Blanche of Burgundy

Not to be confused with Bianca of Burgundy.

Blanche of Burgundy
Queen consort of France and Navarre Countess consort of Champagne

Tenure	1322
Spouse	Charles IV of France
House	House of Capet
Father	Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
Mother	Mahaut, Countess of Artois
Born	c. 1296
Died	29 April 1326 (aged 29–30) Maubuisson Abbey, Pontoise

Blanche of Burgundy (French: Blanche de Bourgogne) (c. 1296 – 29 April 1326) was queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 due to her marriage to the future king Charles IV.

Biography

She was the daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy and Mahaut, Countess of Artois. She married Charles IV, then the Count of La Marche, third son of Philip IV at Corbeil on 20 May 1308.

The couple had two children:

Philip of France (1314–22), died young
Joan of France (1315–39)

Accusing her of adultery during the Tour de Nesle affair, her father-in-law threw Blanche and her supposed accomplices – her sister-in-law Margaret and sister Joan – into the fortress of Château Gaillard at the beginning of 1314.

She was still there in 1322 during the crowning of her husband Charles IV. The king refused to free her. Their marriage was annulled by Pope John XXII on 19 May 1322.

Blanche saw the end of her days at Maubuisson Abbey, near Pontoise, in April 1326.

French royalty
Preceded by Joan II, Countess of Burgundy	Queen consort of Navarre Countess consort of Champagne 1322	Succeeded by Marie of Luxembourg
Preceded by Joan II, Countess of Burgundy	Queen consort of France 1322	Succeeded by Marie of Luxembourg

Queens and Empresses of France

Adelaide of Aquitaine (987–996) · Rozala of Italy (996) · Bertha of Burgundy (996–1000) · Constance of Arles (1003–1031) · Matilda of Frisia (1034–1044) · Anne of Kiev (1051–1060) · Bertha of Holland (1071–1092) · Bertrade de Montfort (1092–1108) · Adelaide of Maurienne (1115–1137) · Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1152) · Constance of Castile (1154–1160) · Adèle of Champagne (1164–1180) · Isabelle of Hainaut (1180–1190) · Ingeborg of Denmark (1193–1193; 1200-1223) · Agnes of Merania (1196–1200) · Blanche of Castile (1223–1226) · Margaret of Provence (1234–1270) · Isabella of Aragon (1270–1271) · Maria of Brabant (1274–1285) · Joan I of Navarre (1285–1305) · Margaret of Burgundy (1314–1315) · Clementia of Hungary (1315–1316) · Joan II of Burgundy (1316–1322) · Blanche of Burgundy (1322) · Marie of Luxembourg (1322–1324) · Jeanne d'Évreux (1325–1328) · Joan the Lame (1328–1348) · Blanche of Navarre (1350) · Joan I of Auvergne (1350–1360) · Jeanne de Bourbon (1364–1378) · Isabeau of Bavaria (1385–1422) · Marie of Anjou (1422–1461) · Charlotte of Savoy (1461–1483) · Anne of Brittany (1491–1498; 1498–1514) · Joan of France (1498) · Mary of England (1514-1515) · Claude of France (1515–1524) · Eleanor of Austria (1530–1547) · Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) · Mary, Queen of Scots (1559–1560) · Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1570–1574) · Louise of Lorraine (1575–1589) · Margaret of Valois (1589–1599) · Marie de' Medici (1600–1610) · Archduchess Anne of Austria (1615–1643) · Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1660–1683) · Marie Leszczyńska (1725–1768) · Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1774–1792) · Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy* (1795–1810) · Joséphine de Beauharnais (1804–1810) · Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (1810–1814) · Princess Marie Thérèse of France* (1830) · Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1830–1848) · Eugénie de Montijo (1853–1870)

*disputed

Persondata
Name	Blanche Of Burgundy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1296
Place of birth
Date of death	1326
Place of death	Maubuisson Abbey, Pontoise