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In 1326 the Queen of England raised a small army in the Low Countries, invaded her husband's kingdom, deposed him, and ran the country for three years with her lover. The husband was Edward II. The queen was?
Isabella was the daughter of King Philip IV of France and the wife of Edward II. She invaded England with her lover Roger Mortimer in September 1326, deposed her husband, and ran the kingdom as regent for her teenage son Edward III. The son grew up, organised a coup at Nottingham Castle in October 1330, executed Mortimer, and confined his mother to comfortable house arrest. Isabella lived another 28 years and died at Castle Rising in Norfolk. The 18th-century English label *She-Wolf of France* was retrospective and partisan; her contemporaries used more neutral terms.
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The Queen Who Invaded Her Own Country Isabella of France crossed the Channel with fifteen hundred soldiers in 1326, deposed her husband, and ruled England with her lover. Her son removed her at seventeen.
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