Isabeau of Bavaria

Queen Consort of France

  • Fame55.5
  • Momentum0.2
  • Wikipedia17.7K
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Lived 1370–1435, aged 65France
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    46 languages
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  • Era
    1370–1435
    Aged 65
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

Queen of France during her husband's madness, regent in a civil war that tore the kingdom apart, and co-signer of the treaty that gave the French throne to England — then spent centuries blamed for it all.

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Isabeau of Bavaria arrived in France at 15 or 16, married Charles VI three days after meeting him, and was crowned with full ceremony in 1389. In 1392, Charles descended into a mental illness that would recur for the rest of his life, withdrawing from rule with increasing frequency and leaving Isabeau to act as regent — a role she held despite his demands during episodes that she be removed from his sight. The power vacuum ignited the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, and Isabeau shifted allegiances between the factions as she sought to protect the heir, enduring accusations of adultery from the…

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55.5
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Momentum0.2
Historical22.6
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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