Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon

For other people named Isabella of France, see Isabella of France (disambiguation).

Isabella of Valois (1313 – 26 July 1383) was duchess of Bourbon by marriage to Peter I, Duke of Bourbon. Following her husband's death at Poiters, she took the veil. Isabella died 26 July 1383, aged seventy.

Isabella of Valois
Duchess consort of Bourbon
Tenure	1336-1356
Born	1313
Died	26 July 1383 (aged 70)
Spouse	Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue	Louis II, Duke of Bourbon Joanna, Queen of France Blanche, Queen of Castile Bonne, Duchess of Savoy Margaret of Bourbon
House	Valois
Father	Charles of Valois
Mother	Mahaut of Châtillon

Life

Isabella was the daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon.^[1] On 25 January 1336 she married Peter I, Duke of Bourbon,^[1] son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. Peter and Isabella had only one son, Louis and seven daughters. Her husband died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356,^[2] and Isabella never remarried.

After her husband's death Isabella's son Louis became the Duke of Bourbon. In the same year 1356, Isabella arranged for her daughter Joanna to marry Charles V of France; as he was at the time the Dauphin of France, Joanna duly became Dauphine.

She had as her butler Jean Saulnier, knight, lord of Thoury-on-Abron, councilor and Grand Chamberlain of France and bailli of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.^[3]

Upon becoming a widow, Isabella took the veil. She died on 26 July 1383 at the age of seventy. She was buried in Eglise des Frères Mineurs in Paris.

Issue

1. Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1337-1410,^[4] became Duke of Bourbon in 1356 married Anne of Auvergne had issue.
2. Joanna of Bourbon, 1338-1378, married King Charles V of France, had issue.^[1]
3. Blanche of Bourbon, 1339-1361, married King Peter of Castile,^[4] she was murdered by him in 1361 and had no issue.
4. Bonne of Bourbon, 1341-1402, married Amadeus VI of Savoy, by whom she had issue.^[1]
5. Catherine of Bourbon, 1342-1427, married John VI of Harcourt^[1]
6. Margaret of Bourbon, 1344-1416, married Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret, by whom she had issue.
7. Isabelle of Bourbon, 1345-1345, died young
8. Marie of Bourbon, 1347-1401, prioress of Poissy [fr]^[1]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon
8. Louis IX of France 4. Philip III of France 9. Margaret of Provence 2. Charles of Valois 10. James I of Aragon 5. Isabella of Aragon 11. Violant of Hungary 1. Isabella of Valois 12. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol 6. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol 13. Matilda of Brabant 3. Mahaut of Châtillon 14. John II, Duke of Brittany 7. Marie of Brittany 15. Beatrice of England

Isabella in her later years

References

1. Hand 2013, p. 217.
2. Nicolle 2004, p. 24.
3. Baudiau 1965, p. 152.
4. de Venette 1953, p. 312.

Sources

• Baudiau, Jacques-François (1965). Le Morvand. Vol. 3 (3rd ed.). Guénégaud.
• Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Ashgate Publishing.
• Nicolle, David (2004). Poitiers 1356: The Capture of a King. Osprey.
• de Venette, Jean (1953). Newhall, Richard A. (ed.). The Chronicle of Jean de Venette. Translated by Birdsall, Jean. Columbia University Press.