playful eyes, wide and wild.

neville longbottom. we’re all going to keep fighting, Harry. you know that?

“You may not have my name, but you have my blood.”

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stars. i can see the stars again, m'lady.

 A Princess of Aragon by birth, Isabella was the seventh of ten children born to King James I of Aragon and Violant of Hungary. Isabella was between the ages of three and five when her mother, an intelligent and politically talented woman, died. Her upbringing was likely quite conventional for a girl of her rank. King James had many dealings with his neighbors in France and Navarre, mostly in the form of land or succession disputes. In 1258 he signed a treaty with King Louis IX of France. Around this time, James probably put preteen Isabella forth as a bride for Louis’ heir Philip in order to cement the peace between their nations.

           On May 28, 1262 Isabella was married to Prince Philip at Clermont. She was fourteen Philip was three years older at seventeen. Nothing is known of these early years of the marriage, save that Isabella carried out her dynastic duty. In 1265, 1268, and 1269 she bore three sons: Louis, Philip, and Robert. Then in 1270, Philip left to join his father on the Eighth Crusade. That same year, Isabella’s fourth son Charles was born. A few months later King Louis was dead of dysentery while on his crusade. Philip hurried back to France to be crowned king, and Isabella was now Queen of France. When Philip returned to the Crusade Isabella accompanied him.

           Isabella and Philip spent several months on Crusade in Tunis. It seems that immediately before or after their arrival Isabella became pregnant with her fifth child. The royal party stopped in Calabria, Italy on the way back to France. It was here on January 11, 1271 that Isabella fell from her horse. The fall triggered early labor at only six months gestation. She quickly delivered a stillborn son. Isabella languished for seventeen days, weakened by both her injuries and the traumatic birth. She died on January 28 in her twenty-second year. Her body was transported back to France and was interred at the Basilica of St. Denis.

           Isabella’s toddler son Robert also died the same year as his mother. In 1274, Philip remarried to Marie of Brabant. Two years later, Isabella’s eldest son and Philip’s heir, Louis died under suspicious circumstances. He was said to have been poisoned by Philip’s new queen, who sought to eliminate Philip’s elder sons so that her own son could be his heir. Nevertheless, Philip was succeeded by his and Isabella’s son Philip. King Philip IV “The Fair” is one of the most famous (or infamous) medieval French kings. He also went on to father another Isabella, who became Queen of England and is known as the formidable mother of Edward III of England. Isabella and Philip’s youngest son Charles was made Duke of Valois and founded the Valois Dynasty, which ruled in France for three centuries.  

“ Margaery was different, though. Sweet and gentle, yet there was a little of her grandmother in her, too. ”

August 1st was the day when we all left for camp!