Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy

Template:Infobox royalty Agnes of France (c. 1260 – 19 December 1327) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Robert II, Duke of Burgundy. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son's reign in 1306–1311.

Life

She was the youngest daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence of the Royal House of Barcelona.Template:Sfn She was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom lived to adulthood.

She married Robert II, Duke of BurgundyTemplate:Sfn in 1279, and became the mother of eight children.

On the death of her husband in 1306, Agnes served as regent of Burgundy for her minor son Hugh until he reached adulthood in 1311.

She died at Côte d'Or, December 1327, and is buried at Abbaye de Cîteaux.

Issue

• Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315).Template:Sfn
• Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of SavoyTemplate:Sfn
• Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of FranceTemplate:Sfn
• Joan (ca.1290–1348),Template:Sfn married Philip, count of Maine and Valois later Philip VI of FranceTemplate:Sfn
• Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1350)Template:Sfn
• Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316),Template:Sfn married Matilda of Hainaut.
• Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of BarTemplate:Sfn
• Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.