Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

Agnes of France
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure	1271-1306
Spouse	Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
House	House of Capet
Father	Louis IX of France
Mother	Margaret of Provence

Agnes of France (c. 1260 – December 19, 1327) was the youngest daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence.

Family

Agnes was the youngest of eleven children. Of the eleven siblings, eight of them lived to adulthood. Agnes's brothers included Philip III of France, who succeeded their father in 1270 and Robert, Count of Clermont. Her sisters included: Blanche, Princess of Castile, Margaret, Duchess of Brabant and Isabelle, Queen of Navarre.

Agnes's paternal grandparents were Louis VIII of France and his wife Blanche of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. Her maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. Eleanor of Provence was Isabella's aunt, this made her cousin of Edward I of England.

Marriage

Agnes married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and became the mother of seven children:

• Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1282–1315).
• Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward of Savoy.
• Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France.
• Joan (ca.1290–1348), married count of Maine and Valois, king Philip VI of France.
• Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350).
• Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut.
• 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 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. Philip III of France 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