Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

Agnes of France
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure	1271–1306
Born	c. 1260
Died	19 December 1327 (aged 66–67) Château de Lantenay
Burial	Cîteaux Abbey
Spouse	Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
Issue	Hugh V Blanche, Countess of Savoy Margaret, Queen of France Joan, Queen of France Odo IV Louis, King of Thessalonica Mary, Countess of Bar Robert, Count of Tonnerre
House	Capet
Father	Louis IX of France
Mother	Margaret of Provence
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Agnes of France (c. 1260 – 19 December 1327), Daughter of France by birth, was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son. She was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom lived to adulthood.

She married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy in 1279, and became the mother of eight children:

• Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1282–1315).
• Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy.
• Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France.
• Joan (ca.1290–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, later king Philip VI of France.
• Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350).
• Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut.
• Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar
• Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.

On the death of her husband, Agnes served as regent of Burgundy for her minor son Hugh from 1306 until 1311. She died at Côte d’Or on 19 or 20 December 1327, and is buried at Abbaye de Cîteaux.

Ancestry

Family of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

16. Louis VII of France               8. Philip II of France                       17. Adèle of Champagne               4. Louis VIII of France                             18. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut               9. Isabelle of Hainaut                       19. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders               2. Louis IX of France                                   20. Sancho III of Castile               10. Alfonso VIII of Castile                       21. Blanca Garcés of Navarre               5. Blanche of Castile                             22. Henry II of England               11. Eleanor of England                       23. Eleanor of Aquitaine               1. Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy                                         24. Alfonso II of Aragon               12. Alfonso II, Count of Provence                       25. Sancha of Castile               6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence                             26. Renier de Sabran               13. Garsenda of Forcalquier                       27. Garsenda of Forcalquier               3. Margaret of Provence                                   28. Humbert III, Count of Savoy               14. Thomas I, Count of Savoy                       29. Beatrice of Viennois               7. Beatrice of Savoy                             30. William I of Geneva               15. Margaret of Geneva                       31. Beatrix of Faucigny

References

Preceded by Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy

Duchess Consort of Burgundy 1279–1306

Succeeded by Joan III, Countess of Burgundy