Blessed Isabella of France
Also known as
- Isabel of France
Profile
Daughter of Blanche of Castile. Only sister of Saint Louis IX. Declined a marriage offer from the German emperor in order to found a Poor Clare convent at Longchamps near Paris, France where she lived as a nun, though without taking vows.
- 1270 of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Isabella of France”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-isabella-of-france/>
