Saint Isabelle Of France
Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and Alfonso, and an older sister of Charles I of Sicily. In 1256 she founded the Franciscan Abbey of Longchamp in the part of the Forest of Rouvray now called the Bois de Boulogne, west of Paris. She was a real nice lady, and admired by many.
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