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Isabella of France

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Isabella of France (1292–1358) Queen consort of Edward II of England (1308–27), daughter of Philip IV of France. In 1325 she returned to France. In 1326 Isabella and her lover, Roger de Mortimer, launched a successful invasion of England, forced Edward to abdicate and assasinated him. In 1327, Edward and Isabella's son acceded to the throne as Edward III, who in 1330 executed Mortimer and banished his mother to a nunnery.

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