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| name = Isabella of Villehardouin
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| image = Image:Isabella of Villehardouin.jpg
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| birth_date = 1260/1263
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| death_date = 23 January 1312
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| house = [[Villehardouin family|Villehardouin]]
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Philip of Sicily]]|1271|1277|end=d}}
* {{marriage|[[Florent of Hainaut]]|1289|1297|end=d}}
* {{marriage|[[Philip of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont]]|12 February 1301}}
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| issue = [[Matilda of Hainaut]]
| father = [[William II of Villehardouin]]
| mother = [[Anna Komnene Doukaina]]
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'''Isabella of Villehardouin''' (1260/1263 – 23 January 1312) was reigning [[Principality of Achaea|Princess of Achaea]] from 1289 to 1307. She was the elder daughter of Prince [[William II of Achaea]] and of his third wife, [[Anna Komnene Doukaina]], the second daughter of [[Michael II Komnenos Doukas]], the despot of [[Despotate of Epirus|Epiros]].

==First marriage==
On 28 May 1271 Isabella married [[Philip of Sicily]], son of [[Charles I of Sicily]]. This marriage had been pre-determined by the [[Treaty of Viterbo]] in May 1267 between Charles, the exiled [[Baldwin II of Constantinople]] and Isabella's father. Taking advantage of the precarious situation of the remains of the [[Latin Empire]] in the face of renascent Greek power, Charles gained suzerain rights over Achaea; furthermore, the heirs of Baldwin and William were to marry children of Charles, and Charles was to have the reversion of both the empire and the principality should the couples have no heirs.

Philip became titular [[King of Thessalonica]] in 1274, but he died on 1 January 1277, predeceasing his father. In line with the treaty, on the death of Isabella's father William, in 1278, it was her father-in-law Charles who succeeded to the throne of Achaea.

==Remarriage and reign==
Charles I died in 1285, to be succeeded by his son [[Charles II of Naples|Charles II]]. In 1289, on Isabella's marriage to [[Florent of Hainaut]], Charles II conferred on the couple the Principality of Achaea, on condition that, if she survived her husband, Isabella would not remarry without Charles II's consent. Florent and Isabella had a daughter, [[Matilda of Hainaut|Matilda]].

As Prince, Florent negotiated the [[Treaty of Glarentsa]] with the [[Byzantine Empire]] in 1290. The peace lasted until 1293, when the Greeks retook [[Kalamata]]; Florent's emissaries, however, persuaded [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]] to return it. In 1296, the Greeks retook the [[castle]] of Saint George in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]. Florent laid siege to it, but died in 1298 before it could be taken.

Isabella was married again in [[Rome]] on 12 February 1301. Her third husband was [[Philip of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont]], who now became prince of Achaea in his turn. Philip aimed to reconquer the whole of [[Laconia (ancient region)|Lacedaemonia]] from the [[Byzantine Empire]]. He was an authoritarian ruler and this put him at odds with the barons of his realm. He tried to placate the barons of [[Morea]], but was forced to accept a [[parliament]] in 1304. The Greek peasantry, crushed by taxes, then revolted in turn. In 1306 Philip and Isabella were summoned to Charles II's court at Naples. Philip was accused of disloyalty and failure to support Charles in a campaign against [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]], and Isabella of failing to seek her suzerain's consent before marrying Philip. Charles deprived the two of Achaea and on 5 May 1306 bestowed it directly upon his son [[Philip I of Taranto]].

==Later life==
Philip of Savoy eventually relinquished his claim to Achaea on 11 May 1307 in exchange for the County of [[Alba (CN)|Alba]]. Isabella separated from him and went to live in [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]], continuing to assert her right to the principality. Isabella died on 23 January 1312, after which Philip of Savoy remarried. On Philip of Taranto's death in 1313, Isabella's daughter by Florent, Matilda of Hainaut, became Princess of Achaea.

Her life was the inspiration for ''{{ill|Princess Isabeau|el|Πριγκιπέσσα Ιζαμπώ}}'' (Πριγκιπέσσα Ιζαμπώ), a novel by the Greek writer [[Angelos Terzakis]], originally serialized in the ''[[Kathimerini]]'' newspaper in 1937–38.

==Sources==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{La Morée franque}}
* {{cite book |last=Lock |first=Peter |year=1995 |title=The Franks in the Aegean, 1204-1500 |publisher=Longman |isbn=0-582-05139-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Nicol |first=Donald M. |author-link=Donald Nicol |year=1984 |title=The Despotate of Epiros, 1267-1479: A Contribution to the History of Greece in the Middle Ages |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-13089-9 }}
* {{Setton-A History of the Crusades | volume = 2 | chapter = The Frankish States in Greece, 1204–1311 | pages = 234–275 | last = Longnon | first = Jean | chapter-url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=article&did=History.CrusTwo.i0021&id=History.CrusTwo }} 
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==External links==


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