Princess Of France Isabelle ^2,3

  General Notes:

[Europe_New.FTW] [royalfam.ged] Friday, 8 August, 2003 Dear Phil, et al., The claim to the French throne by the English monarchs stems from Edward II's marriage to Isa bella the She-wolf to some of France, daughter of Philip IV. Philip III of France _______________I__________________ I I Philip IV Charles of Valois _________________________________ I_________ I I I I I Louis Philip Charles Isabella Philip VI X V IV = Edward II I of England I I I I John Jean I Edward III The daughters of the sons of Philip IV were passed over, as the throne went with the exc eption of Jean I, King in 1316 from brother to brother. With the death of Charles IV in 1328 , the direct male Capetian line had daughtered out, and cousin Philip of Valois was chosen a s the next King reigned 1328-1350. The contest really got into gear in 1337, with added friction between the government of Edward III of England and that of Philip VI in Paris with regard to Edward's lands in France. The claim of Edward III is technically based on primogeniture, vs. the claim in Paris to adhere to 'Salic' law with inheritance in the male line only. Of course, in Plantagenet Poker, a few hundred cavalry and archers with a few thousand infantry beats Dieu et Mon Droit. Not just a Highland tradition: just ask Guillaume le Conquerant. Cheers, John P. Ravilious

  Noted events in her life were:

• Record Change, 9 Aug 2003. ^2,3

Isabelle married King Of England II Edward, son of King Of England I Edward and Princess Of Castile And Leon Leonor, on 22 Jan 1308 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ².^,3 (King Of England II Edward was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvonshire, Wales,^2,3 died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England ^2,3 and was buried on 20 Dec 1327 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England ^2,3.)