Auguste Dumont was commissioned to create a statue of Blanche of Castille as part of the Queens and influential women series. He finished the 2.35m high piece in 1848. The marble statue of Blanche de Castille stands in Jardin du Luxembourg.
Blanche de Castille (1188 - 1252), Queen of France, was the wife of Louis VIII and the mother in law of Marguerite de Provence.
Blanche de Castille stands with a veil covering her hair, and a crown on top.
In her right hand she holds a small staff. With her left hand she gathers some of her gown in front her.