# Queen Isabella — Edward II character guide

> Queen Isabella in Edward II by Christopher Marlowe.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Isabella, Isabel, Queen Isabella

**First appearance:** 0001-edward-ii

## Who they are

Edward's French queen, publicly humiliated and privately furious, Isabella watches her husband lavish affection on Gaveston while she is left to pine and plot.

## Relationships

### [King Edward II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/edward_ii_se/characters/king_edward_ii)

_family_

Edward and Isabella are husband and wife, but their marriage is strained by Edward's neglect and his preference for Gaveston.

### [Younger Mortimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/edward_ii_se/characters/younger_mortimer)

_romantic_

Isabella becomes Mortimer's lover after being spurned by Edward, forming a political and romantic alliance against the king.

### [Prince Edward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/edward_ii_se/characters/prince_edward)

_family_

Prince Edward is Isabella's son, but their relationship becomes strained as he rejects her alliance with Mortimer.

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