Biography of Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France 1188-1252

Paternal Family Tree: Ivrea

Maternal Family Tree: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault 1079-1151

1236 Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France was crowned Queen Consort of France.

Before 17th September 1177 [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 21] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 44] and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 55]. He the son of Sancho III King Castile and Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile. They were half fourth cousins.

On 4th March 1188 Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 32] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 26]. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1197 [her brother-in-law] Alfonso IX King Leon [aged 25] and [her sister] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 41] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 35]. He the son of Ferdinand II King Leon and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [aged 49]. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

23rd May 1200 King Louis VIII of France [aged 12] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 44] and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 38]. He the son of King Philip II of France [aged 34] and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1206 [her brother-in-law] Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal [aged 20] and [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 50] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 44]. He the son of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 51] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. They were second cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 9th September 1209 [her son] Philip Capet was born to [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 22] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He died aged eight in 1218.

On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 56] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Alfonso [aged 25] succeeded II King Portugal. [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [aged 23] by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.

On 26th January 1213 twins [her son] Alphonse Capet and John Capet were born to King Louis VIII of France [aged 25] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 24]. Both died the same day. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25th April 1214 [her son] King Louis IX of France was born to [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 26] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 27th May 1234 his half third cousin Margaret Provence Queen Consort France, daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence, and had issue.

On 5th October 1214 [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile [aged 58] died. He was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. His son [her brother] Henry [aged 10] succeeded I King Castile.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

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On 31st October 1214 [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [aged 53] died at Burgos [Map]. She was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map].

In 1215 [her brother] Henry I King Castile [aged 10] and [her sister-in-law] Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1216 [her brother] Henry I King Castile [aged 11] and [her sister-in-law] Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Castile [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her brother-in-law] Alfonso IX King Leon [aged 44] and Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon [aged 40]. He the son of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25th September 1216 [her son] Robert Capet Count of Artois was born to [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 29] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 28]. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 14th June 1237 his third cousin Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol, daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant, and had issue.

On 6th June 1217 [her brother] Henry I King Castile [aged 13] was killed by a tile falling of a roof. He was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. His sister Berengaria [aged 38] succeeded I Queen Castile.

On 31st August 1217 [her sister] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile [aged 38] abdicated I King Castile. Her son [her nephew] Ferdinand [aged 18] succeeded III King Castile.

Before July 1218 [her son] Philip Capet [aged 8] died.

On 3rd November 1220 [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [aged 33] died.

On 11th November 1220 [her son] Alphonse Count Poitiers II Count Toulouse was born to [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 33] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 32] at Poissy, Yvelines. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 1237 his second cousin Joan Countess of Toulouse, daughter of Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse and Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse.

On 14th July 1223 [her father-in-law] King Philip II of France [aged 57] died. His son [her husband] Louis [aged 35] succeeded VIII King France: Capet. Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 35] by marriage Queen Consort of France.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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On 6th August 1223 [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 35] and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 35] were crowned at Reims Cathedral.

On 8th November 1226 [her husband] King Louis VIII of France [aged 39] died. His son Louis [aged 12] succeeded IX King France: Capet.

On 21st March 1227 [her son] King Charles Capet of Sicily was born to [her former husband] King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 39]. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married (1) 31st January 1246 his half third cousin Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily, daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence, and had issue (2) November 1268 his third cousin twice removed Margaret Burgundy Queen Consort Sicily.

On 27th May 1234 King Louis IX of France [aged 20] and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence [aged 36] and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 36]. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 46]. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. January 1236. Anno Domini 1236, which was the twentieth year of the reign of King Henry the Third, he held his court at Winchester at Christmas, where he observed that festival with rejoicings. He was at this time anxiously looking for the return of the special messengers, whom he had sent into Provence to Raymond [aged 38], count of that province, with letters containing his own inmost thoughts about contracting a marriage with his daughter Eleanor [aged 13]. This said count was a man of illustrious race and brave in battle, but, by continual wars, he had wasted almost all the money he possessed. He had married the daughter [aged 38] of Thomas, the late count of Savoy, and sister of the present count, Amadeus [aged 39], a woman of remarkable beauty, by name Beatrice. This lady had issue by the aforesaid count, two daughters of great beauty, the elder of whom, named [her daughter-in-law] Margaret [aged 15], was married to [her son] Louis [aged 21], the French king, as we are told by a clerk named John de Gates; and the king of England had now, by the aforesaid messengers, demanded the younger one, a young lady of handsome appearance, in marriage. In order to obtain this favour, he had secretly sent Richard, prior of Hurle, in advance, who faithfully and with diligence brought the matter to a conclusion. On the prior's returning and telling the king the result, the latter sent him back to the count with some other messengers, namely, the bishops Hugh of Ely, and Robert of Hereford, and the brother of Robert de SANFORD, the master of the Knights Templars. These messengers were received by the count on their arrival in Provence with the greatest honour and respect, and from his hands received his daughter Eleanor, for the purpose of being united to the King of England; she was also attended by her uncle, William, bishop elect of Valentia; a man of distinction, and by the count of Champagne, a relation of the English king. The king of Navarre, on learning that they would travel through his territories, went joyfully to meet them, and accompanied them as a guide through his dominions during a journey of five days and more; he also, from his natural generosity, paid all their expenses, both for horses and attendants. Their retinue consisted of more than three hundred horsemen, not including the people who followed them in great numbers. On reaching the boundaries of France, they obtained not only a safe but honourable passage through that country, under conduct of the French king and his queen, the sister of the lady about to be married to the English king, and also of Blanche [aged 47], the French king's mother. They embarked at the port of Sandwich [Note. Should be Wissant], and with full sail made for Dover, Kent [Map], where they arrived, after a quick passage, before they were expected.

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In 1237 Alphonse Count Poitiers II Count Toulouse [aged 16] and Joan Countess of Toulouse [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse [aged 39] and Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 48]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 14th June 1237 Robert Capet Count of Artois [aged 20] and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant [aged 30] and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 49]. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1244 [her sister] Eleanor Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon died.

On 31st January 1246 King Charles Capet of Sicily [aged 18] and Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 48]. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 57]. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 8th November 1246 [her sister] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile [aged 67] died.

Battle of Mansoura

                    On 8th February 1250 the Battle of Mansoura was fought between Crusaders led by [her son] King Louis IX of France [aged 35] commanded by Robert Capet Count of Artois [aged 33] and Ayyubid forces.
                
                    Robert Capet Count of Artois and William Longespée [aged 42] were killed.
                
                    Alexander Giffard fought; possibly killed.

On 27th November 1252 Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 64] died.

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[her daughter] Isabel Capet was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. She a great granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

[her son] Philip Dagobert Capet was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

[her son] John Capet was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

[her son] Philip Capet was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

[her son] Etienne Capet was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.