Isabella of England Isabella of England Isabella of England (1214 – 1 December 1241) was Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Germans, and queen consort of Sicily. She was the fourth child and second daughter of John, King of England and Isabella of Angoulême. At a friendly meeting at Rieti, Pope Gregory IX suggested to Emperor Frederick II that he marry princess Isabella, a sister of King Henry III of England. At first Frederick II was concerned to lose his French allies; but when he realized that an English marriage might end the ongoing Anglo-French feud and constitute an important step towards the
The Man Who Would Be King (film) which he had to walk to the middle of the bridge. The cinematic version of "The Man Who Would be King" (1975) is a generally faithful adaptation of the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling, yet there are narrative differences: John Simon of "New York" magazine considered the film to be Huston's best work since "The African Queen", 23 years earlier. Jay Cocks of "Time" commented "John Huston has been wanting to make this movie for more than 20 years. It was worth the wait." Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars and wrote: "It's