Life
Her maternal uncle, Count Amadeus VI of Savoy arranged her marriage with Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan. As her dowry, Isabelle received the county of Sommières, exchanged later for the county of Vertus. On 8 October 1360, Isabelle and Gian Galeazzo were married in Milan, and six months later, in April 1361, she was declared sovereign Countess of Vertus. The couple had six children:
- A daughter (b. Pavia, 1366 – d. sometime bef.1380).
- Gian Galeazzo (b. Pavia, 1367 – d. bef. 1376).
- Azzone (b. Pavia, 1368 – d. Pavia, 4 October 1381).
- A daughter (b. Pavia, 1369 – d. sometime bef. 1380).
- Valentina (b. Pavia, 1371 – d. Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, 14 December 1408), married on 17 August 1389 to Louis, Duke of Orléans. Through her, Isabelle would become the ancestor of two French kings, Louis XII of France and Francis I of France.
- Carlo (b. Pavia, 11 September 1373 – d. Pavia, 1374).
Isabelle died from childbirth in 1373.
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