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Isabeau of Bavaria

1370 - 1435

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Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; 28 April 1370 – 24 September 1435) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. At age 15 or 16, Isabella was sent to France to marry the young Charles VI; the couple wed three days after their first meeting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabeau of Bavaria has received more than 799,937 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Isabeau of Bavaria is the 61st most popular companion (up from 92nd in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Germany (up from 347th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Companion.

Isabeau of Bavaria is most famous for being the wife of Charles VI of France. She was also the mother of Charles VII.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Isabeau of Bavaria ranks 61 out of 784. Before her are Antinous, Magda Goebbels, Isabella of Portugal, Elisabeth of Valois, Theodora, and Zayd ibn Harithah. After her are Abigail, Malhun Hatun, Brigitte Macron, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, and Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1370, Isabeau of Bavaria ranks 3. Before her are Pope Gregory XI, and Antipope John XXIII. After her are Olaf II of Denmark, Leonardo Bruni, John VII Palaiologos, Gentile da Fabriano, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Lorenzo Monaco, Erasmo of Narni, William, Duke of Austria, and Švitrigaila. Among people deceased in 1435, Isabeau of Bavaria ranks 1. After her are Xuande Emperor, Joanna II of Naples, Hermann II, Count of Celje, Eleanor of Alburquerque, Sigismund Korybut, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Qara Osman, William III, Duke of Bavaria, Master Francke, and Agnes Bernauer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Isabeau of Bavaria ranks 256 out of 7,253. Before her are Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Heinrich Müller (1900), Valentinian II (371), and Wilhelm Canaris (1887). After her are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), and Klaus Schwab (1938).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Isabeau of Bavaria ranks 7. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Anne of Cleves (1515), and Magda Goebbels (1901). After her are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Katharina von Bora (1498), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), and Frederica of Hanover (1917).

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