Meek Genealogy » Isabelle de Hainault (1170-1190)

Personal data Isabelle de Hainault 

• She was born on April 23, 1170 in Valenciennes, Hainault, Belgium.Sources 2, 3

  Attention: Age at marriage (April 28, 1180) below 16 years (10).

• She died on March 15, 1190 in Paris, France, she was 19 years old.Sources 2, 3
• She is buried in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France.Source 3
• A child of Baldwin Hainaut and Marguerite I de Flandre

Household of Isabelle de Hainault

She is married to Philippe II Augustus of France.

They got married on April 28, 1180 at Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, she was 10 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Louis VIII Capet "Le Lion" King of France  1187-1226 

Notes about Isabelle de Hainault

Royalty. Born the eldest daughter of Baldwin V of Hainaut and Margaret I of Flanders. The marriage to Philipp II August was probably arranged by his adviser Philippe of Flanders and celebrated without the consent of his parents Adele de Champagne and Louis VII. His father was so ill at the time that he was unable to reign the kingdom. On May 29th 1180 she was crowned in St. Denis and on September 19th, after the death of her father-in-law, she became queen.
She gave birth to Louis in 1187 who would later succeed his father.
She died after giving birth to twins. The two boys died a few days after their mother and were buried beside her.

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