Isabeau of Bavaria
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Isabeau of Bavaria was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and T
Queen Isabella receiving Christine de Pizan's collection of works, including Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, c. 1410–1414
Miniature from Froissart's Chronicles, showing entertainers and acrobats at Isabeau's coronation
Miniature showing Isabeau's entry in Paris on 23 August 1389
In his first bout of illness, Charles VI attacked his knights in 1392, as shown in a miniature from Froissart's Chronicles.
Charles VI of France
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Charles VI, nicknamed the Beloved and in the 19th century, the Mad, was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him thr
Isabeau of Bavaria
…Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – 24 September 1435) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of…
Dauphin Charles, with his father, King Charles V of France. Painted by Claude-Jean Besselièvre c. 1820.
The coronation of Charles VI at Reims Cathedral