A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Isabella of Valois
ISABELLA OF VALOIS,
Was the daughter of Charles the Sixth of France, and Isabella of Bavaria. She was born in the Louvre palace at Paris, November 9th., 1387. In October, 1396, Isabella became the second wife of Richard the Second of England, though she was then only eight years old. When Richard was dethroned and murdered by Henry of Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry the Fourth, in 1400, Isabella remained in England for two years, treated with great respect as queen-dowager, but steadily refusing the hand of Henry's eldest son, who had fallen greatly in love with her. In 1402, Isabella returned to Paris, and at the age of eighteen married her cousin, the celebrated Archduke of Orleans, who, though some years younger than herself, she dearly loved. She died at Blois, September 13th., 1410, leaving an infant daughter only a few weeks old.