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Female Queen Blanche deCastile Click to view Queen Blanche deCastile in the family tree

Blanche was born in 1188 in Spain.  Blanche's father was Alfonso VIII Sanchez King of Castile and her mother was Eleanor Plantagenet Princess of England Princess.  Her paternal grandparents were Sancho III King of Castile and Princess Blanche Garcia deNavarre; her maternal grandparents were King Henry II of England (Curt Mantel) and Eleonore of Aquitaine. She had two sisters named Berengaria of and Eleanor of. She had three half-sisters named Blanche, Berengaria Queen of and Constance of.  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 a son named Louis IX.

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