Isabella, Countess of Vertus
| Isabella | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Vertus | |
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| Born | 1 October 1348 Château de Bois de Vincennes, France |
| Died | 11 September 1372 (aged 23) Pavia |
| Spouse | Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
| Issue | Gian Galeazzo Visconti Azzone Visconti Valentina, Duchess of Orléans Carlo Visconti |
| House | Valois |
| Father | John II of France |
| Mother | Bonne of Bohemia |
Isabella of France (1 October 1348 – 11 September 1372) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois, as well as the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who after her death became Duke of Milan.
Life
[edit]Born in Bois de Vincennes, Isabella was the youngest daughter of King John II of France[1] by his first wife, Bonne of Bohemia.[2]
Count Amadeus VI of Savoy arranged her marriage with his nephew Gian Galeazzo Visconti. As her dowry, Isabella received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus.[3] On 8 October 1360, Isabella and Gian Galeazzo were married in Milan, and six months later, in April 1361, she was declared sovereign Countess of Vertus.[4] Following her marriage, Isabella brought her collection of French books to Milan.[5] When her daughter, Valentina, traveled to France for her marriage, she brought twelve books of Italian origin.[5] The couple had four children:
- Gian Galeazzo, born 1366[6]
- Azzone, 1368–1380[6]
- Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, 14 December 1408), married on 17 August 1389 to Louis I, Duke of Orléans[4]
- Carlo, born 1372.[6]
Only Valentina lived to adulthood;[6] Isabella died giving birth to Carlo in Pavia in 1372[2][4] and was buried in the church of San Francesco.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 22.
- 1 2 Adams 2010, p. 255.
- ↑ Hay 1977, p. 107.
- 1 2 3 D'Ancona 1990, p. 112.
- 1 2 Bell 1988, p. 176.
- 1 2 3 4 Andrea Gamberini (2000). Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duca di Milano (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 54. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed May 2020.
- ↑ Majocchi, Piero (January 2015). "Non iam capitanei, sed reges nominarentur: progetti regi e rivendicazioni politiche nei rituali funerari dei Visconti (XIV secolo)". Courts and Courtly Cultures in Early Modern Italy and Europe Models and Languages. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
Sources
[edit]- Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Bell, Susan Groag (1988). "Medieval Women Book Owners: Arbiters of Lay Piety and Ambassadors of Culture". In Erler, Mary; Kowaleski, Maryanne (eds.). Women and Power in the Middle Ages. The University of Georgia Press. pp. 149–187.
- D'Ancona, Mirella Levi (1990). "La Vergine Maria nell'Offiziolo Visconteo: Parte I: Il Ms. BR 397 della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze". La Bibliofilía (in Italian). 92 (2 (maggio-agosto)). Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki s.r.l.: 109–143.
- Hay, Denys (1977). The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.