Blanche of Artois (1248-1302)

[An Ard Ri]

Blanche of Artois (1248-1302) died on this day in 1302.

Blanche was a French Princess,the grandchild of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile.In 1269 she was married to Theobold I of Navarre and after his death she ruled Navarre as Regent for their only surviving child,Jeanne Ier de Navarre.Queen Blanche later married into the English Royal Family,in 1276 she married Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster,a younger so of Henry III of England.Blanche of Artois died near London on May 2nd,1302 and was buried at the Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, London.

Blanche of Artois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Artemisia]

Blance of Artois was a very interesting woman. A French Princess by birth and English Princess by marriage, she is also a direct ancestress of the present Queen:

- Blanche of Artois
- Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
- Maud of Lancaster
- Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
- Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
- Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
- Anne de Mortimer (through whom the House of York claimed the Throne during the War of Roses)
- Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
- Edward IV of England
- Elizabeth of York
- Margaret Tudor
- James V of Scotland
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- James I of England and VI of Scotland
- Elizabeth of Bohemia
- Sophia, Electress of Hanover
- George I of Great Britain
- George II of Great Britain
- Frederick, Prince of Wales
- George III of the United Kingdom
- Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
- Queen Victoria
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- George V of the United Kingdom
- George VI of the United Kingdom
- Queen Elizabeth II

That's just one of the lines, mind you; there are at least five different lines through Queen Elizabeth's maternal and paternal sides.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Blance of Artois was a very interesting woman. A French Princess by birth and English Princess by marriage, she is also a direct ancestress of the present Queen:

- Blanche of Artois
- Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
- Maud of Lancaster
- Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
- Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
- Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
- Anne de Mortimer (through whom the House of York claimed the Throne during the War of Roses)
- Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
- Edward IV of England
- Elizabeth of York
- Margaret Tudor
- James V of Scotland
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- James I of England and VI of Scotland
- Elizabeth of Bohemia
- Sophia, Electress of Hanover
- George I of Great Britain
- George II of Great Britain
- Frederick, Prince of Wales
- George III of the United Kingdom
- Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
- Queen Victoria
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- George V of the United Kingdom
- George VI of the United Kingdom
- Queen Elizabeth II

That's just one of the lines, mind you; there are at least five different lines through Queen Elizabeth's maternal and paternal sides.

And Queen of Navarre by marriage and then later Regent,I'm amazed this woman hasn't had a biography written about her and her life!

Thanks for posting her line,makes her even more of interest.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Who is the author of Le Miroir de l'Ame, which was dedicated to Blanche?
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[An Ard Ri]

The Miroir de l’âme, a work by a Cistercian nun, was dedicated to Blanche of Castile ,Queen and Regent of France.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Royal documentation of Blanche of Artois
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/1404439539

 

[An Ard Ri]

Royal documentation of Blanche of Artois
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/1404439539

That's the Coat of Arms of Blanche d'Artois
Navarre and Artois on the left and England and Artois on the right.

Blanche was a French Princes by birth and a niece of niece of King Louis IX of France.Her father was Robert I, Count of Artois who was a son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.

Blanche was queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne and Brie by her 1st marriage to Henri I of Navarre.
Following his death she ruled as Queen Regent of Navarre for her daughter Jeanne I.

In 1276 she married secondly Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester

 

[Blog Real]

Children of Blanche of Artois:

With Henry I of Navarre:
Theobald of Navarre
Joan I of Navarre

With Edmund Crouchback:
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

 

[An Ard Ri]

Children of Blanche of Artois:

With Henry I of Navarre:
Theobald of Navarre
Joan I of Navarre

With Edmund Crouchback:
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Theobald de Champagne who was the eldest child of Blanche d'Artois died tragically at the castle of Estella when fell from the arms of his nanny onto the castle ramparts.

Following the death of Henri I of Navarre in 1274 ,Queen Blanche became Regent of Navarre and also the countdoms of Brie ,Champagne , Troyes and Meaux for her daughter Jeanne I.