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Charles II d'Alencon b. 1297 d. August 26, 1346
French royalty, brother of King Philippe VI. Comte d'Alencon, de Chartres and Perche. Between April 1314 and September 1336 he was married to Jeanne de Joigny. In December 1336 he married Maria de la Cerda. He was killed in the Battle of Crecy. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Anne de Bretagne b. January 25, 1477 d. January 9, 1514
French Monarch. Duchess of Bretagne, twice queen of France. Only child of Francois II. de Bretagne and Marguerite de Foix, that survived their childhood. In 1483, after the death of Louis XI, Louis of Orleans asked for her hand. He intended to divorce his wife Jeanne, a daughter of the dead King, to marry Anne, but the regent Anne de Beaujeu, sister of the new king and of Louis of Orleans unloved wife, prevented that. She...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Aragon, Isabell d' b. 1247 d. January 28, 1271
Spanish and French Royalty. Born Isabel de Aragon between 1241 and 1243, the daughter of Jaime I, Rey de Aragon and Yolante Arpad. She married Philippe, Dauphin of France in May 1262 at Clement-en-Auvergne. They had two surviving children; the future Philippe IV and Charles I, Comte de Valois. The couple accompanied the king, Louis IX, on Crusade where he died at Tunis in 1270. Philippe was proclaimed king, and the royal couple began the journey back to France, accompanying the king's body. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Blanche de France b. April 1, 1327 d. February 8, 1392
French Royalty. Posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux. She married Philippe, Duke of Orleans and Touraine, son of King Philippe VI in 1344. They had no children. Her heart was buried beside her husband in Orleans.
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Blanche de France b. 1253 d. June 17, 1320
French royalty, daughter of Louis IX and Marguerite de Provence. She was born in Jaffa during the sixth crusade which was led by her father. She married Fernando de la Cerda, the oldest son of King Alfonso X of Castile, on November 30th 1269 in Burgos and gave birth to two sons, Alfonso and Fernando. After the death of her husband his brother Sancho was named successor to King Alfonso, excluding her sons from the succession and forcing her to flee to Aragon and later back to France. She and her...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Bourbon, Jeanne de b. 1339 d. 1378
French Monarch. Daughter of Pierre I de Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois, a half sister of King Philippe VI who was also grand-father of her furture husband. Jeanne and Charles where both born in Vincennes. Charles parents where her godparents. In 1350 they where married, both only 12 years old. In the same year Philippe VI died and was succeeded by is son Jean II. Charles and Jeanne are named Monseigneur le Dauphin and Madame la Dauphine, titles all successors to the french throne and their...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Capet, Hugh d. October 24, 996
French Monarch. Founder of the third Frankish royal dynasty (the Capetians), which ruled France until 1328. Son of Hugh the Great, whom he succeeded as Duke of the Franks in 956, he was elected king and crowned at Noyon (987). His 40 years in power were marked by constant political intrigue and struggle, both among the feudal aristocracy and with his Carolingian rivals, but his position was invariably saved by the disunity of his enemies. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Castille, Constance de b. 1140 d. 1160
French Monarch. Daughter of Alfonso VII. and Berenguela of Barcelona. She married King Louis VII in 1154 in Orleans where she was also crowned. She gave birth to a daughter, Marguerite, four years later. The girl was later married to Henry the younger of England. In 1159 she travelled with her father, her brother and Louis to Santiago de Compostella. Soon after her return to France she died after giving birth to her...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Cerda, Maria de la b. 1310 d. November 19, 1379
French Royalty. Daughter of Fernando of Castile and Juana de Lara. Her grandmother Blanche was a daughter of Saint Louis IX of France. She married Charles d'Evreux in 1335 and gave birth to two sons in the next year. She was a widow by September and remarried in December Charles II d'Alencon who had been a widower three days longer than her. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Charles d'Evreux b. 1305 d. 1336
French Royalty. Count of Étampes. Son of Louis d'Evreux and Marguerite d'Artois. He married Maria de la Cerda in 1335. She gave birth to two boys, Louis and Jean in 1336. He died in the same year and was succeeded by Louis. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Charles IV b. 1294 d. January 31, 1328
French Monarch. Born the the third and youngest son of Philippe IV of France and Jeanne I of Navarre about 1294. He married Blanche de Bourgogne about 1306. In 1316 he was created count of La Marche. He succeeded his brother, Phillipe V, as King of France and Navarre early in 1322, divorcing his wife that same year after charging her with adultery. He married Marie de Luxembourg a few months later and with her had two daughters. In 1323 he expelled the Jews from France. He created a fiscal...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Charles of Anjou b. March, 1226 d. January 7, 1285
French Royalty. Youngest son of King Louis VIII and Blanche de Castile. He was Count of Anjou and Maine, King of Naples and Sicily and King of Albania. During his life he had to crush several revolts in his territories and was feared for his brutality. After he bought the claims of Maria of Antioch-Lusignan on the Kingdom of Jerusalem he was crowned King in 1277. He lost Sicily to Peter III. of Aragon in 1282 and was unable to recapture it. After his death at the castle of Foggia his body was...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Charles of Valois b. March 12, 1270 d. December 16, 1325
French Royalty. Born at Fontainbleau, Ile-de-France, the youngest child of Philippe III, King of France and his second wife Isabel de Aragon. An ambitious man, he gained the title of Comte de Valois about 1285 acquiring also the counties of Alencon and Perche. He became Count of Anjou and Maine though his marriage to Marguuerite d'Anjou in 1290 and with whom he had four children. His second wife, Katerina de Courtenay, was the daughter of the last Emperor of Constantinople, and with whom he had...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Claude de France b. October 15, 1499 d. July 20, 1524
French Monarch. Duchess of Bretagne and Berry. Oldest of the two daughters of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne that survived their childhood. She inherited the duchy of Bretagne from her mother in 1514. In 1506 she was engaged to her cousin Francois of Angouleme, Duke of Orléans, who was then also recognized as successor to the throne. The two were married in 1514 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Seven months after the wedding...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
de Baviere, Isabeau b. 1371 d. September 24, 1435
French Queen. Wife of King Charles VI.
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
de Bourbon, Henrietta-Maria b. November 25, 1609 d. September 10, 1669
British Monarch. Queen consort of King Charles I. The youngest daughter of King Henry IV of France, she was married to Charles by proxy in May of 1625 shortly after his accession to the throne. They were married in person on June 13 of that year. Her Roman Catholic faith made it impossible for her to be crowned in the Anglican service. Though their relationship was initially cold, in time they forged deep bonds of love and affection. She had 10 children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Her...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
de Medici, Catherine b. April 13, 1519 d. January 5, 1589
French Monarch. Queen of France and wife of King Henry II. (Bio by: Mike Reed)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
De Medici, Maria b. April 26, 1573 d. July 3, 1624
French Monarch. Daughter of Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco I and Archduchess Giovanna of Austria. Second wife of King Henri IV. (Bio by: MC)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Denis, Saint
Patron Saint of France. First Bishop of Paris. Dionysius was sent to Lutetia (Paris) by Pope Fabian where he started to preach. When he destroyed statues of roman gods and emperors he was arrested and beheaded on Mont de Mercure. Afterward he stood up again, took his head and walked 6 kilometer to the village of Catoliacus (Saint Denis). The hill where he died is called Montmarte today. Saint Genevieve built the first church above his grave. His feast is October 9. He is called to help against...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France
Evreux, Jeanne d' b. 1310 d. 1371
French Queen. Third wife of King Charles IV. They were closely related as their fathers were step-brothers. The Pope allowed the marriage anyway. They were married in July 1325. She gave birth to two daughters in 1326 and 1327. Charles died in 1328. He was the last of the Capet kings and had hoped to continue his line. She was pregnant when he died, but the child was a daughter again. The following four decades of her life she lived quietly in Brie-Comte-Robert where she had married Charles...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France

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