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Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany

Duchess of Brittany from 1236 to 1283

Field	Value
consort	yes
name	Blanche of Navarre
succession	Duchess consort of Brittany
image	Blanche de Navarre (1226-1283).jpg
caption	Tomb effigy
birth_date	1226
death_date	12 August 1283
death_place	Naples
place of burial	Abbey de la Joie, Hennebont
reign	1236–1283
spouse	John I, Duke of Brittany
issue	John II, Duke of Brittany
Peter, Lord of Hade
Alix, Countess of Châtillon
issue-link	#Marriage and children
issue-pipe	Among others
house
father	Theobald I of Navarre
mother	Agnes of Beaujeu

Peter, Lord of Hade Alix, Countess of Châtillon | issue-link = #Marriage and children | issue-pipe = Among others

House of Blois
- House of Blois-Champagne
  - House of Blois-Navarre Blanche of Navarre (1226 – 12 August 1283), also known as Blanche of Champagne, was the daughter of Theobald the Troubador, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, and his second wife Agnes of Beaujeu. She was a member of the House of Champagne. By her marriage to John I, Duke of Brittany, she became Duchess consort of Brittany.

Life

Blanche was firstly betrothed to Otto III, Count of Burgundy; the marriage contract was signed on 16 January 1236. However, the engagement was broken.

Blanche was instead married in 1236 to John I, Duke of Brittany: the main reason he married Blanche was so he could get Navarre, and Theobald did make John heir to the throne. However, John renounced the claim after Margaret of Bourbon bore Theobald two sons.

Marriage and children

Blanche and John had:

John II, Duke of Brittany
Peter of Brittany (2 April 1241–Paris, 19 October 1268), Lord of Hade
Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy
Theobald (1245–1256), died young
Theobald (died soon after birth)
Eleanor (1248), died young
Nicholas (1249–1261), died young
Robert (1251–1259), died young

Of their eight children, only their eldest three lived to adulthood.

In 1270 Blanche founded the Abbey de la Joie near Hennebont; she was later buried there. She died in 1283; her husband outlived her by three years. Blanche outlived six of her eight children.

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