Brewer's: Isabel

called She-wolf of France. The adulterous queen of Edward II., daughter of Philippe IV. (le Bel) of France. According to tradition, she murdered her royal husband by thrusting a hot iron into his bowels.

Mark the year and mark the night When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death through Berkley's roofs that ring. Shrieks of an agonising king. She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tearst the bowels of thy mangled mate!

Gray: The Bard.

Isabel. The Spanish form of Elizabeth. The French form is Isabelle.

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