Jeanne, Countess of Chiny

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Died 17 January 1271 Grandchild Arnold V, Count of Looz		Parents Louis IV, Count of Chiny Grandparent Louis III, Count of Chiny
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Jeanne (cca. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the 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 Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and 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.

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