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Female Queen Blanche de Castile Click to view Queen Blanche de Castile in the family tree

Blanche was born in 1188 in Spain.  Blanche's father was Alfonso Sanchez VIII of Castile King and her mother was Eleanor Plantagenet Princess of England Princess.  Her paternal grandparents were Sancho III of Castile King and Blanche of Navarre; her maternal grandparents were Henry II England "Curtmantle" and Eleonore of Aquitaine. She had two brothers and three sisters, named Ferdinand of, Henry I, Berengaria of, Eleanor of and Urraca of. She had a half-sister named Blanche.  She died at the age of 64 in 1252.


Blanche's family with King Louis VIII de France

‌Blanche and Louis VIII were married in a religious ceremony in 1200.  They had five sons named Louis IX, Robert I Capet of, John Capet of, Alphonso Capet of and Charles I Capet of.

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