Isabella, Countess of Vertus Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Isabella
Countess of Vertus

Born	1 October 1348 Château de Bois de Vincennes, France
Died	11 September 1372 (aged 23) Pavia
Spouse	Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Issue	Gian Galeazzo Visconti Azzone Visconti Valentina, Duchess of Orléans Carlo Visconti
House	Valois
Father	John II of France
Mother	Bonne of Bohemia

Isabella of France (1 October 1348 – 11 September 1372) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois, as well as the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who after her death became Duke of Milan.

Life

Born in Bois de Vincennes, Isabella was the youngest daughter of King John II of France by his first wife, Bonne of Bohemia.

Her maternal uncle Count Amadeus VI of Savoy arranged her marriage with Gian Galeazzo Visconti. As her dowry, Isabella received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus. On 8 October 1360, Isabella and Gian Galeazzo were married in Milan, and six months later, in April 1361, she was declared sovereign Countess of Vertus. The couple had four children:

Gian Galeazzo, born 1366
Azzone, 1368–1380
Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, 14 December 1408), married on 17 August 1389 to Louis I, Duke of Orléans
Carlo, born 1372.

Only Valentina lived to adulthood; Isabella died giving birth to Carlo in Pavia in 1372.