Blanche of Artois
| Blanche of Artois | |
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Blanche's seal
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| Queen consort of Navarre | |
| Tenure | 4 December 1270 – 22 July 1274 |
| Born | 1248 |
| Died | 2 May 1302 (aged 53–54) |
| Spouse |
Henry I of Navarre Edmund Crouchback |
| Issue |
Joan I of Navarre Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
| House | Artois |
| Father | Robert I, Count of Artois |
| Mother | Matilda of Brabant |
Blanche of Artois (Basque: Zuria Artoiskoa) (c. 1248 – 2 May 1302) was a member of the Capetian House of Artois who, as queen dowager, held regency over the Kingdom of Navarre and the County of Champagne. She was first married to Henry I of Navarre, after whose death she became regent in the name of their infant daughter, Joan I. She passed on the regency of Navarre to Philip III of France, her cousin and her daughter's prospective father-in-law, but retained the administration of Champagne. She later shared the government of Champagne with her second husband, the English prince Edmund Crouchback, until her daughter reached the age of majority.
Blanche was the elder child and only daughter of Robert I, Count of Artois, and Matilda of Brabant. A fraternal niece of King Louis IX of France, Blanche was probably born in 1248. By February 1269, having received a papal dispensation, she was married to King Theobald II of Navarre's brother Henry. The ceremony took place in Melun near Paris. Her brother-in-law, in turn, was married to her cousin, Isabella of France. Henry was governing his brother's realm when King Theobald and Queen Isabella left to join the Seventh Crusade. When the King died in December 1270, followed by his widow within a few months, Blanche's husband became King of Navarre and Count of Champagne.
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