Van wie was Isabella van Frankrijk (koningin)?

Isabella van Frankrijk, koningin van Engeland, bijgenaamd de wolvin van Frankrijk, (Parijs, 17 maart 1292 – Hertford, 22 augustus 1358) was een dochter van Filips IV van Frankrijk en van Johanna I van Navarra. Zij huwde, na lange onderhandelingen, in 1308 met Eduard II van Engeland. Eduard verwaarloosde zijn vrouw en er gingen geruchten dat hij homoseksueel zou zijn, aangezien hij het gezelschap van mannen prefereerde, onder anderen Piers Gaveston, John de Burgh en Hugh le Despenser. Toch kregen zij vier kinderen:

• Eduard III (1312-1377)
• Jan (1316-1336)
• Eleonora (1318-1355), gehuwd met Reinoud II van Gelre
• Johanna (1321-1362), gehuwd met David II van Schotland.

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Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. Her mother was of the royal House of Lusignan. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War.

He later escaped to France, where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella, where they had an affair. After he and Isabella led a successful invasion and rebellion, Edward was deposed; Mortimer allegedly arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.

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