Blanche d’Artois

Events

Date of Birth: about 1248.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by García Arancón.

Date of Death: 2 May 1302.

Place of Death: Paris.

The date is given by père Anselme (1:382) and by the Complete Peerage (7:387). García Arancón (p. 425) gives the same date, and the place as Vincennes.

(probable) Place of Burial: Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, London.

The place is given by Cawley. García Arancón (p. 425) gives the Franciscan church of the Cordeliers in Paris.

Relationships

Father: Robert de France, count of Artois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:382), by García Arancón (p. 410), and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).

Mother: Mathilde de Brabant.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:382), by García Arancón (p. 410), and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).

Spouse: Enrique I, king of Navarre. Married 1269.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:382), by Evergates (p. 86), by García Arancón (p. 410), and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).

Spouse: Edmund “Crouchback”, earl of Lancaster. Married January 1276.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:382), by Evergates (p. 87), by García Arancón (p. 410), and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).

Children (by Enrique):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Thibaut de Champagne, infante doñ Teobaldo de Navarra (died 1272). Thibaut died when a nurse accidentally dropped him from a castle wall.

Jeanne de Champagne, infanta doña Juana de Navarra (14 January 1273 - 31 March or April 2 1305), later Jeanne, countess of Champagne, and Juana, Queen of Navarre, married Philippe IV “le Bel”, king of France.

Children (by Edmond):

Thomas of Lancaster (died 22 March 1322), earl of Lancaster, married Alice de Lacy (later divorced).

Henry of Lancaster (about 1280 - 22 September 1345), earl of Lancaster, married Maud Chaworth.

John of Lancaster married Alix de Joinville.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “BLANCHE d'Artois” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

García Arancón, María Raquel. “Blanca de Artois” in Reinas de Navarra (Julia Pavón, ed.), (Madrid, 2014), pp. 410-443.

Evergates, Theodore. “Aristocratic Women in the County of Champage” in Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999)