Isabelle de Hainaut

Events

Date of Birth: April 1170.

The date is given by Gilbert (p. 59).

Date of Death: between 13 March and 15 March 1190.

Place of Death: Paris.

The date and place are given by Hornaday (p. 87).

Place of Burial: Notre Dame, Paris.

The place is given by Hornaday (p. 87).

Relationships

Father: Baudouin V, count of Hainaut (Baldwin VIII, count of Flanders).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Hornaday (p. 79), and by Sivéry (p. 53).

Mother: Marguerite d’Alsace.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Hornaday (p. 79), and by Sivéry (p. 53).

Spouse: Philippe II “Auguste”, king of France. Married 28 April 1180 at Bapaume.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Hornaday (p. 81), and by Sivéry (p. 55).

Children:

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Louis VIII “le Lion” (3 September 1187 - 8 November 1226), king of France, married Blanca de Castilla.

Robert (15 March 1190 - 18 March 1190).

Philip (15 March 1190 - 18 March 1190).

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Hornaday, Aline G. “A Capetian Queen as Street Demonstrator: Isabelle of Hainaut” in Capetian Women (ed. Kathleen Nolan) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

Sivéry, Gérard. Philippe Auguste (Paris: Plon, 1993).