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The Connections of Blanche of Castile
Queen consort of France (1188–1252) Every person recorded alongside Blanche of Castile in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Blanche of Castile in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Alfonso VIII of Castile, Eleanor of England
- Spouses
- Louis VIII of France
- Children
- Louis IX of France, Charles I of Anjou, Robert I, Count of Artois, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Isabelle of France, John Tristan, Count of Anjou and Maine, Philip of France, Philip of France, Philippe-Dagobert of France
- Siblings
- Henry I of Castile, Berengaria of Castile, Urraca of Castile, Eleanor of Castile, Sancho of Castile, Sancha of Castile, Ferdinand of Castile, Mafalda de Castilla, Constance of Castile
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1188 to 1252.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307