15 January, 2022

Queen Isabella's Letter to Edward II, 31 March 1325

Isabella of France left England on [9] March 1325 and travelled to her homeland, where she spent several months negotiating a peace settlement between her husband Edward II and her brother Charles IV.

On 31 March 1325, the queen sent a long letter to her husband, printed in the original French in Pierre Chaplais's The War of Saint-Sardos (1323-1325): Gascon Correspondence and Diplomatic Documents (1954), pp. 199-200. Here's my translation.

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Very sweet heart etc. [On the subject of the business we have], may it please it to you know, my very sweet heart,

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