Blanca of Bourbon

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Blanche de Bourbon (1339 – 1361) was daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois.

On 3 July 1353 she married King Peter of Castile.

Eventually she was imprisoned in the castle of Arevalo.

She died in Medina Sidonia at the age of twenty-two. The legend says that she was killed by a crossbowman sent by the king himself. Another legend speaks of poisoning.

[edit] Ancestry

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Ancestors of Blanca of Bourbon

16. Louis IX of France

8. Robert, Count of Clermont

17. Marguerite of Provence

4. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

18. John of Burgundy

9. Beatrix of Bourbon

19. Agnes of Dampierre

2. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

20. John I of Avesnes

10. John II, Count of Holland

21. Adelaide of Holland

5. Mary of Avesnes

22. Henry V of Luxembourg

11. Philippa of Luxembourg

23. Marguerite of Bar

1. Blanca of Bourbon

24. Louis IX of France (= 16)

12. Philip III of France

25. Marguerite of Provence (= 17)

6. Charles of Valois

26. James I of Aragon

13. Isabella of Aragon

27. Violant of Hungary

3. Isabella of Valois

28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol

14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol

29. Matilda of Brabant

7. Mahaut of Chatillon

30. John II, Duke of Brittany

15. Marie of Brittany

31. Beatrice of England

[edit] References

Hale, Edward Everett, and Susan Hale. The Story of Spain. Story of the nations. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886. googlebooks.com Accessed November 16,2007
Jones, William H. Blanche de Bourbon, and other poems. London: Hookham and Sons, 1855. googlebooks.com Accessed November 16, 2007