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Isabella of France, later nicknamed the "She-Wolf of France" (c. 1295 – 23 August 1358) was the daughter of the French king Philip IV the Fair and Joanna I of Navarre. From 1308, she was the wife of the English king Edward II and the mother of King Edward III. She was the sister of the last kings of France from the direct branch of the Capetians: Louis X, Philip V and Charles IV. Together with her lover Roger Mortimer, she led a baronial rebellion against her husband and overthrew him from the throne, carrying out the first constitutional parliamentary coup. She unofficially ruled the country for four years together with Mortimer until her eldest son came of age. Edward III, using his relationship through Isabella with the French royal house, laid claim to the French throne, which served as a pretext for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. That's right. Echo of Moscow. Historian Natalia Ivanovna Basovskaya tells us. Please support our channel by subscribing. Leave comments and follow the publications!