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Marguerite of Provence (Forcalquier
Forcalquier

Forcalquier is a communes of France of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France in southeastern France. The inhabitants are called the 'Forcalqui?rens'....
, c. 1221 – December 21, 1295, Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
) was the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

Ramon Berenguer IV , Count of Provence and Forcalquier, was the son of Alfonso II, Count of Provence and Garsenda of Sabran, heiress of Forcalquier....
 and Beatrice of Savoy
Beatrice of Savoy

Beatrice of Savoy , was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva. Beatrice married on 5 June 1219 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence....
.

Marriage
Marguerite herself became the Queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 of Louis IX of France
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 and mother to eleven children.

Marguerite, like her sisters, was noted for her beauty, she was said to be "pretty with dark hair and fine eyes", and in the early years of their marriage she and Louis enjoyed a warm relationship.






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Marguerite of Provence (Forcalquier
Forcalquier

Forcalquier is a communes of France of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France in southeastern France. The inhabitants are called the 'Forcalqui?rens'....
, c. 1221 – December 21, 1295, Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
) was the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

Ramon Berenguer IV , Count of Provence and Forcalquier, was the son of Alfonso II, Count of Provence and Garsenda of Sabran, heiress of Forcalquier....
 and Beatrice of Savoy
Beatrice of Savoy

Beatrice of Savoy , was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva. Beatrice married on 5 June 1219 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence....
.

Family


Her maternal grandparents were Thomas I of Savoy
Thomas I of Savoy

Thomas I or Tommaso I was County of Savoy from 1189-1233. He was the son of Humbert III of Savoy and Beatrice of Viennois. His birth was seen as miraculous; his monkish father had despaired of having a male heir after three wives....
 and Marguerite of Geneva
Marguerite of Geneva

Marguerite of Geneva was the daughter of William I, Count of Geneva. She was supposed to become the third wife of Philip II of France but was in 1195 while on her way to Paris she was abducted by Thomas I of Savoy....
, daughter of William I of Geneva
William I of Geneva

William I of Geneva was Count of Geneva. In 1195 he was escorting his daughter, Marguerite of Geneva, to France for her intended wedding to King Philip II of France....
.

Her younger sisters were:

  • Eleanor of Provence
    Eleanor of Provence

    Eleanor of Provence was Queen Consort of King Henry III of England.Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy , the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Marguerite of Geneva....
     became the Queen consort of Henry III of England
    Henry III of England

    Henry III was the son and successor of John of England as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester....
    .


  • Sanchia of Provence
    Sanchia of Provence

    Sanchia of Provence , was the third daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. Sanchia was described as `of incomparable beauty.'...
     who became the Queen consort of Richard, Earl of Cornwall and rival King of the Germans.


  • Beatrice of Provence
    Beatrice of Provence

    Beatrice of Provence was the first wife and Queen of Charles I of Sicily.The youngest daughter of Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy, Beatrice was married on January 31, 1246 to Charles I of Sicily, Count of Anjou and Maine, the youngest brother of King Louis IX of France....
     who was the Queen consort of Charles I of Sicily
    Charles I of Sicily

    Charles I , commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a Pope grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282....


Marriage


Marguerite herself became the Queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 of Louis IX of France
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 and mother to eleven children.

Marguerite, like her sisters, was noted for her beauty, she was said to be "pretty with dark hair and fine eyes", and in the early years of their marriage she and Louis enjoyed a warm relationship. Her Franciscan confessor, William de St. Pathus, related that on cold nights Marguerite would place a robe around Louis' shoulders, when her deeply religious husband rose to pray. Another anecdote recorded by St. Pathus related that Marguerite felt that Louis' plain clothing was unbecoming to his royal dignity, to which Louis replied that he would dress as she wished, if she dressed as he wished. However, the chronicler Joinville noted with disapproval that Louis rarely asked after his wife and children, and in later years Louis became vexed with Marguerite's ambition.

She accompanied Louis on his first crusade
Seventh Crusade

The Seventh Crusade was a crusade led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. Approximately 50,000 gold bezants was paid in ransom for King Louis who, along with thousands of his troops, were captured and defeated by the Egyptian army led by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Muazzam Turanshah supported by the Bahri dynasty Mamluks led by Faris ad-Din A...
 and was responsible for negotiations and ransom when he was captured. She was thus for a brief time the only woman ever to lead a crusade. During this period, while in Damietta
Damietta

Damietta, Damiata, or Domyat is a harbor and the capital of the governorate of Domyat Governorate, Egypt. It is located at the intersection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile, about north of Cairo....
, she gave birth to Jean Tristran.

After the death of Louis on his second crusade, during which she remained in France, she returned to Provence.

She was devoted to her sister Queen Eleanor of England, and they stayed in contact until Eleanor's death.

Children

With Louis IX of France
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
:
  1. Blanche (1240–April 29, 1243)
  2. Isabelle (March 2, 1241–January 28, 1271), married Theobald II of Navarre
    Theobald II of Navarre

    File:Teobald II diner 1253 755933.jpgTheobald II , called the Young, was Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre from 1253 until his death....
  3. Louis (February 25, 1244–January 1260)
  4. Philippe III
    Philip III of France

    Philip III , called the Bold , was the List of French monarchs, succeeding his father, Louis IX of France, and reigning from 1270 to 1285....
     (May 1, 1245–October 5, 1285)
  5. Jean (born and died in 1248)
  6. Jean Tristan (1250–August 3, 1270)
  7. Pierre (1251–1284)
  8. Blanche
    Blanche of France (1253–1323)

    es:Blanca de Franciait:Bianca di FranciaBlanche of France was a daughter of Louis IX of France and Marguerite of Provence. Her paternal grandparents were Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, her maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy....
     (1253–1323), married Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile
    Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile

    Don Ferdinand de la Cerda was the Crown Prince of Crown of Castile, eldest son of King Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon. His nickname, de la Cerda, means "of the bristle" in Spanish, a reference to being born with a line of hair running down his back from the neck....
  9. Marguerite (1254–1271), married John I, Duke of Brabant
    John I, Duke of Brabant

    John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious was Duke of Brabant , Duke of Lothier and Duchy of Limburg .He was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy....
  10. Robert, Count of Clermont
    Robert, Count of Clermont

    Robert of France was made Count of Clermont in 1268. He was son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:...
     (1256–February 7, 1317). He was the ancestor of King Henry IV of France
    Henry IV of France

    Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
    .
  11. Agnes of France
    Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

    Agnes of France was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Marguerite of Provence.Agnes had ten older siblings, including Philip III of France and Robert, Count of Clermont....
     (c. 1260–December 19, 1327), married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
    Robert II, Duke of Burgundy

    Robert II of Burgundy was duke of Burgundy between 1271 and 1306, inheriting the title from his brother Eudes of Burgundy, who had no male heirs....


Sources

  • Murray, Jacqueline. Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities, 1999
  • The Plantagenets, The Magnificent Century, Thomas B Costain 1951