Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont

Joan of Valois (1304–1363) was the daughter of Charles of Valois and his second wife Catherine I of Courtenay, titular empress of Constantinople.

Half sister to Philip VI of Valois, in around 1320 she married Robert III of Artois, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger and seigneur of Conches. They had five known children:

• John (1321–1387), Count of Eu
• Joan (1323–1324)
• James (c. 1325–1347)
• Robert (c. 1326–1347)
• Charles (1328–1385), Count of Pezenas

Robert III of Artois had attempted to recover the title of count of Artois, which had been taken from him by his aunt Mahaut of Artois, but was condemned and exiled in 1331 for making and presenting forged documents in the process of filing against her. Joan of Valois and their children were therefore imprisoned by order of her half-brother Philip VI.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont

16. Louis VIII of France               8. Louis IX of France                       17. Blanche of Castile               4. Philip III of France                             18. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence               9. Marguerite of Provence                       19. Beatrice of Savoy               2. Charles, Count of Valois                                   20. Peter II of Aragon               10. James I of Aragon                       21. Marie of Montpellier               5. Isabella of Aragon                             22. Andrew II of Hungary               11. Violant of Hungary                       23. Yolanda de Courtenay               1. Joan of Valois                                         24. Peter II of Courtenay               12. Baldwin II of Constantinople                       25. Yolanda of Flanders               6. Philip of Courtenay                             26. John of Brienne               13. Marie of Brienne                       27. Berengaria of León               3. Catherine of Courtenay                                   28. Louis VIII of France (=16)               14. Charles I of Naples                       29. Blanche of Castile (=17)               7. Beatrice of Sicily                             30. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence (=18)               15. Beatrice of Provence                       31. Beatrice of Savoy (=19)

In fiction

Joan is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. She was portrayed by Françoise Giret in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Toinette Laquière in the 2005 adaptation.^[1]

References

1. "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.