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| | ISABELLA OF HAINAUT - LoveToKnow Article on ISABELLA OF HAINAUT |
 | | (1170-1190), queen of France, was the (laughter of Baldwin V., count of Hainaut, and Margaret, sister of Philip of Alsace, and was born in 1170 at Lille. |
 | | Though she received extravagant praise from certain annalists, she failed to win the affections of Philip, who, in 1184, waging war against Flanders, was angered at seeing Baldwin support his enemies, and called a council at Sens for the purpose of repudiating her. |
 | | She died in childbirth in 1190, and was buried in the church of Notre Dame in Paris. |
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