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BLANCHE OF CASTILE

BLANCHE OF CASTILE (1186-1252), wife of Louis VIII. of France and mother of St. Louis; regent of France during the minority of her son and during his absence in crusade; governed with great discretion and firmness; died of grief over the long absence of her son and his rumoured intention to stay in the Holy Land.


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