Jeanne, Countess of Chiny
Jeanne (1205 – 17 January 1271), Countess of Chiny. Jeanne was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married Arnold IV, Count of Looz, son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.
Jeanne and Arnold had the following children:
- John, Count of Chiny and Loon
- Arnaul II (died 1273), Bishop of Châlons (1272–73)
- Henri de Looz, Seigneur d’Agimont
- Gerard de Looz (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
- Elisabeth (died before 1251) married first Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and second Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
- Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
- Juliane, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
- Louis V, Count of Chiny
- Marguerite (died 1292), married Willem IV, Seigneur of Horn
She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband Arnold, as Arnold II, Count of Chiny.
Sources
Settipani, Christian, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1), Villeneuve d'Ascq, éd. Patrick van Kerrebrouck, 1993, 545 p.
Thonissen, JJ., Arnold IV, Royal Academy of Belgium, National Biography, Vol. 1, Brussels, 1866
Arlette Laret-Kayser, Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300, Bruxelles (éditions du Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire, série in-8°, n° 72), 1986
Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de Looz