The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. ... Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422. ... Henry V, (August 9 or September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422), King of England (1413-1422), son of Henry IV by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in August or September 1386 or 1387. ... Owen (or Owain) Tudor (c. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... Marie of Anjou, Queen of France, daughter of the titular King of Sicily and Queen of Aragon Marie of Anjou (1404–1463, Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou) was the daughter of Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples, and Yolande of Aragon, herself daughter of John I of Aragon. ...

External links

• page on Genealogics
• New York Metropolitan Museum of Art page on Valois French art patronage.
• Circulation of Christine de Pizan's Work
• The Tudor lineage
• A tour of Isabeau's residence in Paris
• Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership