Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux
Jeanne de Béthune | |
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suo jure Viscountess of Meaux Countess of Marle and Soissons Lady of Oisy Countess of Ligny | |
Born | c.1397 France |
Died | Late 1450 |
Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons | |
Father | Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux |
Mother | Isabelle de Ghistelles |
Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux, Countess of Ligny (c. 1397- late 1450), was a French noblewoman, the
Family
Jeanne was born in about 1397, the eldest daughter of Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux, and his third wife Isabelle de Ghistelles.[2] She had one younger sister, Jacqueline de Béthune who married Raoul d'Ailly, with whom she had a daughter. Her paternal grandparents were Jean de Béthune, Lord of Locres (Loker in Flemish), and his wife Jeanne de Coucy, while her maternal grandparents were Jean de Ghistelles (Gistel in Flemish) and Marguerite de Reingleset (Reigersvliet in Flemish).[2]
After campaigning successfully against the English as Lieutenant-Governor of
Marriages and issue
On 16 February 1409, Jeanne married her first husband,
- Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, of Ligny, and Conversano, by whom she had seven children.
Robert was one of the many French nobles killed at the
Joan of Arc
Jeanne's second husband, who was an ally of the English during the last phase of the
Due to pressure from England and
Legacy and death
On 18 September 1430, John's aunt, Jeanne of Luxembourg died. She left him the county of Ligny, thus Jeanne was styled henceforth as Countess of Ligny.
Jeanne married her only daughter to Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, who was John's nephew and designated heir; he had been brought up under his uncle's provision at Beaurevoir Castle therefore the young couple were well-acquainted with one another. The marriage, which took place on 16 July 1435, produced seven children.
Widowed a second time in 1441 when aged about 44, it was proposed that Jeanne should marry Jean d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord, a prisoner in England since 1412. When he did get back to France after 33 years' captivity, he married a younger woman who gave him three children.[2]
Jeanne de Béthune died in late 1450, almost ten years after her husband, John. Her daughter Jeanne succeeded her as suo jure Viscountess of Meaux.
References
- ^ Sackville-West, Vita (1936). Saint Joan of Arc. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. p.266, Google Books, retrieved on 1 July 2009
- ^ a b c d François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (1771). "Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume. On a joint le tableau généalogique, historique, des maisons souveraines de l'Europe, & une notice des familles étrangères, les plus anciennes, les plus nobles, & plus illustrés". Chez la veuve Duchesne et l'auteur.
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(help) - ^ a b c Sackville-West, p.266
- ^ Sackville-West, pp.266–67
- ^ IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107260/ Retrieved 13 November 2015
- Vita Sackville-West (1936). Saint Joan of Arc. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. Google Books