Isabelle (de Lorraine) Lorraine (abt. 1400 - 1453)

Born about 1400 in Lorraine [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of René I (d'Anjou) Anjou — married 24 Oct 1420 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1453 at about age 53 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Isabelle I de Lorraine was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Isabelle I^re de Lorraine

Isabelle de Lorraine, née en 1410, morte à Angers le 28 février 1453 fut duchesse de Lorraine de 1431 à 1453

Elle était fille de Charles II, duc de Lorraine, et de Marguerite de Wittelsbach.

Elle épousa à Nancy le 24 octobre 1420 René d'Anjou (1409 † 1480), alors comte de Guise et héritier du duc de Bar, et qui deviendra plus tard, roi de Naples, comte de Provence et duc d'Anjou. Par le traité de Foug signé en 1419, il fut convenu que si les deux duchés partageaient le même souverain, chacun conserverait ses, propres institutions. À la mort de sa femme, René Ier abdiqua la couronne de Lorraine en faveur de leur fils aîné Jean mais pas celle de Bar qu'il tenait de droit.

Sa dépouille mortelle fut transportée à Angers et déposée dans le tombeau que son mari, le roi René, avait fait réaliser pour eux, dans la cathédrale d'Angers.

Ils eurent :

• Isabelle, morte jeune
• Jean II de Lorraine (1425 † 1470), duc de Lorraine
• Louis, marquis de Pont-à-Mousson (1427 † 1445)
• Nicolas (1428 † 1430)
• Yolande (1428 † 1483), mariée à Ferry II de Lorraine, comte de Vaudémont
• Marguerite (1429 † 1482), mariée à Henri VI, roi d'Angleterre
• Charles (1431 † 1432)
• Louise (1436 † 1438)
• Anne (1437 † 1450)

in: Wikipédia, L'encyclopédie libre <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Ire_de_Lorraine>

Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine

Isabella (1400 – 28 February 1453) was suo jure Duchess of Lorraine, from 25 January 1431 to her death in 1453. She was the first wife of Duke René of Anjou, King of Naples, and the mother of his children, which included Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England as the wife of Henry VI. From 1435 to 1442, Isabella was Queen consort of Naples, and from 1442 until her death she was the titular queen consort. During her husband's absences, she acted as regent for his domains.

Life

She was the eldest daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine and Margaret of the Palatinate. Her paternal grandparents were John I, Duke of Lorraine and Sophie of Wurttemberg. Her maternal grandparents were Rupert of Germany and Elisabeth of Nuremberg, daughter of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen.

Isabella inherited the duchy from her father upon his death, and ruled jointly with her husband, Duke René of Anjou, also Duke of Bar and King of Naples, whom she had married in 1419. During his absence, she acted as regent for his domains. She led an army to rescue her husband from Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, who held René in captivity from 1434 until 1436. The mid-16th century Chronicle of Gaspare Fuscolillo records that Isabella arrived in Naples on 15 October 1435.

René and Isabella had the following children:

• That lived to adulthood:

• John II of Anjou and King of Naples (1425 – 16 December 1470), married Marie de Bourbon, daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, by whom he had issue. He also had several illegitimate children.
• Louis (16 October 1427 – between 22 May and 16 October 1444), Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson and Lieutenant General of Lorraine. At the age of five, in 1432, he was sent as a hostage to Dijon with his brother John in exchange for their captive father. John was released , but Louis was not and died of pneumonia in prison.
• Yolande of Anjou (2 November 1428 – 23 March 1483), married Frederick of Lorraine, count of Vaudemont; mother of duke René II of Lorraine, by whom she had issue.
• Margaret of Anjou (23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482), married King Henry VI of England, by whom she had a son, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.

• That died in childhood:

• Isabelle (born between 1420 and 1425)
• Nicolas (2 November 1428 – 1430), twin with Yolande.
• Charles (1431–1432), Count of Guise.
• René (born 1426)
• Louise (1436–1438)
• Anne (1437–1450, buried in Gardanne)

Isabella died on 28 February 1453 at the age of about 53 years. Her son John succeeded her as Duke of Lorraine. She was buried in Angers Cathedral. René then married, on 10 September 1454, Jeanne de Laval, but this marriage was childless.

in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella,_Duchess_of_Lorraine : accessed 11 Mar 2013)

Links:

Thepeerage: http://thepeerage.com/p10496.htm#i104959

Geneall: http://www.geneall.net/F/per_page.php?id=11760

• John fitz Geoffrey, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2017.