survived her brother, whom she succeeded, and died in 1360. Her husband Walter of Enghien had died in 1345. For a few years, she was Countess of Lecce and Brienne, as well as titular Duchess of Athens and of other claimed titles. Since her eldest son Gauthier had died before her brother, her heir was her second son Sohier of Enghien. She allowed her inherited lands to be divided between her numerous children during her own lifetime. Isabella's brother Gauthier had left Greece sometime in the 1340s, and her eldest surviving son Sohier of Enghien apparently was resident lord of Argos and Nauplia from c. 1350. In the division of the inheritance in 1356–60, he received the title of Duke of Athens, and certain rights in Argos-Nauplia. However, her sixth son Guy of Enghien received the lordship of Argos and Nauplia in the division and resided there as the lord from 1356 to 1377. Guy was also sometimes titled Duke of Athens, although the title officially belonged to his elder brother and the latter's son, and they as Dukes of Athens were overlords of Guy and Guy's heirs. Isabella's fourth son Louis of Enghien, Lord of Conversano, received the (titular) Duchy of Athens in 1381, when his nephew's inheritance was divided. Guy's daughter Maria d'Enghien, Isabella's granddaughter, married Pietro Cornaro, a Venetian. They sold the lordship to Venice in 1388. Her main inheritance went, after some interludes, to the children of her third son John of Enghien: Peter I of Enghien, who died childless, and Mary of Enghien (1367–1446). Children Isabella's children with Sohier of Enghien were: Walter (June 5, 1322 – November 18, 1340) Isabella (d. December 28, 1357), Abbess of Flines Sohier (d. March 21, 1364), count of Brienne, titular duke of Athens John, (d. 1380), count of Lecce and lord of Castro (father of Mary of Enghien) Margaret, married Pierre de Préaux Louis (d. March 17, 1394), lord (later count) of Conversano, later count of Brienne and titular duke of Athens James, a canon in Liège Guy,(d. 1377), lord of Argos and Nauplia Engelbert (c. 1330–February 20, 1403), lord of Ramerupt, La Follie, and Seneffe Frances, married Peter, Count of Montebello Joan, a nun at Flines References |- |- 1306 births 1360 deaths 14th-century Italian women Counts of Brienne Lords of Argos and Nauplia 14th-century women rulers