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.
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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.
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.
Issue
By her husband, she had ten children:
Margaret (c. 1277 - dead in infancy);
John (1279 - 1283), bethored to Alice of Burgundy;
Blanche (1288–1348), married Edward, Count of Savoy
Margaret (1290–1315), married king Louis X of France
Joan (1293–1348), married Philip, count of Maine and Valois later Philip VI of France
Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315).
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (1295–1349/1350)
Louis, King of Thessalonica (1297–1316), married Matilda of Hainaut.
Mary (1298–1336) married Edward I, Count of Bar
Robert, Count of Tonnerre (1302–1334), married Joanna, heiress of Tonnerre.