Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Isabeau of Bavaria

Isabeau of Bavaria
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath, starting with  .

The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 06:03, 24 August 2013‎ (UTC)



Isabeau of Bavaria (c.1370–1435) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI, whom she married in 1385. She was born into the old and prestigious House of Wittelsbach, the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. Isabeau was sent to France when she was around 15 or 16, on approval to the young French king who liked her enough to marry her three days after meeting her. Charles suffered the first attack of his lifelong progressive mental illness in 1392, and was forced to temporarily withdraw from government. These episodes occurred with increasing frequency thereafter, leaving a court divided by political factions and steeped in social extravagances. Although the King demanded Isabeau's removal from his presence during his attacks of illness, he consistently allowed her the authority to act on his behalf and granted her role of regent to the Dauphin of France (heir apparent), giving her a seat on the regency council, far more power than was usual for a medieval queen. Charles' illness created a power vacuum that eventually led to the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War between the supporters of Charles' brother, Louis of Orléans, and the royal dukes of Burgundy. Isabeau shifted allegiances between the factions, choosing courses she believed most favorable for the heir to the throne. When she chose to follow the Armagnacs, the Burgundians accused her of adultery with Louis of Orléans; when she sided with the Burgundians, the Armagnacs removed her from Paris and had her imprisoned. Isabeau was present at the signing of the Treaty of Troyes in 1421, at which France ceded control to the English. Isabeau lived in English-occupied Paris until her death in 1435. First of all, this blurb needs to be shortened; I will leave this onerous task to someone else. The points are allocated below: 1 point-date relevancy 2 points-Widely covered 1 point?-Last European royalty/nobility related article was featured either July 27 or May 20, depending on definition 3-4 points?-Total QatarStarsLeague (talk) 12:36, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comments: I copied it to the summary chart, please, nominator do it yourself next round. Did you inform the author that you nominated? The picture is good for nothing here, looks abstract in small size. Is there another? Crop one? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for dealing with the image matter. - I nominated Dresden Triptych before, to honour the authors. (It's now reserved for later.) If the authors don't feel the intention but consider an appearance a burden, I am willing to respect that, especially since one of them decided not to edit for at least three months. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thats disingenuous. The reason for pulling Dresden is clear - there is a problem with the main image, and we do not want the page to appear until that is resolved. Victoria taking time off, which she is entitled to do, but would like to shepherd the article through TFA when she comes back. I'm not sure otherwise where you are coming from. Either way, I'm getting sick of this. Ceoil (talk) 22:43, 23 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose as primary author. I have no reasons, but would prefer it not to run this year. The only reason I can put forth is that I've had other TFAs in 2013, don't expect to be writing many more FAs, there's another nomination above for an article I co-authored (which I've also opposed), and can't see a reason to wait a year if we have to do the death date. However if consensus is for it run, then I'll abide by that. Thanks. Victoria (talk) 18:52, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've been saving an article for DYK nomination for a few weeks now. I'd like it to be featured the day Isabeau of Bavaria appears as TFA, as it's about one of her daughters-in-law. The thought of keeping it in my user space for another year or more seems a bit dreadful. Surtsicna (talk) 23:17, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose: The primary author has made it clear that now is not the time. Ceoil (talk) 00:47, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Victoria and Ceoil...Modernist (talk) 01:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose – The primary authors wishes should be abided by here. --  Cassianto Talk   00:48, 24 August 2013 (UTC)