Sanchia of Provence
Sanchia of Provence | |
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Queen of the Romans | |
Tenure | 13 January 1257 – 9 November 1261 |
Coronation | 27 May 1257 |
Born | c. 1225 [1] |
Died | Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire | 9 November 1261 (aged c. 36)
Burial | |
Spouse |
Richard, King of the Romans (m. 1243) |
Issue |
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Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence | |
Mother | Beatrice of Savoy |
Sanchia of Provence (c. 1225 – 9 November 1261) was
Sanchia was the third daughter of
Life
Sanchia's sisters
Countess of Cornwall
It was Eleanor of Provence who arranged a marriage between her sister Sanchia and her brother-in-law
Beatrice of Savoy, mother of the bride, came to England to see her third daughter wedded, but her father Ramon Berenguer IV was detained by state difficulties which his wife solved by getting a loan from Henry III of four thousand marks. The cost of the wedding was chiefly defrayed by a levy imposed on the
The marriages of the kings of France and England and two of their brothers to the four sisters from Provence improved the relationship between the two countries that led to the conclusion of the Treaty of Paris in 1259.[3] Sanchia was present for the signing of the treaty, along with all of her sisters and her mother.
Queen of the Romans
Richard was elected in 1256 as
"Richard rose to hear what the men from Bohemia had to say and at the finish he burst into tears. He would accept the crown, he said, but it was not through greed or ambition. His sole object was to assist in restoring prosperity to the German states; his honest desire was to rule justly and well. It was clear to the German delegation, and to the throng of adherents and servants who swarmed into the hall to listen, that he was happy over the fulfillment of his great wish. It must have been quite apparent also that Sanchia was delighted beyond measure. Now she would be a queen as well as her two older and patronizing sisters."[citation needed
Sanchia was crowned Queen of the Romans with her husband on 27 May 1257 at Aachen Cathedral in Germany. She and her husband then spent fifteen months traveling in the area near Mainz. They hurriedly traveled back to England when the political situation deteriorated there. Sanchia grew ill in the autumn of 1260 and died a year later, with her son Edmund present.
Issue
Sanchia had two sons with Richard of Cornwall:
- Richard of Cornwall (July 1246 – 15 August 1246).
- Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), married Margaret de Clare (died 1312). Childless.
Richard also had a son, named Richard, by his mistress Joan de Valletort who is sometimes mistakenly called the son of Sanchia.
Sanchia died 9 November 1261 at Berkhamsted Castle and was buried 15 November[4] in Hailes Abbey.
Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy: "Sanchia was born in c.1225 at Aix-en-Provence, France. She was crowned Queen of the Romans and Queen of Germany with her husband on 17 May 1257, at Aachen cathedral, Germany".
- ^ Cox 1974, pp. 114–119.
- ^ Sanders 1951, p. 88.
- ISBN 978-0-670-03843-5.
Sources
- Cox, Eugene L. (1974). The Eagles of Savoy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691052166.
- Sanders, I.J. (1951). "The Texts of the Peace of Paris, 1259". The English Historical Review. 66 (258). Oxford University Press: 81–97. .