Blanca of Bourbon

Blanche de Bourbon (1339 – 1361) was daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. On 3 July 1353 she married King Peter of Castile.

Eventually she was imprisoned in the castle of Arevalo.

She died in Medina Sidonia at the age of twenty-two. The legend says that she was killed by a crossbowman sent by the king himself. Another legend speaks of poisoning.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Blanca of Bourbon
2= 2. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
3= 3. Isabella of Valois
4= 4. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
5= 5. Mary of Avesnes
6= 6. Charles of Valois
7= 7. Mahaut of Chatillon
8= 8. Robert, Count of Clermont
9= 9. Beatrix of Bourbon
10= 10. John II, Count of Holland
11= 11. Philippa of Luxembourg
12= 12. Philip III of France
13= 13. Isabella of Aragon
14= 14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
15= 15. Marie of Brittany
16= 16. Louis IX of France
17= 17. Marguerite of Provence
18= 18. John of Burgundy
19= 19. Agnes of Dampierre
20= 20. John I of Avesnes
21= 21. Adelaide of Holland
22= 22. Henry V of Luxembourg
23= 23. Marguerite of Bar
24= 24. Louis IX of France (= 16)
25= 25. Marguerite of Provence (= 17)
26= 26. James I of Aragon
27= 27. Violant of Hungary
28= 28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
29= 29. Matilda of Brabant
30= 30. John II, Duke of Brittany
31= 31. Beatrice of England

References

* Hale, Edward Everett, and Susan Hale. "The Story of Spain. Story of the nations." New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ohIOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=blanche+of+bourbon&ei=RGM-R8WQIaeQ7QKcz5XBAg googlebooks.com] Accessed November 16,2007
* Jones, William H. "Blanche de Bourbon, and other poems." London: Hookham and Sons, 1855. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_94MAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=blanche+of+bourbon&ei=a2k-R_KHAZD26wK7qby9Ag googlebooks.com] Accessed November 16, 2007