Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans

Blanche of France (1 April 1328 8 February 1393) was the posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France and his third wife, Joan of Évreux (the daughter of Louis, Count of Évreux and Margaret of Artois). She was the last direct Capetian and the last-surviving member of her family, and her marriage to her second-cousin, Philip, Duke of Orléans, proved childless. With Blanche's death in 1393, the House of Capet continued to exist only via its numerous cadet branches.

Blanche of France
Duchess of Orléans
Tomb of Blanche in Saint-Denis
Born1 April 1328
Died8 February 1393(1393-02-08) (aged 64)
Burial
Spouse
Philip, Duke of Orléans
(m. 1345; died 1376)
HouseHouse of Capet
FatherKing Charles IV of France
MotherJeanne of Évreux
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