Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

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Agnes of France (c. 1260 – 19 December 1327) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Robert II, Duke of Burgundy. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son's reign in 1306–1311.

Life

She was the youngest daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence of the Royal House of Barcelona.[1] She was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom lived to adulthood.

She married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy[2] in 1279, and became the mother of eight children.

On the death of her husband in 1306, Agnes served as regent of Burgundy for her minor son Hugh until he reached adulthood in 1311.

She died at Côte d'Or, December 1327, and is buried at Abbaye de Cîteaux.

Issue

By her husband, she had ten children:

  • Margaret (c. 1277 - dead in infancy);[3]
  • John (1279 - 1283), bethored to Alice of Burgundy;[3]
  • Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy[4]
  • Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France[5]
  • Joan (1293–1348),[6] married Philip, count of Maine and Valois later Philip VI of France[7]
  • Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315).[2]
  • Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1349/1350)[8]
  • Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316),[9] married Matilda of Hainaut.
  • Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar[10]
  • Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.

References

  1. 1.Topping 1974, p. 738.
  2. 2.[2.2]Topping 1974, p. 109.
  3. 3.[3.2]Petit, Ernest (1885–1905). Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la race capétienne, avec des documents inédits et des pièces justificatives. T. 6 / par Ernest Petit,...
  4. 4.Manion & Muir 1998, p. 23.
  5. 5.Keane 2019, p. 231.
  6. 6.Setton 1975, p. 773.
  7. 7.Warner 2016, p. 14.
  8. 8.Bouchard 1995, p. 156.
  9. 9.Setton 1975, p. 780.
  10. 10.Bubenicek 2002, p. 54-55.