Isabella of France had been married to Edward II of England for nearly two decades when she made her choice. For years she had watched power drift from the crown into the hands of the king’s favorites, most notoriously Hugh Despenser the Younger and his father. Lands were confiscated. Nobles were alienated. The queen herself was sidelined, her household reduced and her political influence stripped away. In 1325, Isabella traveled to France on a diplomatic mission concerning Edward’s continental
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Isabella of France had been married to Edward II of England for nearly two decades when she made her choice. For years she had watched power drift from the crown into the hands of the king’s favorites, most notoriously Hugh Despenser the Younger and his father. Lands were confiscated. Nobles were alienated. The queen herself was sidelined, her household reduced and her political influence stripped away. In 1325, Isabella traveled to France on a diplomatic mission concerning Edward’s continental
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