Background
Blanche was born in about the year 1252 in France.
Blanche was born in about the year 1252 in France.
She was also known as Dame de Louisiana Loupeland, and Blanche of Acre. Blanche had a uterine half-sister Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l"Amaury from her mother"s first marriage to Jean I de Montfort (died 1249 in Cyprus). In 1260, Beatrice married Robert IV of Dreux, Count of Dreux, by whom she had six children.
Blanche was co-heiress to her mother, by which she inherited Loupeland in Maine.
