![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Looking for a Queens of Infamy t-shirt or tote bag? Choose yours here. As she stepped onto that boat, the 31-year-old queen would set into motion a sequence of events that would leave her forever remembered as Isabella the She-Wolf of France. And the king she wanted to depose wasn’t some usurper who had unjustly taken the throne, but rather Edward II, her husband and the father of her four children. What set this case apart was that the person leading the army wasn’t a king or a prince or a red-headed upstart duke, but a woman who was already the queen of England - had been queen, in fact, for nearly two decades. I mean, I get it! It’s a classic case of those itchy Julius Caesar fingers: A man sees an island, and he wants to take it. This in and of itself wasn’t all that unusual - from the Romans to the Vikings to the Normans, it seems like all of the European historical heavyweights wanted a piece of that green and pleasant land. In the late summer of 1326, a small mercenary army gathered in Dordrecht, Holland, preparing to cross the North Sea and invade England. If you love Queens of Infamy, consider becoming a Longreads member. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers.Īnne Thériault | Longreads | June 2022 | 29 minutes (8,006 words)įrom the notorious to the half-forgotten, Queens of Infamy, a Longreads series by Anne Thériault, focuses on world-historical women of centuries past. ![]()
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