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Her paternal grandparents were Louis VIII Of France and Blanche Of Castile . Her maternal grandparents were Henry II, Duke Of Brabant and Marie Of Hohenstaufen , daughter of Philip Of Swabia .

Blanche's first marriage was to Henry I of Navarre (ruled 1270 - 1274 ) who died in 1274, her second in 1276 with Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl Of Lancaster ( 1245 - 1296 ), an English prince who was a younger son of Henry III and Eleanor Of Provence .

With her first husband she had a daughter, Joan , with her second husband she had an additional four children:

From 1274 to 1284 she ruled Navarre and the counties of Brie , Champagne , Troyes et Meaux for her daughter, Joan I of Navarre (ruled 1274 - 1305 ).