She bore Edward four children, but was constantly humiliated by his relationships with male favourites. Isabella lived through a long period of Civil War. A pawn in the game of international politics, she was married at the age of twelve to Edward II of England.And, so began a public and private life more turbulent and eventful than any heroine - or anti-heroine - of fiction. Tragic, cruel, tormented: how did Isabella acquire such a reputation? Isabella was born in 1292, the daughter of Philip IV of France and sister to three future French kings. Christopher Marlowe's 'unnatural Queen, false Isabel' has also been described as 'a woman of evil character, a notorious schemer', and as the 'She-Wolf of France'. It's also said that her maniacal laughter can be heard on stormy nights at Castle Rising in Norfolk. Today, according to popular legend, Isabella's angry ghost can be glimpsed among the church ruins, clutching the beating heart of her murdered husband. Among the many crowned heads buried, there was Isabella of France, Edward II's queen - one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. Entirely paved with marble, this royal mausoleum, built in the 14th century, was set to rival Westminster Abbey. In Newgate Street, in the city of London, once stood the magnificent church of a Franciscan monastery. Print Isabella : She-Wolf of France, Queen of England
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