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Margaret of Provence (French: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
In a series of comparisons between Marguerite and her mother-in-law, sister, and Egyptian counterpart during the Seventh Crusade, Marguerite’s role as queen and access of power is reconstructed. Marguerite of Provence, wife to Saint Louis IX of France, has long been overlooked or negatively characterized by historians.
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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Apr 22, 2022 · In a three hour judgment, the judge granted the divorce, condemning Margaret as “a highly sexed woman” who was not “satisfied with normal relations and had started to indulge in disgusting ...
- Eloise Barry
May 27, 2007 · When Blanche of Castile, queen of France, sent an emissary to assess the 12-year-old Marguerite Berenger’s fitness for marriage to her son, Louis IX, the man was feted for days and returned...
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.
When Marguerite de Provence reine de France was born in 1221, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, her father, Ramon Berenguer IV Count of Provence, was 26 and her mother, Béatrice de Savoie, was 23. She married St. Louis IX roi de France on 27 May 1234. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters.
