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Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan.
Isabella of Bavaria was the queen consort of Charles VI of France, who frequently was regent because of her husband’s periodic insanity. Her gravest political act was the signing of the Treaty of Troyes (May 21, 1420), which recognized King Henry V of England as heir to the French crown in place of.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 12, 2009 · The history of Isabeau of Bavaria so far has largely been a fabricated mixture of gossip and propaganda which has been absorbed into historical tradition and repeated so often that, to many, legend has become indistinguishable from fact.
- Rachel Gibbons
- 1996
Learn about the life and reign of Isabeau of Bavaria, a powerful and controversial queen of France in the 14th and 15th centuries. Discover how she married a young prince, survived his madness, and faced accusations of witchcraft and treason.
Isabeau of Bavaria was the queen of France from 1385 to 1422, married to Charles VI, who suffered from mental illness. She had 12 children, but also faced political and social challenges, and was blamed for the Treaty of Troyes that ceded part of France to England.
Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan.
Our Purpose. Isabeau of Bavaria, Daughter of Stephen II of Bavaria and wife of French King Charles VI. Charles was incapacitated by madness in the early 1390s, which gave his queen more say in the government.
