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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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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  4. 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.

  5. Margaret of Provence ( French: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.

  6. Dec 1, 2015 · 1st December 2015. In the High Middle Ages, there were four sisters known by the famous moniker of “the Provençal Sisters” and they married four of the most influential men of Europe at the ...

  7. Margaret of Provence is the 155th most popular companion (up from 163rd in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from France (up from 758th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Companion. 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.

  8. other name: Marguerite de Provence. Details. individual; royal/imperial; French; Female. Life dates. 1221-1295. 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 ...

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