Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon
Was from 1262 Countess of Devon and Lady of the Isle of Wight in its own right; Isabel de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon († November 10, 1293 Stockwell, Surrey * July 1237 ). She was the daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon and Amicie de Clare, and sister and heir of Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon. As a wife she was named Isabel de Forz or Isabella de Fortibus.
At the age of 11 or 12, she became the second wife of William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle, a large landowner in Yorkshire and Cumberland, Titulargraf of Aumale ( in Normandy ) in the English ceremony as Earl of Albemarle. When he died in 1260, she received parts of the property as Witwengut. Two years later ( 1262 ) her left her brother Baldwin vast tracts of land in Devon, Hampshire, Isle of Wight - Isabel de Forz was one of the richest heiresses in England, mid-twenties and widowed. She called herself now even " Countess of Aumale and of Devon, and lady of the Isle " ( of Wight ). As of now she mainly lived in Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight.
Prior to the 1264 made attempts of the younger Simon de Montfort to marry her, she hid herself only in Breamore Priory, the family necropolis, and later in Wales - for good reason, the candidate but the second son of Simon de Montfort was 6 Earl of Leicester, who dominated 1264/65 the country in a noble war. Your flight ended in 1265 with the fall of the Montfort family. 1268 Edmund received Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of King Henry III. permission to marry her, but also she evaded him. Edmund then married in 1269 her daughter Aveline de Forz.
It is known that King Edward I long tried to purchase Isabel goods. 1276 he suggested ( Isabel had meanwhile all their children survived ) to sell him the property in the south, but did not come off the transfer. Against all expectations, now a distant relative was found as a potential heir, John de Eston, who already in 1278 ceded its claims to the goods in the north and the County of Aumale to the Crown. 1293 the king took the negotiations around the Isle of Wight on again. In November ill Isabel on the trip from Canterbury to London and called a halt in Lambeth. Here she was looking for Walter Langton, a confidant of the king and later Lord High Treasurer, and received by the dying Countess 's signature on sale on the island.
Isabel de Forz died in the early morning hours of November 10, 1293 as their ancestors buried in Breamore Priory.
See also: House Redvers
Progeny
From her marriage to the Earl of Albemarle five children are known, all of which clearly died before her:
- John ( † before August 11, 1260 )
- Thomas (* September 9, 1253, † before April 6, 1269 ), buried in the Franciscan church (Black Friars ) in Stamford
- William ( † Oxford), buried in the Franciscan church (Black Friars ) in Oxford
- Amice / Anice, buried in Meaux Abbey
- Avelina († November 10, 1274 ), buried in Westminster Abbey; ∞ 8 or 9 April 1269 Westminster Abbey Crouchback Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (House of Plantagenet )