Poor Clares - Isabella of France, Mother Angelica, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Saint Alphonsa, Camilla Battista Da Vara (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Isabella of France, Mother Angelica, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Saint Alphonsa, Camilla Battista da Varano, Clare of Assisi, Mary Bonaventure Browne, Margaret Anna Cusack, Agnes of Bohemia, Veronica Giuliani, Kinga of Poland, Mariana Alcoforado, Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Jolenta of Poland, Mary Gabriel Martyn, Convent of Poor Clares at Gravelines, Baptista Varani, Elizabeth Tyldesley, Margaret Sinclair, Edith Urch, Mary Clare Kennedy, Clare of Rimini, Clare Imrie, Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio, Amata of Assisi, Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Capuchin Poor Clares. Excerpt: Isabella of France (c. 1295 - 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. Queen Isabella was notable at the time for her beauty, diplomatic skills and intelligence. Isabella arrived in England at the age of twelve during a period of growing conflict between the king and the powerful baronial factions. Her new husband was notorious for the patronage he lavished on his favourite, Piers Gaveston, but the queen supported Edward during these early years, forming a working relationship with Piers and using her relationship with the French monarchy to bolster her own authority and power. After the death of Gaveston at the hands of the barons in 1312, however, Edward later turned to a new favourite, Hugh Despenser the younger, and attempted to take revenge on the barons, resulting in the Despenser War and a period of internal repression across England. Isabella could not tolerate Hugh Despenser and by 1325 her marriage to Edward was at a breaking point. Travelling to France under the guise of a diplomatic mission, Isabella began an affair with...