Blanche , Princess of Navarre

     Blanche , Princess of Navarre was born circa 1177.¹ She was the daughter of Sancho VI el Sabio , King of Navarre and Sancha , Infanta of Castile.

Blanche , Princess of Navarre married Theobald III , Count of Brie, age 20 , son of Henry I the Generous , Count of Champagne and Brie and Marie of France , Princess of France, on 1 July 1199 at Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France. As her dower, Blanche received Theobald's seven castles – Épernay, Vertus, Sézanne, Chantemerle, Pont-sur-Seine, Nogent-sur-Seine, and Méry-sur-Seine – and all the subsidiaries coming from these castles and castellaries at the Count's death in 1199.^2,1 When her husband died, 24 May 1201, she was pregnant. When she gave birth to her son, he immediately became Theobald IV, Count of Champaign. She was to rule as regent for the following 21 years, during which the succession was contested by Theobald's nieces, Alice and Philippa.¹ When her regency ended in 1222, she withdrew to the Convent of Argensolles.¹ In her will she left 5 marks of gold to the Cathedral of Reims, which was used to build a statue to contain the Holy Milk of the Virgin.¹ Blanche , Princess of Navarre died on 13 March 1229.^3,2,1

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