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'''Isabella Stewart''' (autumn of 1426 – 13 October 1494/5 March 1499), was a [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] princess who became [[List of consorts of Brittany|Duchess of Brittany]] by marriage to [[Francis I of Brittany]]. Also known as '''Isabel''', she was the second daughter of [[James I of Scotland]] and [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland|Joan Beaufort]].
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'''Isabella Stewart''' (autumn of 1426 – 13 October 1494/5 March 1499), was a [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] princess and [[List of consorts of Brittany|Duchess of Brittany]] by marriage to Francis I, Duke of Brittany. Also known as '''Isabel Stewart''' and '''Isabel of Scotland''', she was the second daughter of [[James I of Scotland]] and [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland|Joan Beaufort]] and the second wife of [[Francis I, Duke of Brittany|Duke Francis I of Brittany]].


==Life==
==Life==
It was said she was more beautiful than her elder sister [[Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France|Margaret]], who married the [[Dauphin of France]], and that [[John V, Duke of Brittany]] proposed to marry her; thus he sent ambassadors to Scotland to take a description of her. They reported "she was handsome, upright and graceful but she seemed simple too". The Duke's reply was "My friends, return to Scotland and bring her here, she is all I desire, and I will have no other; your clever women do more harm than good". The marriage contract was signed on 19 July 1441 and ratified on 29 September of that year, but Duke John V died on 29 August 1442, before performing the formal religious ceremony.
It was said she was more beautiful than her elder sister [[Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France|Margaret]], who married the [[Dauphin of France]], and that [[John V, Duke of Brittany]] proposed to marry her; thus he sent ambassadors to Scotland to take a description of her. They reported "she was handsome, upright and graceful but she seemed simple too". The Duke's reply was "My friends, return to Scotland and bring her here, she is all I desire, and I will have no other; your clever women do more harm than good". The marriage contract was signed on 19 July 1441 and ratified on 29 September of that year, but the marriage did not take place as Duke John V died on 29 August 1442.


[[File:Isabella of Scotland Arms.svg|left|thumb|170px|Isabella's coat of arms.]]
[[File:Isabella of Scotland Arms.svg|left|thumb|170px|Isabella's coat of arms.]]


Once in Brittany, Isabella married instead with the eldest son of her groom, now [[Francis I, Duke of Brittany]] at the Château d'Auray on 30 October 1442, after which the whole court went to [[Rennes]] for eight days of festivities.
Once in Brittany, Isabella married instead with the eldest son of her groom, now [[Francis I, Duke of Brittany]] at the Château d'Auray on 30 October 1442, after which the whole court went to [[Rennes]] for eight days of festivities. On the marriage, her husband gave her an illuminated [[Book of Hours]] known as the [[Hours of Isabella Stuart]].


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Upon her husband's death in 1450, there were talks of Isabella's marrying [[Charles, Prince of Viana]], heir to the disputed [[Kingdom of Navarre]], but this proposal fell through due to the disapproval of [[Charles VII of France]]. Her brother [[James II of Scotland]] made vigorous efforts to persuade her to return to Scotland, where he hoped to arrange a second marriage for her. Isabella however refused, saying that she was happy and popular in Brittany and was in any case too frail to travel, and complaining that her brother had never paid her dowry.<ref>MacDougall, Norman '' James III'' Revised Edition John Donald Edinburgh 2009</ref> Isabella died ca. 1494/99, which suggests that her claims of ill health 40 years earlier were much exaggerated.
Upon the death of her sister Margaret in 1445, Isabella penned an illuminated prayer book of hours ''Livre d'Isabeau d'Escosse'', which is still in preservation to this day. Like her father she had some reputation as a poet.

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Upon her husband's death in 1450, there were talks of Isabella's marrying [[Charles, Prince of Viana]], heir to the disputed [[Kingdom of Navarre]], but this proposal fell through due to the disapproval of [[Charles VII of France]]. Her brother James II made vigorous efforts to persuade her to return to Scotland, where he hoped to arrange a second marriage for her. Isabella however refused, saying that she was happy and popular in Brittany and was in any case too frail to travel, and complaining that her brother had never paid her dowry.<ref>MacDougall, Norman '' James III'' Revised Edition John Donald Edinburgh 2009</ref> Isabella died ca. 1494/99, which suggests that her claims of ill health 40 years earlier were much exaggerated.


==Issue==
==Issue==
* [[Margaret of Brittany]] (1443–1469, Nantes), married [[Francis II, Duke of Brittany]].
* [[Margaret of Brittany]] (1443–1469, Nantes), married [[Francis II, Duke of Brittany]].
* [[Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan|Marie of Brittany]] (1444–1506), married [[John II, viscount of Rohan and count of Porhoët]].
* [[Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan|Marie of Brittany]] (1444–1506), married [[John II, viscount of Rohan and count of Porhoët]].
==Ancestry==
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==References==
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|2= 2. [[James I of Scotland]]
|3= 3. [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots|Joan Beaufort]]
|4= 4. [[Robert III of Scotland]]
|5= 5. [[Anabella Drummond]]
|6= 6. [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset]]
|7= 7. [[Margaret Holland]]
|8= 8. [[Robert II of Scotland]]
|9= 9. [[Elizabeth Mure]]
|10= 10. Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox
|11= 11. Mary Montifex
|12= 12. [[John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]]
|13= 13. [[Katherine Swynford]]
|14= 14. [[Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent]]
|15= 15. [[Alice FitzAlan, Countess of Kent|Alice FitzAlan]]
|16= 16. [[Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland]]
|17= 17. [[Marjorie Bruce]]
|18= 18. Sir Adam Mure, 1st of Rowallan
|19= 19. Janet Mure<ref>http://thepeerage.com/p10210.htm#i102098</ref> ''or'' Joan Cunningham<ref>McAndrew, ''Scotland's Historic Heraldry'', p&nbsp;173</ref>
|20= 20. Sir Malcolm Drummond, 10th of Lennox
|21= 21. Amanda Graham
|22= 22. Sir William de Montifex
|23=
|24= 24. [[Edward III of England]]
|25= 25. [[Philippa of Hainault]]
|26= 26. [[Paon de Roet|Sir Payne de Roet]]
|27=
|28= 28. [[Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent]]
|29= 29. [[Joan of Kent|Joan, 4th Countess of Kent]]
|30= 30. [[Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel]]
|31= 31. [[Eleanor of Lancaster]]
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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*Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Families''
*Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Families''
*Annie Forbes Bush ''Memoirs of the Queens of France''
*Annie Forbes Bush ''Memoirs of the Queens of France''
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Latest revision as of 02:37, 22 March 2024

"Isabella of Scotland" redirects here. Not to be confused with Isabella of Scotland, Countess of Norfolk. For other uses, see Isabella of Scotland (disambiguation).

Isabella of Scotland
Duchess consort of Brittany
Tenure30 October 1442–18 July 1450
BornAutumn, 1426
Died13 October 1494/5 March 1499
Burial
Vannes Cathedral
SpouseFrancis I, Duke of Brittany
IssueMargaret, Duchess of Brittany
Marie, Viscountess of Rohan
HouseStewart
FatherJames I of Scotland
MotherJoan Beaufort

Isabella Stewart (autumn of 1426 – 13 October 1494/5 March 1499), was a Scottish princess who became Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Francis I of Brittany. Also known as Isabel, she was the second daughter of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort.

Life[edit]

It was said she was more beautiful than her elder sister Margaret, who married the Dauphin of France, and that John V, Duke of Brittany proposed to marry her; thus he sent ambassadors to Scotland to take a description of her. They reported "she was handsome, upright and graceful but she seemed simple too". The Duke's reply was "My friends, return to Scotland and bring her here, she is all I desire, and I will have no other; your clever women do more harm than good". The marriage contract was signed on 19 July 1441 and ratified on 29 September of that year, but the marriage did not take place as Duke John V died on 29 August 1442.

Isabella's coat of arms.

Once in Brittany, Isabella married instead with the eldest son of her groom, now Francis I, Duke of Brittany at the Château d'Auray on 30 October 1442, after which the whole court went to Rennes for eight days of festivities. On the marriage, her husband gave her an illuminated Book of Hours known as the Hours of Isabella Stuart.

Upon her husband's death in 1450, there were talks of Isabella's marrying Charles, Prince of Viana, heir to the disputed Kingdom of Navarre, but this proposal fell through due to the disapproval of Charles VII of France. Her brother James II of Scotland made vigorous efforts to persuade her to return to Scotland, where he hoped to arrange a second marriage for her. Isabella however refused, saying that she was happy and popular in Brittany and was in any case too frail to travel, and complaining that her brother had never paid her dowry.[1] Isabella died ca. 1494/99, which suggests that her claims of ill health 40 years earlier were much exaggerated.

Issue[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacDougall, Norman James III Revised Edition John Donald Edinburgh 2009

Sources[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isabella of Scotland.
  • Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families
  • Annie Forbes Bush Memoirs of the Queens of France
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