Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France

1188 - 1252  (64 years)

• Name	Blanche of Castile
  Birth	4 Mar 1188	Palencia, Castile and León, Spain   [1, 3, 4]
  General Information	Blanche of Castile served as the regent during the minority of her son, Louis IX.
  		Blanche of Castile as regent and her son Louis IX
  Death	27 Nov 1252	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Aft 27 Nov 1252	Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Berengaria of Castile,   b. 1171, Kingdom of Castile d. 8 Nov 1244, Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain  (Age 73 years) ▻ first husband;   Alfonso IX, King of Léon,  m. Dec 1197 + 2. Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France,   b. 4 Mar 1188, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 64 years) ▻ Louis VIII, King of France,  m. 23 May 1200
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Berenger   (12 x Great Grandfather)  Dangerose,   b. Abt 1080  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2962	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 1 December 1262. [3]

  
  

Father	Alfonso IX, King of Castile,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Soria, Castile and León, Spain d. 5 Oct 1214, Spain (Age 58 years)
Mother	Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 25 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain (Age 52 years)
Family ID	F2344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Louis VIII, King of France,   b. 5 Sep 1187, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Nov 1226, Château de Montpensier, Montpensier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 39 years)
Marriage	23 May 1200	Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
	Marriage of the King Louis VIII and Blanch of Castile
Age at Marriage	She : 12 years and 2 months - He : 12 years and 8 months.
Information	They were married in the Abby of Port-Mort, which I have not located.  [1]
Children	3 sons
+   1. Saint Louis IX, King of France,   b. 25 Apr 1215, Poissy, Île-de-France, France d. 25 Aug 1270, near Tunis (Age 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Margerite of Provence  m. 27 May 1234 +   2. Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem,   b. 1220   d. 7 Jan 1285, Foggia, Apulia, Italy (Age 65 years) ▻ Beatrix of Provence, Countess of Provence  m. 31 Jan 1246 +   3. Robert I, Count of Artois,   b. Sep 1216   d. 9 Feb 1250, Mansoura, Egypt (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Matilda of Brabant  m. 14 Jun 1237
Family ID	F2278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Oct 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France(1188 – 1252) 2Alfonso IX, King of Castile(1155 – 1214) 4Sancho III, King of Castile(1134 – 1158) 8Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 16Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile(1070 – 1107) 17Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 9Berengaria of Barcelona(1116 – 1149) 18Raymond Berenger III, Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence(1080 – 1131) 19Douce I de Gévaudan, comtesse de Provence (1095 – 1130) 5Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre(Abt 1134 – 1156) 10Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre(1110 – 1150) 20Ramiro II Sanchez, Infante of Navarre, Count of Moncon(Abt 1070 – 1116) 21Christina Diaz(1077 – ) 11Margaret de l'Aigle(Abt 1104 – 1141) 22Gilbert, Seigneur de l'Aigle(Abt 1061 – 1118) 23Julienne of Perche(Abt 1069 – ) 3Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile(1162 – 1214) 6Henry II, King of England(5 Mar 1132/33 – 1189) 12Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy(1113 – 1151) 24Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou(1092 – 1143) 25Ermenbourg of Maine( – 1126) 13The Empress Maud(1102 – 1167) 26Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy(1070 – 1135) 27Matilda of Scotland(1078 – 1118) 7Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine(1123 – 1204) 14William X, Duke of Aquitaine(1099 – 1137) 28William VII, Count of Poitou(1071 – 1127) 29Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse(1073 – 1117) 15Éléonore de Châtellerault(1105 – 1130) 30Almeric I, Vicscount of Châtellerault(Abt 1076 – 1136) 31Dangerose(Abt 1080 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Mar 1188 - Palencia, Castile and León, Spain Marriage - 23 May 1200 - Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France Death - 27 Nov 1252 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - Aft 27 Nov 1252 - Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1452] Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Plantagenet Descent from the Cid" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXVII, April 1963). [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).