Tenure 1424–1425 | Name Bonne Artois | |
 | ||
Issue Charles I, Count of NeversJohn II, Count of Nevers Mother Marie, Duchess of Auvergne Children Charles I, Count of Nevers, John II, Count of Nevers Parents Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, Marie, Duchess of Auvergne Similar People Philip the Good, Michelle of Valois, Margaret III - Countess, John the Fearless, Philip the Bold | ||
Grandchildren Elizabeth of Nevers | ||
Bonne of Artois (1396 – 17 September 1425, Dijon) was Countess consort of Nevers by marriage to Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. She served as regent of the County of Nevers during the minority of her son from 1415 until 1424.
Contents
Life
She was the daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.
Countess of Nevers
She married first at Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, to Philip II, Count of Nevers. He was son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.
Philip was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, against the English king Henry V, who won the battle against Charles d'Albret and Charles VI of France.
Regent
Their eldest son Charles succeeded as Count of Nevers. However, due to the child's minority, Bonne acted as regent from 1415 until 1424. She succeeded her aunt Jeanne d'Artois as Mademoiselle de Dreux and as Dame de Houdain.
Duchess of Burgundy
After Philip's death, Bonne married his nephew Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, on 30 November 1424 at Moulins-les-Engelbert. His first marriage to Michelle of Valois had produced no surviving issue and she had died young, so Philip married Bonne.
Bonne is sometimes confused with Philip's biological aunt, also named Bonne (sister of John the Fearless, lived 1379–1399), in part due to the Papal Dispensation required for the marriage which made no distinction between a marital aunt and a biological aunt.
The marriage of Bonne and Philip lasted little over a year and produced no surviving children. Bonne died on 15 September 1425 in Dijon.
Issue
She had two sons:
Ancestors
Bonne's ancestors in three generations