Isabeau of Bavaria
Isabeau of Bavaria (c. 1371 – September 24, 1435) was queen of France and wife of Charles VI of France. She married on July 17, 1385 and played an important role in running the country when her husband developed insanity. She was very unpopular and the country was losing the Hundred Years' War during this time.
Isabeau Of Bavaria Media
Miniature showing King Charles VI at the hunt. Queen Isabeau and her retinue are shown riding palfreys. From Enguerrand de Monstrelet's Chronique.
In his first bout of illness, Charles VI attacked his knights in 1392, shown in a miniature from Froissart's Chronicles.
The Bal des Ardents in a miniature from Froissart's Chronicles: Charles VI huddling under the Duchess of Berry's skirt at middle left, and burning dancers in the center
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
Miniature showing the assassination of John the Fearless, painted by Master of the Prayer Books
Burgundians enter Paris, 1418
Isabeau's youngest son, Charles VII of France, shown in a miniature by Jean Fouquet
