Blanche of Bourbon

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Blanche of Bourbon (* 1339 ; † 1361 ) was Queen of Castile . She was a daughter of Peter I of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois .

On June 3, 1353, at the age of 14, she married in Valladolid , Spain, King Peter I of Castile , later called "the Cruel" or "the Righteous". Before that, on July 9th, 1352, she had been wedded to him in a long distance wedding in the Abbey of Preuilly . They married because King Peter wanted a connection with France.

marriage

It is believed that King Peter had already married his mistress, the Castilian noblewoman María de Padilla, before his wedding to Blanche , but he denied this. There was great difficulty over the bride money he had been promised for his marriage to Blanche. Peter may have seen himself cheated of the dowry by his father-in-law.

Three days after the wedding, Peter left Blanche and returned to Maria de Padilla. He later had four children with Maria, including

Blanche's cousin, John II of France , appealed to Pope Innocent VI. that he was excommunicating Peter for taking Blanche, but the Pope decided otherwise.

Doña Blanca

In Spain, Blanche de Bourbon is known as Doña Blanca de Borbón . Pedro I imprisoned his young wife Doña Blanca de Borbón, first in the castle of Arevalo , then in Valladolid , in Sigüenza , in Toledo , in Jerez and finally in Medina-Sidonia , in the most distant corner of Spain - viewed from France.

death

Blanche finally died eight years after their wedding in Medina-Sidonia at the age of 22. A legend claims that she was murdered by an archer sent by her husband, the king. Another legend speaks of poisoning.

But today's science assumes that she died of an illness, probably consumption .

Blanche and Peter had no children.

swell

  • Edward Everett Hale and Susan Hale. The Story of Spain. Story of the nations. New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1886. googlebooks.com Accessed November 16, 2007
  • Jones, William H. Blanche de Bourbon, and other poems. London: Hookham and Sons, 1855. googlebooks.com Accessed November 16, 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Kessens in "The bullfighter's fear of the tip of the horn"
personal data
SURNAME Bourbon, Blanche by
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Borbon, Doña Blanca de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen of Castile and Leon
DATE OF BIRTH 1339
DATE OF DEATH 1361
Place of death Medina-Sidonia