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Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

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Tenure
  
1271–1306

Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Burial
  
Citeaux Abbey

Name
  
Agnes France,

Father
  
Louis IX of France

House
  
House of Capet

Mother
  
Margaret of Provence


Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

Issue
  
Hugh V Blanche, Countess of Savoy Margaret, Queen of France Joan, Queen of France Odo IV Louis, King of Thessalonica Mary, Countess of Bar Robert, Count of Tonnerre

Died
  
December 19, 1327, Lantenay, Cote-d'Or, France

Spouse
  
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (m. 1279)

Children
  
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Joan the Lame

Parents
  
Margaret of Provence, Louis IX of France

Similar People
  
Louis IX of France, Margaret of Burgundy - Queen of, Joan the Lame, Margaret of Provence, Louis X of France

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

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Life

She was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom lived to adulthood.

She married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 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

  • Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1282–1315).
  • Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy.
  • Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France.
  • Joan (ca.1290–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, later king Philip VI of France.
  • Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350).
  • Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut.
  • Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar
  • Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.
  • References

    Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy Wikipedia