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Personal data Marguerite Berenguer reine de França 

• Alternative name: Marguerite de Provence Marguerite de Provence reine de France
• She was born in the year 1221 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, França.

  Attention: Age at marriage (May 27, 1234) below 16 years (13).

• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Becky J. Williams, Gilles Brodeur, Terry Thorsen, et al.

• She died on December 21, 1295 in Paris, França, she was 74 years old.
• She is buried after December 20, 1295 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, França (Saint-Denis).
• A child of Ramon Berenguer and Béatrix de Savoie
• This information was last updated on February 12, 2025.

Household of Marguerite Berenguer reine de França

She is married to St. Louis Capet.

They got married on May 27, 1234 at Sens, França (Cathédrale de Sens), she was 13 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Philippe Capet  1245-1285 

Event (Alt. Marriage) on May 27, 1234 in Saint-Etienne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, França .

Notes about Marguerite Berenguer reine de França

Marguerite de Provence reine de França

Sources: Author: Becky J. WilliamsBecky J. Williams; GillesBrodeurGillesBrodeur; Terry ThorsenTerry Thorsen; et al.; Title: "Marguerite de Provence reine de France," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: x Feb MMXXV)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8WY-WSB

"... Marguerite de Provence reine de France ... Last Changed: January 18, 2025 Randall [NN-family name not given, initial-N.] Sex Female Last Changed: July 30, 2023 Darlene Marie Vigil

Birth 1221 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Francia Last Changed: August 26, 2024 Macarena del pilar

Death 21 décembre 1295 Paris, France Last Changed: October 8, 2024 Melchior Raveneau

Burial Dec.1295 Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France Last Changed: September 5, 2024 Kirk Allen Provost

Alternate Name Also Known As Margaret of France
Title of Nobility Queen consort of France, 1234-1270
Title of Nobility House of Barcelona, Cadet branch of the Bellonids

Spouses & Children
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St. Louis IX roi de France Male 1214-1270 LHWP-6YX [<-ancestor]
Marguerite de Provence reine de France Female 1221-1295 L8WY-WSB [<-ancestress]
Marriage 27 May 1234 cathedral of Sens, France

Children (11)

[1] Blanche de France Female 1240-1244 GTHT-K8C
[2] Isabelle de France Female 1242-1271 GR84-YDC
[3] Louis de France Male 1244-1260 G5HJ-9MX
[4] Philippe III Roi de France Male 1245-1285 9HMM-VB6 [<-ancestor]
[5] Jean de France Male 1248-1248 GWYJ-9BF
[6] Jean Tristan de France Male 1250-1270 GXVL-QZ2
[7] Pierre Ier d'Alençon Male 1251-1283 G7BX-B2M
[8] Blanche de France Female 1253-1323 LTKH-4WK
[9] Marguerite de France Female 1254-1271 GTDL-F9W
[10] Robert de France, Comte de Clermont Male 1256-1317 LDZJ-BG6
[11] Agnès de France Female 1260-1327 L8WB-W6Y

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Marguerite de Provence reine de France Female 1221-1295 L8WY-WSB [<-ancestress]

Children (1)

[1] Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant and Lothier Female Deceased PM6T-CR9

Parents & Siblings

Ramon Berenguer IV Count of Provence Male 1195-1245 KZT9-DPC [<-ancestor]
Béatrix de Savoie Comtesse de Provence Female 1198-1267 LC7J-DQJ [<-ancestress]
Marriage 5 June 1219 Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France

Children (7)

[1] NN Bérenguer Male 1220-1220 GLW1-KPN
[2] Ramon V Berenguer de Provence Male 1220-1220 GFFG-846
[3] Eleanor de Provence Queen of England Female 1221-1291 9HD3-MC1
[4] Ramon V Berenguer de Provence Male 1221-1223 GJ9M-VTB
[5] Marguerite de Provence reine de France Female 1221-1295 L8WY-WSB
[6] Béatrice de Provence, Regina consorte di Sicilia Female 1223-1267 9MNJ-ZHM
[7] Sancha Provence, Queen of the Romans Female 1228-1261 MJYB-YMJ

Brief Life History

Marguerite was the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. On 27 May 1234 at the age of thirteen, Margaret became the queen consort of France and wife of Louis IX of France She was crowned on the following day. Margaret gave birth to eleven children.

Margaret, noted for her beauty, she was said to be "pretty with dark hair and fine eyes", and in the early years of their marriage she and Louis enjoyed a warm relationship.

Her Franciscan confessor, William de St. Pathus, related that on cold nights Margaret would place a robe around Louis' shoulders, when her deeply religious husband rose to pray. Another anecdote recorded by St. Pathus related that Margaret felt that Louis' plain clothing was unbecoming to his royal dignity, to which Louis replied that he would dress as she wished, if she dressed as he wished. Much of what is said about Margaret in such sources seems to be meant to display her in a questionable light, as vain glorious or immodest, in order to showcase her husband as a wise and pious king. In contrast, the chronicler Joinville, who was not a priest, reports incidents demonstrating Margaret's bravery and demonstrate Margaret's good humor.

In later years Louis became disturbed with Margaret's ambition. When it came to politics or diplomacy she was indeed ambitious, but somewhat inept. An English envoy at Paris in the 1250s reported to England, evidently in some disgust, that "the queen of France is tedious in word and deed," and it is clear from the envoy's report of his conversation with the queen that she was trying to create an opportunity for herself to engage in affairs of state even though the envoy was not impressed with her efforts.

Margaret accompanied Louis on his first crusade and was responsible for negotiations and ransom when he was captured. She was thus for a brief time the only woman ever to lead a crusade. After the death of Louis on his second crusade, during which she remained in France, she returned to Provence.

Margaret died at the age of seventy-four. She was buried near (but not beside) her husband in the Basilica of St-Denis outside Paris. Her grave, beneath the altar steps, was never marked by a monument, so its location was unknown; probably for this reason, it was the only royal grave in the basilica that was not ransacked during the French Revolution, and it probably remains intact today.
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp; the source of this information is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Marguerite was the eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. On 27 May 1234 at the age of thirteen, Margaret became the queen consort of France and wife of Louis IX of France She was crowned on the following day. Margaret gave birth to eleven children.

Margaret, noted for her beauty, she was said to be "pretty with dark hair and fine eyes", and in the early years of their marriage she and Louis enjoyed a warm relationship.

Her Franciscan confessor, William de St. Pathus, related that on cold nights Margaret would place a robe around Louis' shoulders, when her deeply religious husband rose to pray. Another anecdote recorded by St. Pathus related that Margaret felt that Louis' plain clothing was unbecoming to his royal dignity, to which Louis replied that he would dress as she wished, if she dressed as he wished. Much of what is said about Margaret in such sources seems to be meant to display her in a questionable light, as vain glorious or immodest, in order to showcase her husband as a wise and pious king. In contrast, the chronicler Joinville, who was not a priest, reports incidents demonstrating Margaret's bravery and demonstrate Margaret's good humor.

In later years Louis became disturbed with Margaret's ambition. When it came to politics or diplomacy she was indeed ambitious, but somewhat inept. An English envoy at Paris in the 1250s reported to England, evidently in some disgust, that "the queen of France is tedious in word and deed," and it is clear from the envoy's report of his conversation with the queen that she was trying to create an opportunity for herself to engage in affairs of state even though the envoy was not impressed with her efforts.

Margaret accompanied Louis on his first crusade and was responsible for negotiations and ransom when he was captured. She was thus for a brief time the only woman ever to lead a crusade. After the death of Louis on his second crusade, during which she remained in France, she returned to Provence.

Margaret died at the age of seventy-four. She was buried near (but not beside) her husband in the Basilica of St-Denis outside Paris. Her grave, beneath the altar steps, was never marked by a monument, so its location was unknown; probably for this reason, it was the only royal grave in the basilica that was not ransacked during the French Revolution, and it probably remains intact today.
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp; the source of this information is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Last Changed: July 12, 2020 Lois Voisine"
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