Blanche of France, Infanta of Castile
| Blanche of France | |
|---|---|
| Infanta of Castile | |
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| Spouse | Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile |
| Issue |
Alfonso de la Cerda of Castile Ferdinand de la Cerda of Castile |
| House | Roman Catholicism |
| Father | Louis IX of France |
| Mother | Margaret of Provence |
| Born |
1253 Jaffa |
| Died |
1323 (aged 69–70) Paris, France |
| Burial | Cordeliers Convent, Paris |
Blanche of France (French: Blanche de France) (1253–1323) was a daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence, and sister of King Philip III of France and Queen Isabella of Navarre.
Biography
Blanche was born in 1253 in Jaffa, during the Seventh Crusade led by her father, Louis IX.
In November 1268, she married Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile, eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon, they had two sons:
- Alfonso (1270–1324), who married Mahaut, daughter of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu. They had four sons and three daughters.
- Ferdinand (1275–1322), who married Juana Núñez de Lara, called "la Palomilla", Lady of Lara and Herrera, daughter of Juan Núñez I de Lara and Teresa Álvarez de Azagra. They had one son and three daughters. One daughter, Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, was the mother-in-law of King Henry II of Castile.
Ferdinand predeceased his father in 1275 at Ciudad Real. Blanche and Ferdinand's sons did not inherit the throne of their grandfather, since their uncle, the second son, Sancho, enforced his claim, even by rebelling. Blanche's brother Philip warned Sancho that he would invade Castile on behalf of his two nephews.
Blanche left Castile never to return. Her sons were sent to live with their grandmother Violant of Aragon who had them sent to the fortress of Játiva so they would be safe from Sancho.
Blanche died at the Monastère des Clarisses de l’Ave Maria,[1] in Paris, in 1323.[2]
Ancestry
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| 16. Louis VII of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Philip II of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. Adèle of Champagne | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Louis VIII of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Isabelle of Hainaut | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Louis IX of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. Sancho III of Castile | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Alfonso VIII of Castile | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. Blanche of Navarre | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Blanche of Castile | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. Henry II of England | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Eleanor of England | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. Eleanor of Aquitaine | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Blanche of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 24. Alfonso II of Aragon | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. Alfonso II, Count of Provence | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. Sancha of Castile | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence | ||||||||||||||||
| 26. Renier de Sabran | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier | ||||||||||||||||
| 27. Garsenda of Forcalquier | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Margaret of Provence | ||||||||||||||||
| 28. Humbert III, Count of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Thomas I, Count of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 29. Beatrice of Viennois | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Beatrice of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 30. William I of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Margaret of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||
| 31. Beatrix of Faucigny | ||||||||||||||||
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