ðə fɹˈæŋkɪʃ mˈɑːnɐstɚɹi æɾ aɪsˈoʊvə wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd sˌʌm tˈaɪm ˈæftɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈaɪv, wˌɛn ðə fɹˈɛntʃ pɹˌɪnsɪpˈælᵻɾi ʌv ɐtʃˈiə wʌz kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɪn sˈʌðɚn ɡɹˈiːs ɪnðə wˈeɪk ʌvðə fˈoːɹθ kɹuːsˈeɪd, ænd bᵻfˌoːɹ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː, wˌɛn ðɪ ˈæbi wʌz dᵻstɹˈɔɪd baɪ fˈaɪɚ sˈiː bᵻlˈoʊ.
The Frankish monastery at Isova was founded some time after 1205, when the French Principality of Achaea was created in southern Greece in the wake of the Fourth Crusade, and before 1263, when the abbey was destroyed by fire (see below).