Blanche of Artois

Blanche married Henry I, King of Navarre in 1269. Henry (son of Theobald IV "the Great", King of Navarre and Marguerite de Bourbon) was born about 1244 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; died on 22 Jul 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre was born in Jan 1272 in France; died on 2 Apr 1305 in Château-de-Vincennes, Vincennes, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Blanche married Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester in 1276. Edmund (son of Henry III, King of England and Eleanor of Provence) was born on 16 Jan 1244 in London, England; died on 5 Jun 1295 in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester was born about 1281; died on 22 Sep 1345.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also a Prince of France
• Military: 1248; In 1248, he joined his father on the Seventh Crusade with St. Louis.

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He was killed in battle.

Robert married Matilda of Brabant on 14 Jun 1237 in Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France. Matilda (daughter of Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine and Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany) died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cercamp, Frévent, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1223; He was crowned the King of France in 1223.
• Reign: From 1223 to 1226; King of France (House of Capet)

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Louis married Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France on 23 May 1200 in Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France. Blanche (daughter of Alfonso IX "the Noble", King of Castile and Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile) was born on 4 Mar 1188 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: Blanche of Castile served as the regent during the minority of her son, Louis IX.

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Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 1 December 1262.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1235; He succeeded as the Duke of Brabant upon the death of his father in 1235.

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189.

Henry married Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany on 9 Feb 1207. Maria (daughter of Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany and Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily) was born in 1201 in Swabia, Germany; died in 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was known as Marie of Swabia, or Mary of Hohensauffen.

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Death: von Redlich (1941) gives her death date as 1240.

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Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1215.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 1180; He was crowned the King of France in 1180.
• Reign: From 1180 to 1223; King of France (House of Capet)
• Military: 1190; In 1190, he took up the cross and went on the Third Crusade.

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) and Langston (1974) give his birth date as 21 August 1165.

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Philip married Isabella of Hainaut on 28 Apr 1180 in Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France. Isabella (daughter of Baldwin V "le Courageux", Count of Hainaut and Namur and Marguerite of Lorraine) was born in Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Nôtre-Dame de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also known as Alfonso VIII. He was also the King of Toledo and Extramadura. He was the victor of Los Navas de Tolosa.
• Reign: From 1158 to 1214; King of Castile

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Alfonso married Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile in 1170 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine) was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 25 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Some sources say she died in Domfront, Normandy, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Landgrave of Brabant, Margrave of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain.
• Title(s): From 1182 to 1184; He acted as a regent while Count Godfrey III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from 1182 to 1184.
• Title(s): 1183; He became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183.
• Military: From 1217 to 1218; He joined the Fifth Crusade to Egypt from 1217 to 1218.
• Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158.

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Henry married Matilda of Bloulogne in 1179. Matilda (daughter of Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne and Mary of Blois, Princess of England) was born about 1162; died in 1211 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was the heiress of Countship of Boulogne. Her name was also spelt Maud of Flanders.
• Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1240.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Duke of Swabia, and the Margrave of Tuscany.
• Title(s): 1196; In 1196, he became the Duke of Tuscany and Swabia.
• Crowned: 1198; In 1198, he as crowned the Emperor of Germany. He was considered the Holy Roman Emperor, but never crowned as such.
• Crowned: 6 Feb 1199; On 6 February 1199, he was crowned the King of the Romans.

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Died:
He was assassinated by Otto of Wittelsbach.

Philip married Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East and Eirene Komnena) was born about 1181; died on 27 Aug 1208; was buried in Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: Her name was also spelt "Eirene Angelina". She was also called, in Germany, Maria.
• Miscellaneous: 1194; In 1194, as a young widow, she was abducted from Sicily and taken to Germany.

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Death: My old records say she was killed by the same person on the same day as her husband, but in a totally different place. I have left her record blank until this can be figured out.

Died:
She died after the miscarriage of a premature child and two months after her husband's murder.

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Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1196.