Margaret of Provence

• Preferred Name: Margaret of Provence ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Crusader: BET 1249 AND 1250 in Damiata, Egypt at LATI: N7 LONG: E0 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1221 in Saint-Maime, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France at LATI: N3.903 LONG: E0.7953 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: DEC 1295 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France at LATI: N8.936 LONG: E0.3594
  
• Death: 21 DEC 1295 in Abbaye de Saint-Marcel, Paris, Île-de-France, France at LATI: N8.8667 LONG: E0.3333 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Reina de Franciadesde 1234 hasta 1295
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Countess of Provence
  
• FSID: L8WY-WSB
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  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)
  
  Marguerite de Provence (1221-1295)
  Marguerite de Provence, née en 1221 à Forcalquier et morte le 20 décembre 1295 à Paris, est une reine de France, épouse de Louis IX.
  
  Elle est la fille de Raimond-Bérenger V, comte de Provence, et de
  
  Marguerite de Provence
  Marguerite de Provence, née en 1221 à Forcalquier et morte le 20 décembre 1295 à Paris, est une reine de France, épouse de Louis IX.
  
  Elle est la fille de Raimond-Bérenger V, comte de Provence, et de
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PROVENCE.htm#BeatriceCtssMCharlesISicilydied1285 as of 6/12/2016
  
  MARGUERITE de Provence (St Maime near Forcalquier Spring 1221-Paris, Abbaye de St Marcel 21
  
  === WFT Ref # 551 Vol 27 Margaret of Proven ===
  WFT Ref # 551 Vol 27 Margaret of Provence, eldest daughter of Raymond Berenger IV, Count of Provence. Though Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly. Margaret accompanied Louis to Egypt on the Seventh Crusade (1248-1254) and showed great courage at Damietta, re-inspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah, February 1250, where Louis was captured by the Muslims. In 1236 her sister Eleanor married King Henry III of England. Margaret resented the fact that her father left Provence to her yougest sister, Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis IX's death, in 1270, Margaret did all she could to thwart Charles's ambitions.
  
  === !Birth PLAC St Maime B. Forcalquier, Alp ===
  !Birth PLAC St Maime B. Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute Provence, France Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa by George Andrew Moriarty Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society SLC 1985 pp 116,124; Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11201,11310; Some research sources from Paula Evans 1992; He died of plague
  
  === 1 HIST MARGUERITE'S MARRAIGE TO LOUIS ===
  1 HIST MARGUERITE'S MARRAIGE TO LOUIS IX EXTENDED FRANCE TO BEYOND THE RHONE. THE MARRIAGE WAS ARRANGED BY LOUIS' MOTHER BLANCHE DE CASTILE. BLANCHE WAS REPORTEDLY JEALOUS OF HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND SUPERVISED HER STRICTLY. 1 HIST MARGUERITE ACCOMPONIED LOUIS TO EGYPT ON THE CRUSADE OF 1248 AND SHOWED GREAT COURAGE AT DAMIETTA, GIVING INSPIRATION AFTER THE DEFEAT AT AL-MANSURAH IN FEB 1250, WHERE LOUIS HAD BEEN CAPTURED BY THE MUSLIMS. BLANCHE DIED IN 1252, AND MARGUERITE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS. SHE WAS USUALLY HALTED BY LOUIS, BUT DID ASSIST IN EASING TENSIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND HENRY III OF ENGLAND, WHO HAD MARRIED HER SISTER ELEANOR IN 1236.
  
  === !GENERAL:Americans Of Royal Descent _PA ===
  !GENERAL:Americans Of Royal Descent _PAREN: Y, Americans Of Royal Descent _PAREN: Y, Browning, Charles H., Genealogical Publishing Co ., 1969 !GENERAL:Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To Ne w England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To N ew England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Genealogical Publishing C o. Inc., 1992 !GENERAL:Chapman Family History _PAREN: Y, Chapman Family History _PAREN: Y, Chapman, Beauchamp William, (a Private Publishin g) 1987 !GENERAL:Bloodline Of The Holy Grail _PAREN: Y, Bloodline Of The Holy Grail _PAREN: Y, Gardner,Laurence, Element Books Limited,Rockport ,MA,1996 !GENERAL:GEDCOM file imported on 23 Mar 2003., GEDCOM fil e imported on 23 Mar 2003.
  
  === 1. "Blood Royal, Issues of the Kings an ===
  1. "Blood Royal, Issues of the Kings and Queens of Medievil England, 1066-1399", by T. Anna Leese 1996, Heritage Books, Inc.
  
  === Margaret OF PROVENCE, French MARGUERITE ===
  Margaret OF PROVENCE, French MARGUERITE DE PROVENCE (b. 1221--d. Dec. 21, 1295, Paris), eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence, whose marriage to King Louis IX of France on May 27, 1234, extended French authority beyond the Rhône.
  
  Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly; Jean, Sire de Joinville, chronicler of Louis's reign, tells several stories of Blanche separating the royal couple, and Louis himself sometimes behaving brusquely toward Margaret.
  
  Margaret accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah (February 1250), where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252; and Margaret, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usmaclly checked by the King's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (died 1245), by his will of 1238, left Provence to her youngest sister, Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis IX's death (1270) Margaret did all she could to thwart Charles's ambitions. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
  
  === TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE ===
  TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 7, 51; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 1 P.150, 152, VOL 2 P.191; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 250, 251, 266, 572; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.4, 5, 96; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.4, 5; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.26, 48; ANDERSON'S ROYAL GENEALOGIES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 AN23R) TAB 376; STAMMETAEFELIN ZUR GESCHICITE DER EUROPAISCHEN STAATEN (GS NUMBER 940 D22L) VOL 2 TAB 15; GENEALOGISHE TABELLIN (GS NUMBER ESQ940 D2V) TAB 31; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 101 #28, pg. 97: d. 1285, dau. of Raymond IV Berenger (111-29), Count of Provence.
  
  === Eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, ===
  Eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence, whose marriage to King Louis IX of France on May 27, 1234, extended French authority beyond the Rhône. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly; Jean, Sire de Joinville, chronicler of Louis's reign, tells several stories of Blanche separating the royal couple, and Louis himself sometimes behaving brusquely toward Margaret. Margaret accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah (February 1250), where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252; and Margaret, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usually checked by the King's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (died 1245), by his will of 1238, left Provence to her youngest sister, Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis IX's death (1270) Margaret did all she could to thwart Charles's ambitions. Source: www.eb.com
  
  === ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Margaret Of Pro ===
  ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Margaret Of Provence born 1221 died Dec. 21, 1295, Paris French Marguerite De Provence eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence, whose marriage to King Louis IX of France on May 27, 1234, extended French authority beyond the Rhône. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX's mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her daughter-in-law, whom she supervised strictly; Jean, Sire de Joinville, chronicler of Louis's reign, tells several stories of Blanche separating the royal couple, and Louis himself sometimes behaving brusquely toward Margaret. Margaret accompanied Louis to Egypt on the crusade of 1248 and showed great courage at Damietta, reinspiring the crusaders after a defeat at al-Mansurah (February 1250), where Louis was captured by the Muslims. Blanche died in 1252; and Margaret, after returning to France, tried occasionally to meddle in politics. Though she was usually checked by the King's intransigence, she may have done something to improve relations between Louis and Henry III of England, who in 1236 had married her sister Eleanor. On the other hand, she resented the fact that her father (died 1245), by his will of 1238, left Provence to her youngest sister, Beatrice, who in 1246 was married to Charles of Anjou, a brother of Louis IX. After Louis IX's death (1270) Margaret did all she could to thwart Charles's ambitions.
  
  === Marguerite was the eldest daughter of Ra ===
  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)
  
  === Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 101-28. ===
  Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 101-28.
  
  === Voor de gegevens van de vader zie nummer ===
  Voor de gegevens van de vader zie nummer 18196498, en de gegevens van de moeder zijn te vinden onder nummer 18196499

• m. 27 MAY 1234 in Saint-Etienne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

1. Robert de Clermont, b. 1256 in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Francia     d. 7 de febrero de 1317 in Beauvais, Île-de-France, Francia
2. Philippe III Roi de France, b. 1 MAY 1245 in Poissy, Seine-et-Oise, France     d. 5 OCT 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

1. Title: Marguerite de Provence, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9C4T : 10 September 2021), Marguerite de Provence, ; Burial, Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France, Saint Denis Basilique; citing record ID 87531315, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9C4T;
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Marguerite de Provence -
   Author: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor {1978-1992}, Page number: vi, 34-37
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742399
   
3. Title: Marguerite de Provence (1221-1295), Find a Grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87531315/marguerite-de_provence;
   Note: Marguerite de Provence BIRTH 1221 Saint-Maime, Departement des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France DEATH 21 Dec 1295 (aged 73–74) Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France BURIAL Saint Denis Basilique Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France Show Map PLOT Beneath the altar steps. MEMORIAL ID 87531315 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.
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Countess Marguerite of Provence Queen of France -
   Author: Royal Index, University of Hull, England, Internet, Internet, www.dcs.hull.ac.uk
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2332880681
   
5. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
   Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 400, Page 648 (bottom right).