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Blanche of Castile

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Blanche of Castile , 1185?-1252, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent during the minority (1226-34) of their son Louis IX . A forceful and capable ruler, she checked the coalitions of the great lords and frustrated the attempt (1230) of Henry III of England to regain his father's lands in France. She remained a lifelong adviser to Louis IX, was again regent on his departure (1248) for the Holy Land, and was coregent with her son Alphonse from 1250 until her death. Author not available, BLANCHE OF CASTILE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Blanche of Castile
Blanche of Castile Born to wealth, Blanche of Castile (1188-1252) took the reins of leadership early in life...leader, keenly adept at dealing with her male counterparts. Blanche of Castile was born on March 4, 1188 in Palencia, Castile, an area... Read more

Peter the Cruel
1334-69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350-69), son and...His desertion of his wife, Blanche of Bourbon, for María Padilla...which was already at war with Castile, and France, and in 1366 he invaded Castile with French mercenaries under...contested Henry II's succession to Castile. Read more

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	Persiani's Ines de Castro at Jesi ; ...Spanish mistress Ines in preference to the Infanta Blanche of Castile, whom his father Alfonso IV favours. It has been...role which needs a bass rather than a baritone. As Blanche of Castile Lisa Houben was the most satisfying member of the... Read more
	Erratum.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor) ; ...Today contained an error in the genealogical table. John of Gaunt's first wife was not Blanche of Castille, as we stated, but Blanche of Lancaster; his second wife was Constanza of Castile. Finally he married Katherine Swynford. Apologies to all. Read more
	Anniversaries ; ...waxwork exhibitor, 1761; Henry Williamson, author and novelist, 1895; Mary Martin, actress and singer, 1913. Deaths: Blanche of Castile, wife of King Louis VIII of France, 1(Trade Mark); St Edmund Campion, St Alexander Briant and St Ralph Sherwin... Read more
	Not Gaunt ; ...affections even before his second marriage, she was his third wife - after Blanche of Lancaster, from whom John gained his title and lands as Duke of Lancaster, and Costanza of Castile, by whom John became one of the sires of the royal line of Spain... Read more
	(book review) ; ...life in medieval France during the reign of Philip II Augustus, his son Louis VIII, and the regency for Louis IX by Blanche of Castile explores its topic in a unique fashion. Instead of using charters, historical chronicles, and royal and aristocratic... Read more
	Marina Vidas, The Christina Psalter: A Study of the Images and the Texts in a French Early Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscript.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review) ; ...Norway (1234-62), daughter of Hakon IV and wife of Philip of Castile and Leon. It later belonged to the Benedictine nuns at Nonneseter...French court, suggest that the book was commissioned for Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII, or one of their children, and that it... Read more
	RugbyU: Stade bid to stretch unbeaten run against Montauban ; ...second-placed Bayonne in the league standings. Fresh from launching a third shirt featuring Andy Warhol-inspired prints of Blanche of Castile - twice ruler of France in the 13th century - Stade coach Ewen McKenzie welcomes back prop Sylvain Marconnet, hooker... Read more
	Smart courtier John of Gaunt sought power, not a crown.(BOOKS) ; ...20 years of his life to pursuing his claim to be king of Castile and Leon, in Spain. His second wife, Constance, was the daughter of Pedro the Cruel, king of Castile. Her husband, after leading a fruitless excursion in 1386...royalty by betrothing his daughter by Constance to John of Castile's son Henry ... Read more
	Women and Monasticism in Medieval Europe: Sisters and Patrons of the Cistercian Reform ; ...excessively boring" (p. 3). The ones she has selected are not. A medievalist might even consider them lively: Queen Blanche of Castile's foundation charter for a house of Cistercian nuns at Maubuisson, the settlement of a tithe dispute between the... Read more
	`King John' rules American Place Theater ; ...played by Bruce Turk, to John's niece, Blanche of Castile, played with both strength and camellia-li...happened, reluctantly agrees, Now it's Blanche's turn to be appalled, and though Shakespeare...liked to have known, for instance, what Blanche thought of her callow husband suddenly... Read more

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