White of Burgundy (v. 1296-1326)

See also: White of Burgundy

White of Burgundy , born towards 1296, dead in April 1326, was, by marriage with the future Charles IV, queen of France a few months in 1322.

It was the girl of Othon IV, and Mathilde d' Artois, known as Mahaut d' Artois, countess of Artois.

In 1308, with Corbeil, it married Charles of France, the third wire of Philippe IV Beautiful the.

With the beginning of the year 1314, his/her father-in-law made it stop with his sister-in-law Marguerite of Burgundy and its sister Jeanne of Burgundy, and made it lock up in the fortress of Castle-Strapping man, under the charge of adultery with Gauthier d' Aunay.

In 1322, with the advent of Charles IV, her husband, Blanche was always captive. The king refused his release. May 19th 1322, the dissolution of the marriage was pronounced by the pope Jean XXII. The official reason called upon for the divorce was that Mahaut d' Artois, mother of White was the godmother of Charles, which returned this union prohibited by the canon law. Indeed, adultery did not authorize the divorce…

White finished its life in the Abbaye of Maubuisson, close to Pontoise, where she died in April 1326.

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