In time she was to depose her husband and govern as regent until Edward III assumed the throne in 1331 whereupon her lover and co-conspirator Roger Mortimer was executed and she was placed under house arrest. Records relating to the final years of her life, however, reveal that she actively received visits from international dignitaries and that she remained an ardent collector of jewellery.

In this talk James Robinson will attempt to illustrate the type of jewels that appealed to Isabella with reference to comparable surviving pieces.