Biography of Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France 1297-1326

In 1285 [her father] Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy [aged 37] and [her mother] Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Burgundy. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert Artois II Count Artois [aged 34] and [her grandmother] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. He the son of Hugh Ivrea Count Burgundy and Adelaide Andechs. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1291 [her father] Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy [aged 43] and Philippa of Bar Countess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Countess Burgundy. She the daughter of Theobald of Bar II Count of Bar [aged 70] and Jeanne Toucy Countess Bar. He the son of [her grandfather] Hugh Ivrea Count Burgundy and [her grandmother] Adelaide Andechs. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1297 Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy [aged 49] and [her mother] Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy [aged 29]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1302 [her father] Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy [aged 54] died.

In 1307 Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 12] and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 10] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy [aged 39]. He the son of King Philip IV of France [aged 38] and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In January 1314 [her daughter] Philip Capet was born to [her husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 19] and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 17]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%. She died aged eight in 1322.

On 29th November 1314 [her father-in-law] King Philip IV of France [aged 46] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Louis [aged 25] succeeded X King France: Capet. Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 24] by marriage Queen Consort of France although she was in prison for adultery at the time and died four months later.

In 1315 [her daughter] Joan Capet was born to [her husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 20] and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%. She died aged six in 1321.

On 5th June 1316 [her brother-in-law] Louis X King France I Navarre [aged 26] died. On 15th November 1316 His son John succeeded posthumously I King France: Capet.

On 20th November 1316 John "The Posthumous" I King France died. His uncle [her brother-in-law] Philip [aged 23] succeeded V King France: Capet. He also claimed the Kingdom of Navarre although he had no hereditary right to do so since the Kingdom of Navarre was subject to inheritance by the female as well as male line meaning the four year old Joan Capet II Queen Navarre [aged 4] was successor by right. The Navarese didn't recognise his claim.

On 17th May 1321 [her daughter] Joan Capet [aged 6] died.

In March 1322 [her daughter] Philip Capet [aged 8] died.

On 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 27] and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 25] marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 27] gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.

After 19th May 1322 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 27] and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of [her former father-in-law] King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 5th July 1324 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre [aged 30] and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of [her former father-in-law] King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1326 Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 29] died.