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Margaret was born in the spring of 1221 in Forcalquier. [1] She was the eldest of four daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, and Beatrice of Savoy. Her younger sisters were Queen Eleanor of England, Queen Sanchia of Germany, and Queen Beatrice of Sicily. She was especially close to Eleanor, to whom she was close in age, and with ...
Margaret Of Provence (born 1221—died Dec. 21, 1295, Paris) was the eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence. Her marriage to King Louis IX of France on May 27, 1234, extended French authority beyond the Rhône. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX’s mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law ...
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Dec 20, 2015 · Margaret of Provence was one of the four daughters of Berengar, count of Provence, and his wife, Beatrice of Savoy--born around the year 1221, Margaret was the oldest of the sisters, followed by Eleanor of Provence, born c. 1223; Sanchia of Provence, born c. 1228; and Beatrice of Provence, born c. 1231. While Berengar was himself related to the ...
Margaret of Provence was the oldest daughter of Raymond Berengar of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy . At 14, she was betrothed and married to the king of France, Louis IX ( Saint Louis ). Louis and Margaret were deeply devoted to one another despite the political reasons that brought them together, and had 11 children.
Dec 1, 2015 · Before the marriage contract was signed, there was an altercation between Blanche and Raymond of Provence, where the queen had demanded a prodigious fee in return for Margaret to wed Louis.
Margaret of Provence ( French: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
MARGARET OF PROVENCE (1221-1295), queen of France, was the daughter of Raymond Berenger V., count of Provence. She was married to Saint Louis at Sens on the 27th of May 1234, and was crowned the next day. Blanche of Castile, the queen-mother, arranged the marriage to win over to the cause of France the powerful count of Provence, but treated ...
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