![]() ![]() Isabella, her mother, and Alfonso then moved to Arévalo. These were times of turmoil for Isabella. The living conditions at their castle in Arévalo were poor, and they suffered from a shortage of money. Although her father arranged in his will for his children to be financially well taken care of, King Henry did not comply with their father's wishes, either from a desire to keep his half-siblings restricted or from ineptitude. But before it comes to you, know this: your blood dies with you.Even though her living conditions were difficult, Isabella was instructed in lessons of practical piety and in a deep reverence for religion under the supervision of her mother. A child who is not of your line grows in my belly. Your son will not sit long on the throne. ~ Isabella telling her father in law off. Princess Isabella is a protagonist in the film Braveheart. Isabella is the daughter of King Philip IV of France. ![]() In the 1290s her father and the English King Edward I - aka "Longshanks" - arranged for her to marry Edward's son Prince Edward. It was widely whispered that in order for Isabella to become pregnant Longshanks would have to impregnate her. It was also whispered that might have been why he approved of the marriage in the first place.įrom the start the marriage was not a happy one. Edward had little interest in her at all, spending his time with his friends and implied male lover Phillip. Isabella confided in her lady in waiting Nicolette that she was unhappy because there was no love between her and Edward. Soon news reached London of a rebellion started by William Wallace. Isabella found herself fascinated by the stories of the Scottish commoner who was standing up to English oppression and the true love between Wallace and his late lover Murron. Isabella's husband soon sent an army north to deal with Wallace. The army was crushed at the hands of Wallace and Scottish forces. Wallace and his troops then sacked the city of York. Returning home Longshanks promptly murdered his son's friend Phillip and gave him a brutal beating. He then decided to buy Wallace off, and sent Isabella north to talk to him. Meeting Wallace for the first time she spoke to him in private. She told him that she knew of his lover Murron. Wallace told her that Murron had been his wife, and that they married in secret because of Edward's program of prima nocta. He went on to tell her that they killed Murron to get to him, and that he had never spoken of their marriage to anyone else. Wallace told Isabella that she reminded him of Murron. Wallace told her that he was not willing to talk peace with Longshanks. Isabella returned home, giving the money she was to bribe Wallace with to the poor. Returning home she learned that the olive branch was a ruse to give Edward time to assemble an army to attack Wallace. She had Nicolette return with a warning to Wallace of the King's true intentions. Wallace and his forces rushed off to fight the English at Falkirk, but they suffered a devastating defeat.Īfter Wallace recovered he renewed his efforts to make Scotland independent of England. Longshanks decided again to send Isabella up to talk peace, but actually planned to have her murdered and frame Wallace in order to secure the French King's cooperation in dealing with Wallace. What no one knew was that Nicolette overheard the whole thing and reported on this to Isabella. Isabella in turn warned Wallace of this new trap. ![]() ![]() At the meeting place Wallace and his men trapped the English assassins in a cabin which they set on fire, burning them to death. Isabella slipped away and met Wallace at a cabin, where she admitted to Wallace that she is in love with him when he asked why she helped him. ![]()
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