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((short description|13-century French Roman Catholic saint))
((hatnote|'Saint Isabelle' redirects here. For others of the same name, see [[Santa Isabel (disambiguation)]].))
((More citations needed|date=July 2022))
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|caption=St. Isabelle at the Church of [[Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois]] in [[Paris]], a [[Neo-Gothic]] replica of the original statue
|birth_date= March 1225
|birth_place= Paris, France
|death_date= 23 February 1270 (aged 45)
|death_place=Longchamp, [[History of Île-de-France|Pays de France]], [[Kingdom of France]]
| house = [[House of Capet|Capet]]
|father= [[Louis VIII of France]]
|mother= [[Blanche of Castile]]
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|place of burial=[[Longchamp Abbey]], Pays de France, Kingdom of France
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| name= St. Isabelle of France
| feast_day = 22 February
| venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]]<br>([[Poor Clares]] in France)
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| beatified_date = 1521
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| beatified_by = [[Pope Leo X]]
| canonized_date = 1696
| canonized_place =
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'''Isabelle of France''' (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of [[Louis VIII of France]] and [[Blanche of Castile]]. She was a younger sister of King [[Louis IX of France]] (Saint Louis) and of [[Alfonso, Count of Poitiers]], and an older sister of King [[Charles I of Sicily]]. In 1256, she founded the nunnery of [[Longchamp Abbey|Longchamp]] in part of the [[Forest of Rouvray]] (now called the [[Bois de Boulogne]]), west of Paris. Isabelle consecrated her virginity and her entire life to God alone. She is honored as a saint by the [[Franciscan]] Order. Her feast day is 22 February.

==Early life==
Born in March 1225,((efn|Sean L. Field states in modern terms 1225 is the correct year, though 1223–1224 is also possible.((sfn|Field|2006|p=13)))) Isabelle was daughter of [[Louis VIII of France]] and [[Blanche of Castile]].((sfn|Field|2006|p=13)) Her father died when she was two years old, and it was her mother, Blanche, who oversaw her education. Isabelle could read both Latin<ref name="faithnd">((Cite web|title=St. Isabel of France|url=http://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&sitebuilder=1&pgid=18256&cid=35927&ecid=35927&ciid=118999&crid=0|website=faith.nd.edu|access-date=2020-05-21))</ref> and the vernacular, and enjoyed tales of chivalry as well as devotional texts. While pursuing the traditional feminine interests such as embroidery, she took special pleasure in working on priestly vestments. As a child, she requested spiritual direction and became even more devoted to the Lord under the guidance of the Franciscans.

By virtue of the Treaty of Vendôme in March 1227, Isabelle was betrothed to [[Hugh XI of Lusignan|Hugh]], eldest son and heir of [[Hugh X of Lusignan]], with the marriage contract being signed on June 1230;((sfn|Field|2006|p=15)) however, she refused to celebrate the formal wedding due to her fixed determination to remain a virgin, although she never became a [[nun]]. Later, she refused the hand of [[Conrad IV of Germany]], son of [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]], although pressed to accept by everyone, even by Innocent IV.((sfn|Field|2006|p=29))

Isabel sent from her table the nicest dishes to the poor, and reserved for them almost whatever was at her disposal.((Citation needed|date=July 2022)) By the [[papal bull]] of 26 May 1254, [[Pope Innocent IV]] allowed her to retain some [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friars as her special confessors. She was even more devoted to the Franciscan Order than was her royal brother.

==Longchamp Abbey==
[[File:Saint Louis Isabelle Marguerite Longchamp.jpg|thumb|left|Saint Louis laying the first stone of the Longchamp Abbey with Blessed Isabella of France and Queen Marguerite of Provence. Stained glass window of the Saint-Louis chapel of the Franciscans in Paris.]]

As Isabelle wished to found a community of ''Sorores minores'' (Sisters minor), her brother King Louis began in 1255 to acquire the necessary land in the [[Forest of Rouvray]], not far from the [[Seine]], west of Paris. On 10 June 1256, the first stone of the monastic church was laid.  [[Pope Alexander IV]] gave his sanction on 2 February 1259 to the new Rule, which was composed especially for this monastery by Isabelle along with a team of Franciscan university masters including [[Bonaventure]]. The community was allowed to hold property. The monastery was named the Convent of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin. In the Rule the nuns were called the Sisters of the Humble Order of Servants of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. The nuns were subject to the Friars Minor. Some of the first nuns came from the Poor Clare monastery in [[Reims]]. A revised version of the Rule was approved by Pope Urban IV on 27 July 1263, which granted preferred the name of ''Sorores minores inclusae'', or Enclosed Sisters minor, for the nuns of Longchamp.

After the death of her mother, Isabelle retired to Longchamps, although she never actually joined the religious community there. She suffered from illnesses during her life, which prevented her from following the rule of life for the nuns. As patroness, she lived there in a room separate from the nuns' cells. She refused to become [[abbess]], which allowed her to retain her wealth and resources, so she could support her abbey and continue to give to the poor. She kept a discipline of silence for most of her day.<ref name=faithnd/> Her brother, the King, visited often.

==Death==

Isabelle died at Longchamp on 23 February 1270, and was buried in the abbey church. After nine days her body was exhumed; according to the religious legend, it showed no signs of decay, and many miracles were said to have been wrought at her grave. In 1521 [[Pope Leo X]] allowed the abbey to celebrate her [[calendar of saints|feast day]] with a special [[Liturgy of the Hours|Office]]. On 4 June 1637, a second exhumation took place. On 25 January 1688, the nuns obtained permission to celebrate her feast with an [[octave (liturgical)|octave]], and in 1696 the celebration of the feast on 31 August was permitted to the whole Franciscan Order by [[Pope Innocent XII]].

Longchamp Abbey was suppressed in the [[French Revolution]]. In 1794 the empty building was offered for sale, but, as no one wished to purchase it, it was destroyed. In 1857 the remaining walls were pulled down, except for one tower, and the land was incorporated into the [[Bois de Boulogne]].

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Isabelle of France'''
|2= 2. [[Louis VIII of France]]
|3= 3. [[Blanche of Castile]]
|4= 4. [[Philip II of France]]<ref name=Hallam/>
|5= 5. [[Isabelle of Hainaut]]<ref name=Bouchard>Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198. Cornell University Press. p. 294</ref>
|6= 6. [[Alfonso VIII of Castile]]<ref name=Vann/>
|7= 7. [[Leonora of England]]<ref name=TMV/>
|8= 8. [[Louis VII of France]]<ref name=Hallam>Hallam, Elizabeth M (2014). Capetian France 987–1328. Taylor & Francis. p. 148</ref>
|9= 9. [[Adèle of Champagne]]<ref name=Hallam/>
|10= 10. [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]]<ref name=Bouchard/>
|11= 11. [[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders]]<ref name=Bouchard/>
|12= 12. [[Sancho III of Castile]]<ref name=Vann>Vann, Theresa M. (2003). "Alfonso VIII, King of Castile". In Gerli, E. Michael (ed.). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 61</ref>
|13= 13. [[Blanca Garcés of Navarre|Blanca of Navarre]]<ref name=Vann/>
|14= 14. [[Henry II of England]]<ref name=TMV>Vann, Theresa M., ed. (1993). Queens, Regents and Potentates. Vol. I. Boydell Press. p. 128</ref>
|15= 15. [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]<ref name=TMV/>
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==See also==
* [[Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/February 26|Saint Isabelle of France, patron saint archive]]
* [[Isabella of France (disambiguation)|Other Isabelles of France]]

==Notes==
((notelist))

==References==
((Reflist))
((catholic|wstitle=St. Isabel of France))

==Sources==
*((cite book |first=Sean L. |last=Field |title=Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century |publisher=University of Notre Dame |year=2006 ))
* ((cite book | title=Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe | author= Goldstone, Nancy| year=2009 | publisher= Phoenix Paperbacks, London )) purple
* Nolan, Kathleen D. ''Capetian Women'', 2003.

==Further reading==
*[[Agnes d'Harcourt]] (third Prioress of Longchamp, 1263–1270), ''Vie de Madame Isabelle''.
*Sean L. Field, ''Isabelle of France:  Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), ((ISBN|978-0-268-02880-0)). 
*Sean L. Field, ed. and trans., ''The Writings of Agnes of Harcourt:  The Life of Isabelle of France and the Letter on Louis IX and Longchamp'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2003).

==External links==
((commons category|Blessed Isabelle of France))
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=126 Catholic Online Saints – ''St. Isabel of France'']

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