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Agnes of France
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Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure 1279–1306
Born c. 1260
Died 19 December 1327 (aged 66–67)
Château de Lantenay
Burial Cîteaux Abbey
Spouse Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
Issue Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy
Blanche, Countess of Savoy
Margaret, Queen of France
Joan, Queen of France
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
Louis, King of Thessalonica
Mary, Countess of Bar
Robert, Count of Tonnerre
House Capet
Father Louis IX of France
Mother Margaret of Provence

Agnes of France (c. 1260 – 19 December 1327) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Robert II, Duke of Burgundy. She served as regent of Burgundy during the minority of her son's reign in 1306–1311.

Life

She was the youngest daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence of the Royal House of Barcelona. She was the youngest of eleven children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. As a daughter of the King of France, she was born a Princess.

She married Robert II, Duke of Burgundy in 1279, and became the mother of eight children.

On the death of her husband in 1306, Agnes served as regent of Burgundy for her minor son Hugh until he reached adulthood in 1311.

She died at Côte d'Or, December 1327, and is buried at Abbaye de Cîteaux.

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