Mortimer and Isabella: The Lovers Who Brought Down a King (opens in new tab)

Isabella and Mortimer formed a political alliance that soon blossomed into something more. By December 1325, rumors of their passionate love affair had spread across Europe. Indeed, the couple even started to live with one another and appear in public together, as if they were flaunting their adultery before the world. Within months, they had formulated a plan to invade England and oust the Despensers once and for all.