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Joan I, Countess of Auvergne

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Reign
  
1332–1360

Name
  
Joan Countess

House
  
Auvergne

Tenure
  
1350–1360

Successor
  
Philip of Rouves


Joan I, Countess of Auvergne

Predecessor
  
William XII of Auvergne

Born
  
8 May 1326 (
1326-05-08
)

Issue among others...
  
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy

Died
  
September 29, 1360, Argilly, France

Spouse
  
John II of France (m. 1350), Philip I, Count of Auvergne

Children
  
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy

Parents
  
Marguerite d'Evreux, William XII, Count of Auvergne

Grandparents
  
Blanche de Clermont, Robert VII, Count of Auvergne

Similar People
  
John II of France, Joan the Lame, Joanna of Bourbon, Joan of Valois - Queen of, Philip VI of France

Joan I of Auvergne (8 May 1326 – 29 September 1360, Chateau d'Argilly) was ruling Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne in 1332–1360, and Queen of France by her marriage to King John II.

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Life

She was the daughter of William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, by his wife, Margaret, a sister of Philip III of Navarre. She inherited the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne after the death of her father.

Her first husband was Philip of Burgundy, who held the title Count of Auvergne by virtue of their marriage. They had one surviving child, Philip, who would be for much of his brief life Duke of Burgundy (by inheriting the title from his grandfather).

Following the death of her husband, Joan married John II of France on 13 February 1350; she became Queen consort of France in the following year. This was a second marriage for them both, John's first wife, Bonne of Bohemia, had died of Black Death and had left John with eight children, so there was little pressure for Joan to give birth to a son and heir. Joan's son, Philip became a ward of the King. She had three children with King John, two girls and an unnamed son, all of whom died young. Joan died in 1360. Her possessions were inherited by her son.

Issue

By her first husband, Philip, Joan had the following issue:

  • Joan (1344 – 11 September 1360), engaged to Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, but was ultimately dismissed and lived out her life in a convent at Poissy.
  • Margaret (b. 1345), died young.
  • Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346 – 21 November 1361), Duke of Burgundy and was married to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.
  • By her second husband, John, Joan had the following issue:

  • Blanche (November 1350), died young.
  • Catherine (1352), died young.
  • Unnamed son (1353), died young.
  • References

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