Queen blanche of castile and louis ix

Blessed Queen Blanche

Widow, Third Order

Our Divine Lord says: "By their fruits you shall known them" and in these words He bestows great praise on Queen Blanche, for St Louis IX of France was her son, and his holiness was in great measure the result of her maternal rearing.

Queen blanche of castile and louis ix

Blessed Queen Blanche, the daughter of the king of Castile, Spain, lived in happy wedlock with Louis VIII, King of France, for twenty-six years. She enjoyed the confidence of her husband so perfectly that when he died he entrusted her with the guardianship of their twelve-year-old son Louis and, until his maturity, with the government of the country.

There were among the great ones in the land such who were envious og the widow and foreigner, and would have liked to take over the government. But Blanche administered the high and burdensome office with such impartial justice and great wisdom that the envious were silenced and her executive ability was highly commended by all.