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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 ...
Mar 25, 2024 · 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 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 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.
Margaret of Provence ( French: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
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Biography. Daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, and sister of Queen Eleanor of England; in 1234 married Louis IX, King of France (q.v.), and accompanied him to his first crusade in 1248; after Louis's death (1270) she returned to Provence. Mother of Philip III. New search.
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 ...
