Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France
F, (4 March 1188 - 27 November 1252)
Father-Biological* | Alfonso IX the Noble , King of Castile b. 11 Nov 1155, d. 5 Oct 1214 |
Mother-Biological* | Eleanor of England , Princess of England and Queen of Castile b. 13 Oct 1162, d. 25 Oct 1214 |
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Last Edited=19 Jun 2022
Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France was born on 4 March 1188 at Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Alfonso IX the Noble , King of Castile and Eleanor of England , Princess of England and Queen of Castile.
Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France, age 12, married Louis VIII the Lion , King of France, age 12 , son of Philip II Augustus , King of France and Isabella of Hainaut, on 23 May 1200 at Abbey of Port-Mort, Bapaume, Normandy, France.1,4,2,5,3 Starting in 1227, Blanche of Castile, served as regent during her son, Louis IX's minority. Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France died on 27 November 1252 at Paris, Île-de-France, France, at age 64.1,4,3 She was buried at Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Île-de-France, France.1
Compeller's Notes:
Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France, age 12, married Louis VIII the Lion , King of France, age 12 , son of Philip II Augustus , King of France and Isabella of Hainaut, on 23 May 1200 at Abbey of Port-Mort, Bapaume, Normandy, France.1,4,2,5,3 Starting in 1227, Blanche of Castile, served as regent during her son, Louis IX's minority. Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France died on 27 November 1252 at Paris, Île-de-France, France, at age 64.1,4,3 She was buried at Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Île-de-France, France.1
Compeller's Notes:
Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 1 December 1262.2
Children of Blanche of Castile , Princess of Castile, Queen of France and Louis VIII the Lion , King of France
- Saint Louis IX , King of France+ (25 Apr 1215 - 25 Aug 1270)
- Robert I , Count of Artois+ (Sep 1216 - 9 Feb 1250)
- Charles I , King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem+ (1220 - 7 Jan 1285)
Citations
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- Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Plantagenet Descent from the Cid", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CXVII (April 1963).
- Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume II. Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1974.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
- Von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R.. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume 1. Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941.