Monday, January 25, 2010

1260- The Royal Family of Navarre

1. Blanche was 35 and marred to Jean of Brittany. They were in Paris at the beginning of the year to celebrate the marriage of their son Jean to the daughter of Henry III. Her son Jean was 25 and about to be knighted in England. Pierre was 19, Seigneur de Dinan, de Léon, de Hédé, de Hennebont et de la Roche-Derrien. , Aliz was 17,Dame de Pontarcy et de Brie-Comte-Robert and was married to Jean, Count of Blois.
2. King Theobald V of Navarre, Count of Champagne and Brie was 21 years old and close to the King of France. He was married to Isabelle, daughter of Louis IX who was now 18. He didn't wait for his wife for he already had an illegitimate daughter in Navarre named Marquesa.
3. Marguerite was 20 and married to Ferry, the Duke of Lorraine. Ferry swore allegiance to Alfonso X over Richard of Cornwall. He ignored his wife at this time but had many illegitimate children.
4. Beatrice was 18 and at 16 married Hughes IV, Duke of Burgundy who was 57 and already had sons. Beatrice was already not getting along with her step-sons.
5. Henri was a chubby 16 year old watching over Navarre while his brother, the king, was in Paris. He loved to party and eat good food and was friends with Felipe of Castile.

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