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Margaret of Provence (French: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
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.
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Dec 1, 2015 · A 15th-century depiction of Louis IX (then a canonised saint) and his wife, Margaret of Provence travelling to the Seventh Crusade.
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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.
Margaret of Provence was a Queen of France, and the wife of Louis IX. She was born on April 12, 1221 in Aix-en-Provence. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. Margaret was married to Louis IX in 1234. She had six children with Louis IX.
Margaret of Provence, Queen of France. 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.
