On 30-Sep-21 2:24 AM, Will Johnson wrote:
Wikipedia
"Edward was the eldest son of John Balliol and Isabella de Warenne. As a child, Edward was betrothed to Isabelle of Valois, the eldest daughter of Charles Count of Valois(1271-1325) and his first wife Marguerite of Anjou(1273-1299). His father John
resigned his title as King of Scotland in 1296, and it was likely this, that caused the King of France to break the marriage contract, and betroth Isabelle now to John son of Arthur, Duke of Brittany."
Is there any contemporary evidence, for why the original marriage contract to Edward was broken or ignored ?
The betrothal was part of a treaty agreed in October 1295 between the
kings of France (the girl's paternal uncle) and Scotland (Edward's
father), and the prospective bride was not named in it, just "a daughter
of my brother" ("filiam germani nostri" - Charles of Valois had two or
three daughters born by that time, and although presumably the one in
question would have been understood as the eldest, Isabelle, this was
not explicit).
The treaty, including this matrimonial aspect, would obviously not
remain binding after John abdicated in the summer of 1296. The text is
given in Bower's 'Scotichronicon'.
Peter Stewart
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