Skip to content
224,248 profiles ranked

Isabel de Forz, 8th Countess of Devon

English noble · Historical Figures · Lived 1237 to 1293 · aged 56

Isabel de Forz was the eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217-1245). On the death of her brother Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon, in 1262, without children, she inherited suo jure the earldom and also the feudal barony of Plympton in Devon, and the lordship of the Isle of Wight.

Isabel de Forz, 8th Countess of Devon is read about 15 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 18 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Isabel

Family

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

Also in Deutsch

About this person

After the early death of her husband and her brother, before she was thirty years old, she inherited their estates and became one of the richest women in England, living mainly in Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, which she held from the king as tenant-in-chief.

Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1237 to 1293 · aged 56