History

The Four Queens: Margaret of Provence, Queen of France

In the High Middle Ages, there were four sisters known by the famous moniker of “the Provençal Sisters” and they married four of the most influential men of Europe at the time. It is through these four marriages that the sisters: Margaret, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice ushered in an era of relative peace in the 1200s. A Desirable Arrangement The year was 1233, and Louis IX of France had been…
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