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Blanche of Sicily, also called Blanche of Anjou [1] ( c. ? – 1269/1270), was the eldest surviving child born to Charles of Anjou and his first wife, Beatrice, the reigning Countess of Provence and Forcalquier. She later married Robert, the future Count of Flanders. [2]
- 1269/1270
- Charles I of Sicily
- Charles
- Anjou-Sicily
Blanche I ( Spanish: Blanca I de Navarra; 6 July 1387 [1] – 1 April 1441) was Queen of Navarre from the death of her father, King Charles III, in 1425 until her own death. She had been Queen of Sicily from 1402 to 1409 by marriage to King Martin I, serving as regent of Sicily from 1404 to 1405 and from 1408 to 1415.
Blanche was the eldest daughter of Eleanor Trastamara and Charles III, king of Navarre, a small kingdom in the Pyrenees. At age 19, she married Martin I the Younger, king of Sicily. When he died only six years later in 1410, without heirs, Blanche inherited the throne of Sicily. The succession of a woman to a throne in medieval times often ...
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Apr 11, 2016 · Blanche was born on 6 July 1387 as the second eldest daughter of Charles III of Navarre and Eleanor of Castile. She was one of eight siblings, and Blanche became the heiress of Navarre upon the death of her eldest sister, Joan, who had been married to John I, Count of Foix. She married for the first time to Martin the Younger, King of Sicily ...
Signature. Blanche and her family in Bible of Naples. Blanche of Anjou (1280 – 14 October 1310) was Queen of Aragon as the second spouse of King James II of Aragon. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, she is also known as Blanche of Naples. She served as Regent or "Queen-Lieutenant" of Aragon during the absence of her spouse in 1310.
Jul 2, 2018 · Upon his death in 1425, he was succeeded by his second daughter, now Queen Blanche I of Navarre. His eldest daughter had died childless in 1413. Blanche’s first husband was Martin I of Sicily and they had one shortlived son before she was widowed in 1409. In 1419, she remarried to John II of Aragon, and they had three surviving children together.
Blanche I ( Spanish: Blanca I de Navarra; 6 July 1387 – 1 April 1441) was Queen of Navarre from the death of her father, King Charles III, in 1425 until her own death. She had been Queen of Sicily from 1402 to 1409 by marriage to King Martin I, serving as regent of Sicily from 1404 to 1405 and from 1408 to 1415. Blanche I.
