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Personal data Blanche (Blanca) d'Artois, Queen Regent of Navarre, Countess of Artois 

• Alternative name: Blanche Capet de Artois
• She was born in the year 1248 in Arras, Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees, France.Source 2
• She died on May 2, 1302 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, she was 54 years old.
• She is buried in the year 1302 in Minoresses Conve, Aldgate, Middlesex, England.
• A child of Robert I de Artois and Matilda Brabant

Household of Blanche (Blanca) d'Artois, Queen Regent of Navarre, Countess of Artois

(1) She is married to Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Leicester.

They got married in the year 1276, she was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster  1278-1322
2. Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster  1281-1345 
3. John Plantagenet, Lord of Beaufort  1282-1327
4. Mary Plantagenet  1284-1289

(2) She is married to Henri (Henry) "The Fat" King of Navarre, Count of Champagne & Brie.

They got married in the year 1269, she was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Jeanne I Queen of Navarre, Queen of England, Countess of Champagne  -1305 

Notes about Blanche (Blanca) d'Artois, Queen Regent of Navarre, Countess of Artois

She had a relationship with Edmund Crouchback

Child(ren):

· Nicholas Leycester 1250-1295

· Henry Plantagenet 1256-1298

· Henry Crouchback 1266-1345

· Theobald Denavarre 1270-1273

· Thibault Of Navarra 1270-1273

· Jeanne Of Navarre 1271-1304

· Joan Of Navarre 1271-1305

· Joan I Dechampane 1272-1335

· Theobald Navarre 1274-1275

· Mary Delancaster 1274-1285

· Henry 1277-1345

· Mary Plantagenet 1277-????

· Thomas Plantagenet 1278-1321

· Henry Plantagenet 1281-1345

· John Beaufort Lord Beaufort 1286-1300

· John Plantagenet 1286-1322

· Mary Plantagenet 1288-1295

She is married to (2) Henry I The Fat Navarre in the year 1269 at Sur, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France, she was 21 years old.

She is married to (3) Navarre Henri I in the year 1269 at Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, she was 21 years old.

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Blanche of Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302) was the queen regent of Navarre from 1274 to 1284, and later became Countess of Lancaster by marrying into the English royal family. She was the daughter of Count Robert I of Artois and Matilda of Brabant. From 1274 to 1284 she ruled Navarre and the counties of Brie, Champagne, Troyes et Meaux for her daughter, Joan I of Navarre (ruled 1274 to 1305).
Her paternal grandparents were Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. Her maternal grandparents were Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Philip of Swabia.
Blanche married Henry I of Navarre (ruled 1270-1274) who died in 1274. They had two children:
Theobald (d. 1270), fell from a battlement at the castle of Estella
Joan I of Navarre (14 January 1271 – 4 April 1305), who became Queen regnant of Navarre and Queen consort of France
After Henry's death, Blanche married Edmund Crouchback (1245-1296), in 1276, an English prince who was a younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edmund was also a widower, his young wife having died the same year as Blanche's husband.
Edmund and Blanche had four children:
Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 - 22 March 1322)
Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281 - 1345)
John Plantagenet, Lord of Beaufort (c. 1282 - 1327)
Mary Plantagenet (c. 1284 - c. 1289)
Queen Dowager of Navarre
Blanche d'Artois, Reina de Navarra
Place of Burial:
Minoresses Conve, Aldgate, Middlesex, England
Birth:
1248
Arras, Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Death:
May 2, 1302 (54)
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Immediate Family:
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Daughter of Robert I, comte d'Artois and Mathilda van Brabant
Wife of Edmund Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Henry I of Navarre Mother of Sir Nicholas de Leycester; Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster; Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster; John Beaufort, Lord; Mary Plantagenet and 4 others Sister of Robert II, comte d'Artois Half sister of Guy III de Châtillon, comte de Saint-Pol; Beatrix / Beatrice de Châtillon; Hugues II Châtillon-Blois; Jeanne Châtillon; Jacques I de Châtillon-Leuze and 1 other
wiki \/ Blanche of Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302) was the queen consort of Navarre; after her husband Henry I of Navarre's death, she served as regent from 1274 to 1284 on behalf of her daughter, Joan I. Besides Navarre, she ruled the counties of Brie, Champagne, Troyes et Meaux.
In 1276, she became Countess of Lancaster by marrying into the English royal family.
She was the daughter of Count Robert I of Artois and Matilda of Brabant.
Contents
[hide] 1 Family 2 First marriage 3 Second marriage 4 Ancestry
[edit] Family
Blanche's paternal grandparents were Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, and her maternal grandparents were Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Philip of Swabia.
[edit] First marriage
Blanche married Henry I of Navarre (ruled 1270–1274) who died in 1274. This marriage was politically advantageous for Navarre, Blanche having been the niece of King Louis IX of France. Together they had two children:
Theobald - d. 1270 fell from a battlement at the castle of Estella Joan I of Navarre, who became Queen regnant of Navarre and Queen consort of France
[edit] Second marriage
After Henry's death, Blanche married Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), in 1276, an English prince who was a younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edmund was also a widower, his young wife having died the same year as Blanche's husband.
Edmund and Blanche had four children:
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (1278 – 22 Mar 1322) Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281 – 22 September 1345) John, Lord of Beaufort (c. 1282–1327) Mary (c. 1284 – c. 1289)
Henry's eldest daughter, Blanche, would be named after her.

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