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lady-arryn · 11 months
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BRAVEHEART costumes appreciation: ― Princess Isabella’s heraldic dress (costume design by Charles Knode)
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cesareeborgia · 11 months
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↳ favourite queen consorts of england
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georgescitadel · 5 months
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Historical figures that have served as inspiration for the women in ASOIAF - George R.R. Martin interview
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Interviewer: What women through history have inspired and helped you on your way to creating these female characters that we love?
George: There are some very interesting queens in both English and French history who have, at least partially, inspired the characters in Game of Thrones. Many people have observed that Game of Thrones is based, in part, on the Wars of the Roses and that is certainly true, although I don't do a one-for-one translation. If you go and say “This character is based on that character” you're gonna be partly right, but also partly wrong, because I like to mix and match and throw a few twists, making the characters my own. Certainly, the wife of Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, was one of the most interesting queens in English history. She was the mother of the princes in the tower and married secretly. She was a Lancastrian, but she married the Yorkist claimant secretly and that produced all sorts of trouble, and she was in the middle of all that stuff with Richard III. She was fascinating! On the other side, the Lancastrian queen, Margaret of Anjou: she was pretty amazing and definitely hardcore! She was married to the idiot king, Henry VI, and she basically had to command her side after some of the leading Lancastrian supporters were killed in the early parts of the war. If you go back a hundred years before, Isabella, the wife of king Edward II, the She-Wolf of France, she was a pretty amazing one too. She basically got rid of her husband, imprisoned him, and allegedly had him killed by having a hot poker thrust up his ass while he was in captivity and then she and her lover took over and ran the kingdom until her son Edward III rose up against his own mother and imprisoned her. All of this stuff, I play with it, but I can't claim to really have invented any of it. There are some things in history that are just as violent and twisted and bizarre and amazing as anything in my books.
- George R.R. Martin, Supanova Expo
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Queens of Infamy: Isabella of France
From the notorious to the half-forgotten, Queens of Infamy, a Longreads series by Anne Thériault, focuses on world-historical women of centuries past. 
Happy solstice, everyone! Allow us to introduce you to Isabella of France: Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades. Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.
In the late summer of 1326, a small mercenary army gathered in Dordrecht, Holland, preparing to cross the North Sea and invade England. This in and of itself wasn’t all that unusual — from the Romans to the Vikings to the Normans, it seems like all of the European historical heavyweights wanted a piece of that green and pleasant land. I mean, I get it! It’s a classic case of those itchy Julius Caesar fingers: A man sees an island, and he wants to take it. What set this case apart was that the person leading the army wasn’t a king or a prince or a red-headed upstart duke, but a woman who was already the queen of England — had been queen, in fact, for nearly two decades. And the king she wanted to depose wasn’t some usurper who had unjustly taken the throne, but rather Edward II, her husband and the father of her four children. As she stepped onto that boat, the 31-year-old queen would set into motion a sequence of events that would leave her forever remembered as Isabella the She-Wolf of France.
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The French social scene of 1308 began with two glittering back-to-back events: the wedding of the future Charles IV of France to Blanche of Burgundy and, a week later, the wedding of his sister Isabella to Edward II of England. With Charles clocking in at 13 years old, and Isabella having just celebrated her 12th birthday, it was a double tween wedding extravaganza! Charles’ new wife, a veritable spinster at the ripe old age of 11, was young but at least age-appropriate. Edward, meanwhile, was nearly twice his child bride’s age — he would turn 24 three months later. Still, it wasn’t exactly an inauspicious start. By all accounts the union of the king and future queen of England was a sumptuous affair, attended by no fewer than eight European monarchs, as well as assorted princes, princesses, and other nobles. For Isabella, who was brightly turned out in robes of blue, gold, scarlet, and yellow and a crown dripping with precious stones, this was the moment she’d been preparing for since she was 4 years old.
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any queens that cheated on the king and wasn’t killed because of it?
Yes!
What you've got to remember is although there were often laws/rules/social customs on how to deal with a cheating spouse, people in the Middle Ages were still people, so the interpersonal dynamic often had a huge effect on what followed. Henry VIII was certainly capable of killing an adulterous wife, but other kings/noblemen weren't, which led to a multiplicity of outcomes.
The best example of this is probably the most famous case of infidelity during the Middle Ages, the so-called "Tour de Nesle" Affair, which took place in France in 1314. King Philip IV "the Fair" of France (1268-1314) had four children: three sons (Louis, Philip, and Charles) and a daughter Isabella (who is very important to this story). Louis was married to Margaret of Burgundy, Philip to Joan of Burgundy (distant relation to Margaret), and Charles to Blanche of Burgundy (sister of Joan). Isabella was married to Edward II of England, and therefore did not live in France.
In 1313, Isabella came to visit the French court and as a gift, gave expensive embroidered purses to her three sister-in-laws. The following year, once she was back in England, she and her husband threw a banquet in London, which was attended by two Norman knights, the brothers Gautier and Philip d'Aulnay. Gautier and Philip were supposedly carrying the purses that Isabella had gifted her sister-in-law and, from this information, Isabella seems to have deduced that her sister-in-laws were having affairs with the two brothers. When she next visited her father in 1314, she likely informed him of that fact.
King Philip then put his daughter-in-laws under surveillance, and supposedly discovered Isabella's suspicions were true (although there is a school of thought that this entire scandal was politically motivated, and that all three women were innocent). Margaret and Blanche were frequently going to the Tour de Nesle – one of the guard towers in the old city wall of Paris – where they would get drunk and have sex with the d'Aulnay brothers. Joan apparently knew about the adultery, but didn't take part herself. Margaret, Blanche, and Joan were immediately arrested, and the d'Aulnay brothers were sentenced to death (and killed in the most gruesome way which I'm not going to mention here).
It is here that the interpersonal relationships kicked in. Before the alleged adultery, Louis and Margaret's marriage had been very unhappy and the pair often argued, so Louis was glad to be rid of her. King Philip died later in 1314, at which point Louis became king. As there was no pope at the time, it would have been impossible for him to divorce Margaret (who was still in prison)... so sometime in 1315, she mysteriously died of a "cold" in prison, and Louis remarried five days later. The jury is still out on whether it was natural causes or Louis had his wife murdered.
Charles and Blanche had had a cordial but not close marriage before the affair was revealed, so while Charles did not hold the animosity towards Blanche that Louis did for Margaret, he would have preferred to have another wife. Blanche was imprisoned in the Chateau Galliard in an underground cell for eight years until 1322, when her husband became King of France. With his newfound power, Charles immediately pushed the pope to have his marriage to Blanche annulled (which it was), and then had Blanche freed from her underground cell. It's not really known what happened to her after that, but it is possible she became a nun and she died in 1326.
Finally, unlike his two brothers, Philip was supposedly very in love with his wife Joan, and they had several children together in quick succession before 1314. When the three women were first accused, he passionately defended his wife, and refused to believe she had anything to do with it. Consequently, while Margaret and Blanche were detained in underground cells, Joan was only put under house arrest. Philip continually campaigned for Joan's release, which was granted the following year. Philip and Joan remained married until Philip's death in 1322.
There is also an example in which a wife's infidelity directly led to her husband's death... which ironically, centres on Isabella, the very woman who accused her sisters-in-law of cheating during the Tour de Nesle affair.
Isabella had been married to her husband, Edward II of England, when she was 12/13 and he 23 in 1308. Although he was kind to Isabella, Edward had little interest in her, and instead spent all his time with mistresses (an illegitimate son was born around the time of Edward and Isabella's marriage) and his male favourite Piers Gaveston. Edward's sexuality has been fiercely debated, but in modern parlance he was probably bisexual with a preference for men.
It seems Isabella cared deeply for her husband in the early years, and she gave birth to their son Edward in 1312, when she was about seventeen. The couple went on to have three more children. Although Isabella was tolerant of Edward's first favourite, Piers Gaveston, after his murder Edward took another favourite, Hugh Despencer... who Isabella HAAAAAAAATED. In 1324, Hugh persuaded Edward that Isabella had turned against him and to deprive her of her lands. Edward obediently did this, and in return Isabella fled to France with her son Edward, where she declared Edward II was dead to her and started dressing as a widow. There, she likely met the English exile Roger Mortimer, and the two began an affair. They then returned to England, deposed Edward II, and had him murdered!
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Isabella of FranceDelayed the coronation of her daughter-in-law, right?
That is the general consensus, right! It was something of a scandal that Philippa of Hainault was pregnant and hadn't been coronated, and that probably forced Isabella's hand into allowing the coronation. Philippa was around six months pregnant with their first child (the future Edward of Woodstock, known famously but anachronistically as the Black Prince) and the ceremony was shortened because of her pregnancy.
Here's Lisa Benz St. John (Three Medieval Queens) on it:
Philippa’s first pregnancy in 1330 may also have marked a coming of age and may have given her symbolic power when she had previously been allowed very little power or authority. Edward and Philippa married in 1328, but she was not crowned until 1330, when she was five months pregnant. This delay was unusual, and it was probably Isabella who stood in the way. There have been several studies linking the legitimacy of the heir and the status of the queen with her coronation rather than her marriage. Philippa’s pregnancy forced Isabella’s hand; an uncrowned consort could not give birth to a rightful heir. The coronation did not change Philippa’s inability to act as queen during Edward III’s minority. Even so, a coronation, like a pregnancy, would create the perception of Philippa’s status as queen consort among her contemporaries. The perception that the queen possessed power, as discussed in Chapter Three, was connected to the actual practice of power in highly complex ways. Once contemporaries believed in her power as queen, they might actively begin to seek her aid, which would allow her to practice queenship and manipulate this agency further, increasing her power and authority. By delaying Philippa’s coronation for as long as possible, Isabella was signifying to the court and to the realm her position as the only true queen with any power, both symbolic and achieved.
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Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622) Isabella of France, wife of Philip IV of Spain, c.1615-21 Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Period dramas dresses tournament: Orange dresses Round 1- Group D: Jasmine, Aladdin (gifset) vs Isabella of France, World without end (pics set)
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Notorious Women ➝ The Women of Edward III’s Court
“Given his impressive fifty year long reign, one would expect history to wax on at more length about Edward III. Yet it is the women in his life, his court, that are best remembered. From his mother who forcibly wrestled away the throne from his father with the help of her lover, to his scandalous daughter-in-laws from which the modern line of the monarchy sprung, to his own lover who became one of the most powerful and despised women in English history.”
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lady-arryn · 10 months
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BRAVEHEART costumes appreciation: ― Princess Isabella’s gold and burgundy dress (costume design by Charles Knode)
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cesareeborgia · 6 months
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↳ Historical Ladies Name: Isabella/Isabelle
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ashintheairlikesnow · 11 months
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Watching a documentary on Edward II while I work and in this doc:
1. They repeatedly call Piers Gaveston Edward's "best mate" and "close friend", then have one seven-second acknowledgement that they were probably lovers before immediately returning to calling them pals, buds, just mates being dudes, my guys, just bros like bros will be, totally normal friendship here
2. Piers is not depicted as half so pretty as he likely was. He is handsome, yes, but very... dirty compared to everyone else? And also, dude, brush your hair. Come on. Piers Gaveston was famously not only arrogant but vain!
3. The actor playing Edward is playing this documentary dramatization like he is going for the motherfucking Oscar, he is amazing. I love him, my God someone give this man jobs and money!
4. They speak French! Just like everyone actually did!
5. Hugh Despenser has perfect hair, which seems in character
6. The documentary definitely doesn't admit the simple truth that Hugh Despenser the Younger was almost certainly Pretty Man Bait to get Edward II to give the Despensers power.
7. The doc DOES do a great job of showing what an absolute disaster Edward II was at basically everything forever
8. It does contain the most excellent line, "To the people of the time, Edward could have been bedding his priest, his page boy, and his horse, so long as he was governing the kingdom properly."
9. Isabella's actress is also incredible. That woman does some impeccable face-acting.
10. Man. The moral of this documentary - and of his life - should be "This man did not deserve the wild glory inherent in his amazing wife."
11. Now Hugh Despenser needs to brush his hair! Maybe Edward just likes 'em grungy.
12. Edward is the epitome of being shown exactly what he needs to do and then doing the opposite.
13. I am genuinely impressed at how carefully they dance around admitting that Edward was definitely up in Hugh Despenser's business, too. His manly business.
14. Wait, I take it back. The real moral of this story is "take a woman's children from her arms and she will burn you to the ground and spit on your ashes."
15. Honestly, I don't blame her.
16. THEY CALLED HER THE SHE-WOLF FOR A REASON, MOTHERFUCKERS.
17. Also, hell yeah for Isabella's brother the King of France working with her on this. He absolutely knew Isabella was being underestimated and he made sure he never did.
18. Oh, so we can admit Isabella and Roger Mortimer were sleeping together, huh? We can admit that? I mean as long as it's decently hetero, sure, let's have a whole sex scene. But God forbid we admit Edward and Piers might have held hands under a tree even once.
19. THEY PUT A SEX NOISE IN EVEN
20. Honestly now I'm mad.
21. "She has a number of men closer to a moderate house party than an invading force." Okay, that line redeems you somewhat.
22. Awwwww puppies hunting the disgraced king, sweet. I love when dogs are clearly checking for cues from their trainers just off screen.
23. A FIFTY FOOT GALLOWS SEEMS EXCESSIVE. Oh holy shit they hung him without quite killing him, then de-genitaled and- god damn, Isabella. This seems like a bit much.
24. SHE MADE A POINT OF EATING WHEN THEY CUT HIS DICK OFF.
25. Isabella is terrifying. I am in wild irrational love.
26. I'm sorry they put WHAT up Edward's ass. A red hot WHAT
27. I feel like that probably didn't actually happen but honestly, I don't doubt Isabella is capable of it. And also, um, these deaths seem... To send a message.
28. "Edward's wife and her lover-" oh, are you sure they're not just best mates? Buddies? Pals? Like Edward and Gaveston?
29. Oh he probably just like... was smothered. That makes way more sense. He could be "found dead" then and it could be claimed to be natural causes.
30. Underestimate pissed off French women at your peril, English kings.
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If the English and British consorts had regnal numbers
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CONSORTS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE NORMAN INVASION (2/5) ♚
Eleanor of Castile (November 1272 - November 1290)
Margaret of France (September 1299 - July 1307)
Isabella of France (May 1308 - January 1327)
Philippa of Hainault (January 1328 - August 1369)
Anne of Bohemia (January 1382 - June 1394)
Isabella of Valois (October 1396 - September 1399)
Joan of Navarre (February 1403 - March 1413)
Catherine of Valois (June 1420 - August 1422)
Margaret of Anjou (May 1445 - May 1471)
Elizabeth Woodville (May 1464 - April 1483)
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