Isabelle of France

Noble person

1225 – 1270

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Who was Isabelle of France?

Isabelle of France was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily. In 1256 she founded the Poor Clare Monastery of Longchamp in the part of the Forest of Rouvray now called the Bois de Boulogne, west of Paris. She is honored as a saint by the Franciscan Order.

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Born
Mar 1, 1225
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  • France
Died
Feb 23, 1270

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on July 23, 2013

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