Isabella of Aragon
- (Not to be confused with Elizabeth of Aragon, Isabella of Aragon (Duchess of Milan) and Isabella of Aragon, Princess of Asturias.
Isabella of Aragon (1247 – January 28,
1271),
She was the daughter of James the Conqueror, king of Aragon, Valencia, and Majorca, and his second wife Violant of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary.
In Clermont on May 28, 1262, she married the future Philip III of France, son of king Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence. They had four sons:
- Louis (b. 1264 - d. 1276)
- Philip IV "the Fair" (b. 1268 - d. 1314), King of France.
- Robert (b. 1269 - d. 1271)
- Charles of Valois (b. 1270 - d. 1325)
She accompanied her husband on the Eighth Crusade against Tunis. Her younger sons joined her in the journey.
On the way home, they stopped in Cosenza, Calabria. Her younger son, Robert, fell ill and died shortly after. Pregnant with her fifth child, on 11 January 1271 she suffered a fall from her horse when they resumed the travel to France. Isabella gave birth to a stillborn son [1]. She never recovered of the injuries and the childbirth, and died seventeen days later, on 28 January. Her husband took her body and their two sons and, when finally comeback in France, buried her in Saint Denis Basilica. Her tomb, like many others, was desecrated during the French Revolution in 1793.
| Preceded by Marguerite of Provence |
Queen of
France 1270 – 1271 |
Succeeded by Maria of Brabant |
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