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Isabella of Anjou 1
- Born: Abt 1109, Anjou, , Rhône-Alpes, FRA 1
- Died: 1154, Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France aged about 45 1
 General Notes:
Her betrothal occurred when she was no more than eight years old. She adopted the name Matilda after her marriage in June 1119, as had her mother-in-law, Edith of Scotland, after her own marriage to Henry I. William and Matilda set out on a trip from Normandy to England on 25 November 1120.
A considerable party of hundreds of nobles, courtiers, other retinue, and ship's crew set sail on two or more ships, one of which was named the White Ship. On the crossing of the English Channel the White Ship was wrecked with the loss of all aboard save one. The disaster affected an entire generation of English and French politics as it threw the succession of the English throne into question.
While William had sailed on the White Ship, Matilda had not and survived her husband. She did not remarry and took vows at Fontevrault Abbey eventually becoming Abbess.
Isabella married William of Normandy, son of King Henry Beauclerc I and Matilda of Scotland, in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, France.1 (William of Normandy was born before 5 Aug 1103 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 25 Nov 1120.)
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