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Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany

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Tenure
  
1284–1291

Name
  
Isabella Burgundy,


Died
  
August 1323

House
  
House of Burgundy

Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany

Issue
  
Jeanne de Chambly, Dame de Neauphle-le-Chateau

Father
  
Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

Mother
  
Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy

Spouse
  
Rudolf I of Germany (m. 1284)

Parents
  
Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy, Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

Cousins
  
Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine

Similar People
  
Rudolf I of Germany, Albert I of Germany, Theobald I of Navarre

Isabella of Burgundy (1270 – August 1323), Lady of Vieux-Château, was the second and last Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany.

She was the second daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and his second wife Beatrice of Navarre.

Isabella was betrothed in 1272 to Charles of Flandres. He was born in 1266 to the later Robert III of Flanders and his first wife Blanche of Sicily. Her betrothed died in 1277.

On 6 February 1284, Isabella became the second wife of Rudolf I of Germany. The bride was fourteen years old and the groom almost sixty-six. Their marriage remained childless. Rudolph died on 15 July 1291. He was succeeded as Duke of Austria by his co-ruling sons Albert I and Rudolph II.

She returned to the Court of Burgundy and was granted the title of Lady of Vieux-Château on 20 November 1294.

She had a second marriage to Pierre IX de Chambly, Lord of Neaufles who died c. 1319.

Descendants

Isabella and Pierre had at least one daughter, through whom she has living descendants.

References

Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany Wikipedia