Isabella, Countess of Vertus

Isabella
Isabella
	Countess of Vertus
Born	1348; Château de Bois de Vincennes, France
Died	1372; 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 (1348–1372) 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

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]

Her maternal uncle Count Amadeus VI of Savoy arranged her marriage with Gian Galeazzo Visconti. As her dowry, Isabella received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus. 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.[3] The couple had four children:

Gian Galeazzo, born 1366[4]
Azzone, 1368–1380[4]
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[3]
Carlo, born 1372.[4]

Only Valentina lived to adulthood;[4] Isabella died giving birth to Carlo in Pavia in 1372.[2][3]

Family tree of Isabella of Vertus

Ancestors of Isabella, Countess of Vertus

16. Philip III of France

8. Charles of Valois

17. Isabella of Aragon

4. Philip VI of France

18. Charles II of Naples

9. Marguerite of Anjou and Maine

19. Maria Arpad of Hungary

2. John II of France

20. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

10. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy

21. Yolande of Dreux

5. Joan the Lame

22. Louis IX of France

11. Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

23. Marguerite of Provence

1. Isabelle of Valois

24. Henry VI of Luxembourg

12. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor

25. Beatrice d'Avesnes

6. John I of Bohemia

26. John I, Duke of Brabant

13. Margaret of Brabant

27. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

3. Bonne of Bohemia

28. Ottokar II of Bohemia

14. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

29. Kunigunda of Slavonia

7. Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)

31. Rudolf I of Germany

15. Judith of Habsburg

32. Gertrude of Hohenberg

References

Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 22.
Adams 2010, p. 255.
D'Ancona 1990, p. 112.
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.

Sources

Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. The Johns Hopkins University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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). Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki s.r.l. Vol. 92, No. 2 (maggio-agosto): 109-143.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Regnal titles
New title	Countess of Vertus April 1361 – 11 September 1372 with Gian Galeazzo	Succeeded by Valentina

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[FOOTNOTEWardProtheroLeathes1934table_22-1] Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 22.

[FOOTNOTEAdams2010255-2] Adams 2010, p. 255.

[FOOTNOTED'Ancona1990112-3] D'Ancona 1990, p. 112.

[trecc-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.