Joan of Armagnac

Joan of Armagnac
Duchess of Berry

Joanna, John and their children
Born 24 June 1346
Died 1387
Spouse John, Duke of Berry
Issue Charles of Berry, Count of Montpensier
John of Berry, Count of Montpensier
Louis of Berry
Bonne, Countess of Savoy
Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
House House of Armagnac (by birth)
House of Valois (by marriage)
Father John I of Armagnac
Mother Beatrice of Clermont

Joan of Armagnac (French: Jeanne d'Armagnac; 24 June 1346 1387) was a French noblewoman of the Armagnac family, being the eldest daughter of Count John I of Armagnac and his wife Beatrice of Clermont. She became Duchess of Berry by her marriage to John, Duke of Berry in 1360.[1]

Marriage and issue

She married John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia. Joanna and John had five children:

Her daughter, Marie was the mother of Bonne of Artois, second wife to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Joanna's daughter, also called Bonne, was the mother of Antipope Felix V.

Sources


  1. Emmerson 2013, p. 381.
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