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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
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