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  1. Dec 6, 2023 · Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France (detail), Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Bible of Saint Louis (Moralized Bible), c. 1227–34, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum (The Morgan Library and Museum, MS M. 240, fol. 8).

  2. The 38-year-old widow, Blanche of Castile, had her work cut out for her. Rebelling barons were eager to win back lands that her husband’s father had seized from them. They rallied troops against her, defamed her character, and even accused her of adultery and murder. Caught in a perilous web of treachery, insurrections, and open warfare ...

  3. Nov 16, 2020 · The 38-year-old widow, Blanche of Castile, had her work cut out for her. Rebelling barons were eager to win back lands that her husband’s father had seized from them. They rallied troops against her, defamed her character, and even accused her of adultery and murder. Caught in a perilous web of treachery, insurrections, and open warfare ...

  4. Blanche was born in 1253 in Jaffa, County of Jaffa and Ascalon during the Seventh Crusade led by her father, Louis IX of France. [2] In November 1269, [3] she married Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile, eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon. [4] They had:

  5. b. 1188, Palencia, Spain; d. 1252, Paris. Blanche was the granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and sister of Berenguela. She was brought to France in the year 1200 as part of a political alliance and married to Louis VIII, who would become king of France in 1223. As queen, Blanche was a skilled political and military organizer, in one case ...

  6. The 38-year-old widow, Blanche of Castile, had her work cut out for her. Rebelling barons were eager to win back lands that her husband’s father had seized from them. They rallied troops against her, defamed her character, and even accused her of adultery and murder. Caught in a perilous web of treachery, insurrections, and open warfare ...

  7. Sep 24, 2012 · Blanche of Castile by Pernoud, Régine, 1909-Publication date 1975 Topics Blanche, of Castile, Queen, consort of Louis VIII, King of France, 1188-1252, Queens Publisher

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