Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

Agnes of France (c. 1260 – 19 December 1327), Daughter of France by birth, was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son.

Family

Agnes was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whem lived to adulthood. She married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy in 1279, and became the mother of seven children:

• Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1282–1315).
• Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy.
• Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France.
• Joan (ca.1290–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, king Philip VI of France.
• Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350).
• Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut.
• Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar
• Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.

On the death of her husband, Agnes served as regent of Burgundy for her minor son, Hugh from 1306 until 1311. She died at Côte d’Or on 19 or 20 December 1327, and is buried Abbaye de Cîteaux.^[1]

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