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Father
  
John II of France

Mother
  
Bonne of Bohemia


Name
  
Isabella, of

House
  
House of Valois

Isabella, Countess of Vertus

Born
  
1 October 1348 Chateau de Bois de Vincennes, France (
1348-10-01
)

Issue
  
Gian Galeazzo Visconti Azzone Visconti Valentina, Duchess of Orleans Carlo Visconti

Died
  
September 11, 1373, Pavia, Italy

Spouse
  
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (m. 1360–1373)

Children
  
Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orleans

Parents
  
Bonne of Bohemia, John II of France

Similar People
  
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Valentina Visconti - Duchess, John II of France, Joan of Valois - Queen of, Galeazzo II Visconti

Isabella of France (1 October 1348 – 11 September 1373) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois, as well as the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, although she died before her husband's accession).

Isabella, Countess of Vertus Isabella Countess of Vertus Wikipedia

Born in Bois de Vincennes, Isabella was the youngest daughter of King John II of France by his first wife, Bonne of Bohemia.

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. The couple had four children:

  • Gian Galeazzo (b. Pavia, 4 March 1366 – d. bef. 1376).
  • Azzone (b. Pavia, 1368 – d. Pavia, 4 October 1381).
  • Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, 14 December 1408), married on 17 August 1389 to Louis, Duke of Orleans
  • Carlo (b. Pavia, 11 September 1373 – d. Pavia, 1374).
  • Isabella died in childbirth in Pavia in 1373.

    References

    Isabella, Countess of Vertus Wikipedia