Blanche, Princess of Navarre

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miscellaneous: 1199; As her dower, Blanche received Theobald's seven castles – Épernay, Vertus, Sézanne, Chantemerle, Pont-sur-Seine, Nogent-sur-Seine, and Méry-sur-Seine – and all the subsidiaries coming from these castles and castellaries at the Count's death in 1199.
• Offices Held: 24 May 1201; When her husband died, 24 May 1201, she was pregnant. When she gave birth to her son, he immediately became Theobald IV, Count of Champaign. She was to rule as regent for the following 21 years, during which the succession was contested by Theobald's nieces, Alice and Philippa.
• Religion: 1222; When her regency ended in 1222, she withdrew to the Convent of Argensolles.
• Will: say 1228; In her will she left 5 marks of gold to the Cathedral of Reims, which was used to build a statue to contain the Holy Milk of the Virgin.
• Last Full Review: 7 Jul 2020

Blanche married Theobald III, Count of Brie on 1 Jul 1199 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Theobald (son of Henry I "the Generous", Count of Champagne and Brie and Marie of France, Princess of France) was born on 13 Jan 1179 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; died on 24 May 1201 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; was buried in Saint-Étienne, Troyes, Grand Est, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Treaty: say 1222; One of the conditions of Blanche's treaty with Philip II confirming her son's inheritance was that Marie had to be sent away to be raised in the royal court at Paris.
• Last Full Review: 7 Jul 2020

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 1234 to 1253; King of Navarre
• Military: Between 1239 and 1240; He was a Crusader.

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He was also the Count of Brie and Bar-sur-Seine.

Family/Spouse: first wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: second wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theobald married Marguerite de Bourbon on 12 Sep 1232. Marguerite (daughter of Archambaud VIII de Bourbon "the Great", Seigneur de Bourbon and Beatrice de Montculon) was born about 1211; died on 12 Apr 1256 in Provins, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: His name is also spelt Engique.

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Family/Spouse: first wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Blanche of Artois in 1269. Blanche (daughter of Robert I, Count of Artois and Matilda of Brabant) was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial: Stuart (2002) states she was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars in Paris. I have not found corroborating statements, nor information on such a church. At this point I leave it as she was buried in Paris.

Name:
Also known as Jeanne.

Died:
She died in childbirth.

Jeanne married Philip IV "the Fair", King of France and Navarre on 16 Aug 1284 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Philip (son of Philip III "the Bold", King of France and Isabella of Aragon) was born in 1268 in Fontainbleau, Île-de-France, France; died on 29 Nov 1314 in Fontainbleau, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]