Blanca Margaret of Valois
Blanca Margarete von Valois ( Czech Markéta Blanka z Valois ; French Blanche de Valois ) (* 1316 or 1317 ; † August 1, 1348 in Prague ) was the first wife of the Bohemian King and later Emperor Charles IV.
Life
The French princess Blanca Margarete was the youngest daughter of Count Charles I of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon . She grew up at the French court. Queen Maria , second wife of Charles IV and the younger sister of John of Bohemia , had a decisive influence on her future life . He also had his first-born son raised at the French court from 1323. As heir to the Bohemian crown , he was a welcome match. In 1323, the two seven-year-old children were married in Paris . After the ceremony, they were separated again and remained under the care of their respective tutors.
In 1328 Blanca's older brother ascended as Philip VI. the French throne. Philipp and Karl did not get along, and so the young couple soon left the Paris court and settled in Luxembourg . However, Karl had to immediately follow his father to Italy, where he was supposed to take over the function of governor in Lombardy . From 1333 he stayed as Margrave of Moravia in the countries of the Bohemian Crown. It was not until 1334 that he had Blanca follow from Luxembourg. On June 12th she entered Prague with her entourage .
Although the Bohemian nobility and the population welcomed the French enthusiastically at first, Charles sent his wife's knights away again after a month. His father had pawned a considerable part of the royal estates, and the young margrave lacked the money to support Blanca's entourage. The nobility also feared that foreigners would exert too much influence on the heir to the throne. Blanca soon learned German and Czech, which was rated positively and contributed to her popularity. Through their influence, elements of French fashion came to Bohemia; that is how the pointed shoes should have come to Prague with the princess. Karl later had a gold belt set with gemstones that she received as a wedding present. The stirrups of the Wenceslas crown emerged from it . Her luggage also included illuminated French manuscripts that are said to have served as a model for the Velislaus Bible .
Karl stayed in Italy a lot, so that Blanca was often alone in Bohemia. For a while she lived in the Křivoklát Castle , where she was born in 1335 with her first daughter Margarethe. In contrast to this, her mother-in-law and reigning Queen Beatrice de Bourbon , who lived in Prague from 1336, never achieved the recognition her rank deserved. The rivalry between the two women ultimately led Blanca to leave the capital in 1337 and move to the Moravian castle Špilberk , where her parents-in-law believed she belonged as a Moravian margravine.
In 1341 Karl had taken over the reign for his now completely blind father. After his death, the new royal couple was crowned on September 2, 1347 in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague . Blanca died the following year. Tuberculosis may be the cause of death, but this has not yet been proven. Death was a hard blow for the young king, because over the years a political marriage had developed into a harmonious, loving community. Nevertheless, the king was forced to look around for a new wife as quickly as possible, because the marriage had remained without a male heir. The marriage resulted in two daughters: Margarethe (* May 24, 1335; † 1349) and Katharina (* August 1342; † April 26, 1395). Blanca Margarete von Valois is buried in St. Vitus Cathedral.
Between 1985 and 1988 the so-called Neumarkt treasure was discovered in Środa Śląska ; In addition to coins and jewels, it contains her presumed crown .
literature
- Vladimír Liška: Ženy českých panovníků. Nakladatelství XYZ, 2012, ISBN 978-80-7388-654-7 , pp. 131-140.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Příhodová, E., Štýbrová, M., Talaš, V .: Stručné dějiny oboru. Textile, oděvnictví, obuvnictví . Prague 2004, s. 22nd
- ↑ korunovacni-klenoty.cz
- ↑ phil.muni.cz
- ^ Josef Nitsch: Dějiny a popsání hradu Křivoklátu. Prague 1871, p. 12.
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice of Bourbon | Queen of Bohemia 1346–1348 |
Anna of the Palatinate |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blanca Margaret of Valois |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Markéta Blanka z Valois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first wife of the Bohemian King Charles I. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1316 or 1317 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1348 |
| Place of death | Prague |