Joan of Armagnac

Joan of Armagnac
Duchess of Berry
Joanna, John and their children
Born	24 June 1346
Died	1387 (aged 40–41)
Spouse	John, Duke of Berry
Issue	Charles of Berry, Count of Montpensier John of Berry, Count of Montpensier Louis of Berry Bonne, Countess of Savoy Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
House	Armagnac
Father	John I of Armagnac
Mother	Beatrice of Clermont

Joan of Armagnac (French: Jeanne d'Armagnac; 24 June 1346 – 1387) was a French noblewoman of the Armagnac family, being the eldest daughter of Count John I of Armagnac and his wife Beatrice of Clermont. She became Duchess of Berry by her marriage to John, Duke of Berry in 1360.^[1]

Marriage and issue

She married John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia. Joanna and John had five children:

• Charles of Berry, Count of Montpensier (1362–1382)
• John de Valois, Count of Montpensier, (1363–1402), married Princess Catherine of France, daughter of Charles V, King of France
• Louis of Berry (1364–1383)
• Bonne of Berry (1365–1435), married Amadeus VII of Savoy and Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
• Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne (1367–1434), married: 1) Louis III of Châtillon, 2) Philip of Artois, Count of Eu; 3) John I, Duke of Bourbon

Her daughter, Marie was the mother of Bonne of Artois, second wife to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Joanna's daughter, also called Bonne, was the mother of Antipope Felix V.

Ancestors of Joan of Armagnac

16. Roger d'Armagnac               8. Gerald VI of Armagnac                       17. Pincelle d'Albret               4. Bernard VI d'Armagnac                             18. Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn               9. Martha de Béarn                       19. Martha de Marsan, Countess of Bigorre               2. John I of Armagnac                                   20. Hugh IV of Rodez               10. Henri II                       21. Isabelle of Roquefeuil               5. Cecilia of Rodez                             22. Barral of Baux               11. Mascarose of Baux                       23. Sibylle d'Anduze               1. Joan of Armagnac                                         24. Louis IX of France               12. Robert, Count of Clermont                       25. Margaret of Provence               6. John, Baron of Charolais                             26. John of Burgundy, Lord of Bourbon               13. Beatrice of Bourbon                       27. Agnes of Dampierre               3. Beatrice of Clermont                                   28. Renaud I, Lord of Dargies               14. Renaud II, Lord of Dargies                       29. Isabelle of Clermont               7. Jeanne d'Argies                             30. Jean de Bruyeres               15. Agnes de Bruyeres                       31. Eustachie de Levis

Sources

• Emmerson, Richard K. (2013). Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136775185.
• Jeanne d'Armagnac

1. Emmerson 2013, p. 381.