Individual Details
Isabella "of England" Plantagenet LG
(Abt 16 Jun 1332 - Bef 5 Oct 1382)
[[Category: Ladies Companion of the Garter]]
== Biography ==
=== Name ===:'''Name:''' Isabella of England. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#_ftnref912 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Isabella of England] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#EnguerrandVIICoucydied1398 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Enguerrand de Coucy] Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', vol. I, pp. 85-86..:First daughter of [[Plantagenet-70 | Edward III]], King of England and [[Hainaut-42 | Philippa of Hainault]]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#EdwardIIIdied1377B Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'' : Edward III] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#PhilippaHainautdied1369 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'' : Phillipa of Hainault]
:''styled'' Countess of Bedford - in right of her husband the Earl of Bedford.
:Lady of the Garter Beltz, ''Order of the Garter'', p. 244.
=== Birth ===:'''Born:''' 16 June 1332 at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England.
:Cawley notes that various chronicles give dates of 16 Feb or Mar or 16 Jun 1332 or 1334. Using the wardrobe accounts of Edward III it is possible to determine that the correct date should be 16 June. Green, ''Princesses of England'', (1857):164-165. [http://tinyurl.com/jgz5h8k Archive.org LINK]
===Marriage and Children ===:'''Married:''' Enguerrand VII, Seigneur de Coucy, son of Enguerrand VI Guines, Seigneur de Coucy and Katharina of Austria, on 27 July 1365 at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
:Children of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabella of England:* Marie de Coucy. Born say 1367 (estimate based on parents marriage). m. Henri de Bar, son of Robert I, Duc de Bar and Marie de France. She died in 1404.Beltz, ''Order of the Garter''. p. 158 [http://tinyurl.com/j4bbqs4 Books.google.com LINK] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref2232 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Marie de Coucy]
* Phillipa de Coucy. Born say 1367 (rough estimate based on parents marriage). She married Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, son of Thomas de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Maud de Ufford by 05 Oct 1376. The marriage was reputiated and they were declared divorced sometime in 1387; the divorce was then later declared void on 17 Oct 1389. She died in Oct 1411. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref2236 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Philippa de Coucy] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RobertVereOxforddied1392 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Robert de Vere]
=== Death ===:'''Died:''' Died 5 October 1382 in England. Cokayne. ''Complete Peerage'', vol. 6 p. 228.
:Date is the one given by Richardson. Cawley notes several other possibledates of death but does not give any sources including 15 Mar/4 May 1379 or 17 Jun/05 Oct 1382. The Bedford section of ''Complete peerage'' stated she had died before May 1379. Cokayne. ''Complete Peerage'', vol. 2 page 70. However, in the Gynes section (Coucey family) the correct date is given. On 22 November 1382 orders were issued to the collectors of customs regarding a regarding a grant of land "late belonging to the King's aunt, Isabel, late Countess of Bedford, who d. 5 Oct. last past." On the same day executors were appointed to carry out the terms of the Countess' will.
:'''Buried:''' [[Wikipedia:Christ_Church_Greyfriars | Greyfriars Church]], Newgate, London. England.
==Sources==
:Footnotes and citations:
:Source list:*Beltz, George. ''[[Space:Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter|Memorials of the Order of the Garter]]'' (William Pickering, London, 1841) [https://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244 Page 244] "Investiture of Ladies with the Garter and the Robes of the Order"
*Cawley, Charles. ''Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families'', Online at [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website].
*Cokayne, George Edward. ''Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, revised and expanded second editions''. (Original 14 volumes in 13: London, 1910-1940; Microprint reprint 14 volumes in 6, Great Britain:Sutton publishing, 2000). See volume 2: sub Bedford, and volume 6: sub Gynes.
*Green, Mary Anne Everett. ''Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest''. (London, 1857):164-165. [http://tinyurl.com/jgz5h8k Archive.org LINK]
*Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols''. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013).
:See also:
*[[Wikipedia: Isabella de Coucy]]
== Biography ==
=== Name ===:'''Name:''' Isabella of England. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#_ftnref912 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Isabella of England] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#EnguerrandVIICoucydied1398 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Enguerrand de Coucy] Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', vol. I, pp. 85-86..:First daughter of [[Plantagenet-70 | Edward III]], King of England and [[Hainaut-42 | Philippa of Hainault]]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#EdwardIIIdied1377B Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'' : Edward III] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#PhilippaHainautdied1369 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'' : Phillipa of Hainault]
:''styled'' Countess of Bedford - in right of her husband the Earl of Bedford.
:Lady of the Garter Beltz, ''Order of the Garter'', p. 244.
=== Birth ===:'''Born:''' 16 June 1332 at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England.
:Cawley notes that various chronicles give dates of 16 Feb or Mar or 16 Jun 1332 or 1334. Using the wardrobe accounts of Edward III it is possible to determine that the correct date should be 16 June. Green, ''Princesses of England'', (1857):164-165. [http://tinyurl.com/jgz5h8k Archive.org LINK]
===Marriage and Children ===:'''Married:''' Enguerrand VII, Seigneur de Coucy, son of Enguerrand VI Guines, Seigneur de Coucy and Katharina of Austria, on 27 July 1365 at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
:Children of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabella of England:* Marie de Coucy. Born say 1367 (estimate based on parents marriage). m. Henri de Bar, son of Robert I, Duc de Bar and Marie de France. She died in 1404.Beltz, ''Order of the Garter''. p. 158 [http://tinyurl.com/j4bbqs4 Books.google.com LINK] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref2232 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Marie de Coucy]
* Phillipa de Coucy. Born say 1367 (rough estimate based on parents marriage). She married Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, son of Thomas de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Maud de Ufford by 05 Oct 1376. The marriage was reputiated and they were declared divorced sometime in 1387; the divorce was then later declared void on 17 Oct 1389. She died in Oct 1411. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CHAMPAGNE%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref2236 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Philippa de Coucy] [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RobertVereOxforddied1392 Cawley, ''Medieval Lands'': Robert de Vere]
=== Death ===:'''Died:''' Died 5 October 1382 in England. Cokayne. ''Complete Peerage'', vol. 6 p. 228.
:Date is the one given by Richardson. Cawley notes several other possibledates of death but does not give any sources including 15 Mar/4 May 1379 or 17 Jun/05 Oct 1382. The Bedford section of ''Complete peerage'' stated she had died before May 1379. Cokayne. ''Complete Peerage'', vol. 2 page 70. However, in the Gynes section (Coucey family) the correct date is given. On 22 November 1382 orders were issued to the collectors of customs regarding a regarding a grant of land "late belonging to the King's aunt, Isabel, late Countess of Bedford, who d. 5 Oct. last past." On the same day executors were appointed to carry out the terms of the Countess' will.
:'''Buried:''' [[Wikipedia:Christ_Church_Greyfriars | Greyfriars Church]], Newgate, London. England.
==Sources==
:Footnotes and citations:
:Source list:*Beltz, George. ''[[Space:Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter|Memorials of the Order of the Garter]]'' (William Pickering, London, 1841) [https://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244 Page 244] "Investiture of Ladies with the Garter and the Robes of the Order"
*Cawley, Charles. ''Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families'', Online at [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website].
*Cokayne, George Edward. ''Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, revised and expanded second editions''. (Original 14 volumes in 13: London, 1910-1940; Microprint reprint 14 volumes in 6, Great Britain:Sutton publishing, 2000). See volume 2: sub Bedford, and volume 6: sub Gynes.
*Green, Mary Anne Everett. ''Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest''. (London, 1857):164-165. [http://tinyurl.com/jgz5h8k Archive.org LINK]
*Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols''. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013).
:See also:
*[[Wikipedia: Isabella de Coucy]]
Events
| Birth | Abt 16 Jun 1332 | Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Death | Bef 5 Oct 1382 | England | |||
| Reference No | 1360588 | ||||
| Reference No | 1383944 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Edward III "King of England" (1312 - 1377) |
| Mother | Philippa Hainaut (1314 - 1369) |
| Sibling | John "Duke of Lancaster" Plantagenet KG (1340 - 1399) |
| Sibling | Edward "the Black Prince, Prince of Wales" Plantagenet KG (1330 - 1376) |
| Sibling | Joan "of England" Plantagenet (1335 - 1348) |
| Sibling | William Plantagenet (1337 - 1337) |
| Sibling | Lionel "Duke of Clarence" Plantagenet KG (1338 - 1368) |
| Sibling | Edmund "1st Duke of York" Plantagenet KG (1341 - 1402) |
| Sibling | Blanche "of the Tower" Plantagenet (1342 - 1342) |
| Sibling | Mary Plantagenet (1344 - 1361) |
| Sibling | Margaret "Countess of Pembroke" Plantagenet (1346 - 1361) |
| Sibling | William Plantagenet (1348 - 1348) |
| Sibling | Thomas "1st Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Buckingham, Duke of Aumale" Plantagenet KG (1355 - 1397) |