Consort: | yes |
Agnes of France | |
Succession: | Duchess consort of Burgundy |
Reign: | 1279–1306 |
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 |
Birth Date: | c. 1260 |
Death Date: | 19 December |
Death Place: | Château de Lantenay |
Place Of Burial: | Cîteaux Abbey |
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.
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.