Individual Details
Marguerite of Provence
(1221 - 21 Dec 1295)
Daughter of Raimund Berengar V, comte de Provence and Béatrice de Savoie, Marguerite was born in 1221 in St.Maime near Forcalquier. On 27 May 1234 in Sens Marguerite married Louis IX, king of France. They had eleven children of whom three sons and three daughters would have progeny. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly; Jean, sire de Joinville, chronicler of Louis's reign, tells several stories of Blanche separating the royal couple, and Louis himself sometimes behaving brusquely towards Marguerite.
Marguerite accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah in February 1250, where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252. Marguerite, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usually checked by the king's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (who died in 1245), by his will of 1238 left Provence to her younger sister Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles I Etienne of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis's death in 1270 Marguerite did all she could to thwart Charles' ambitions. She died 21 December 1295.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Marguerite accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah in February 1250, where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252. Marguerite, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usually checked by the king's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (who died in 1245), by his will of 1238 left Provence to her younger sister Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles I Etienne of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis's death in 1270 Marguerite did all she could to thwart Charles' ambitions. She died 21 December 1295.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1221 | St. Maime by Forcalquier | |||
| Marriage | 27 May 1234 | Sens - Saint Louis IX King of France | |||
| Death | 21 Dec 1295 | Paris, France | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Saint Louis IX King of France (1214 - 1270) |
| Child | Philippe III "le Hardi" King of France (1245 - 1285) |
Notes
Biography
Daughter of Raimund Berengar V, comte de Provence and Béatrice de Savoie, Marguerite was born in 1221 in St.Maime near Forcalquier. On 27 May 1234 in Sens Marguerite married Louis IX, king of France. They had eleven children of whom three sons and three daughters would have progeny. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly; Jean, sire de Joinville, chronicler of Louis's reign, tells several stories of Blanche separating the royal couple, and Louis himself sometimes behaving brusquely towards Marguerite.Marguerite accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah in February 1250, where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252. Marguerite, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usually checked by the king's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (who died in 1245), by his will of 1238 left Provence to her younger sister Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles I Etienne of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis's death in 1270 Marguerite did all she could to thwart Charles' ambitions. She died 21 December 1295.