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Bonne of Berry

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House
  
House of Valois

Died
  
1435, Carlat, France

Name
  
Bonne Berry

Mother
  
Joanna of Armagnac

Father
  
John, Duke of Berry


Issue
  
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy Bonne of Savoy Joan of Savoy John IV, Count of Armagnac Bonne, Duchess of Orleans Barnard, Count of Pardiac Anne, Countess of Dreux Jeanne of Armagnac Beatrix of Armagnac

Spouse
  
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (m. 1377), Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac

Children
  
Antipope Felix V, Bonne of Armagnac

Parents
  
Joan of Armagnac, John, Duke of Berry

Siblings
  
Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, John of Valois, Count of Montpensier

Similar People
  
John - Duke of Berry, Antipope Felix V, Amadeus VI - Count of Savoy, John II of France, Charles - Duke of Orleans

Bonne of Berry (1362/1365 – 30 December 1435) was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and Joanna of Armagnac. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of John II of France.

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First marriage

Her first marriage was to Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. Their marriage contract is dated 7 May 1372 and they married on 18 January 1377, but she wouldn't arrive in Savoy until 1381. They had the following children:

  • Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383 – 1439); married Mary of Burgundy.
  • Bonne of Savoy (1388 – 1432); married Louis of Piedmont.
  • Joan of Savoy (posthumously 1392 – 1460); married Giangiacomo Paleologo, marquis of Montferrat.

    • After Amadeus' death in 1391, a regency dispute over their son Amadeus VIII ensued after her husband passed over Bonne in favor of his mother Bonne of Bourbon. This conflict would only be resolved by an agreement, signed on 8 May 1393.

    Second marriage

    Her second marriage was to Bernard VII of Armagnac. Their marriage contract is dated on 2 December 1393. They had the following children:

  • Bonne of Armagnac (1395 – 1435); married Charles, Duke of Orléans.
  • John IV of Armagnac (1396 – 1450); married (1) Blanche of Brittany (2) Isabella d' Évreux
  • Marie of Armagnac (1397 – died young).
  • Bernard of Armagnac (1400 – 1462), Count of Pardiac; married Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche.
  • Anne of Armagnac (1402 – bef. 1473); married Charles II of Albret.
  • Joan of Armagnac (1403 – died young).
  • Beatrice of Armagnac (1406 – died young).

    • References

    Bonne of Berry Wikipedia
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