Joan of France (1351–1371)
| Joan of France | |
|---|---|
Basilica of St Denis, Saint-Denis, France | |
| House | Valois |
| Father | Philip VI of France |
| Mother | Blanche of Navarre |
Joan of France (May 1351 – 16 September 1371), also known as Blanche, was the only child of Philip VI of France and his second wife Blanche of Navarre. Joan was born nine months after her father's death.
Life
Joan's maternal grandparents were
Margaret of Naples
.
Joan had two half-brothers from her father's first marriage to
Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans. After the death of Philip, Blanche retired to Neaufles-Saint-Martin near Gisors in Normandy
.
In 1370, Joan was betrothed to
better source needed] in Béziers, whilst travelling to meet her future husband. He accused the midwife Bonanada of having caused her death by use of sorcery.[2]
Joan's mother died 5 October 1398, twenty-seven years after her daughter. They are buried together in the
Basilica of St Denis, the necropolis of the Kings of France, north of Paris
.
Ancestry
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| 16. Elisabeth the Cuman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Joan of Valois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Philip III of France (= 8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Louis, Count of Évreux | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Maria of Brabant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Philip III of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Philip of Artois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Margaret of Artois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27. Blanche of Brittany | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Blanche of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Philip IV of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Louis X of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Joan I of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Joan II of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Margaret of Burgundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Agnes of France | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Capet". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source]
- ^ «Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones: Bonanada Archived 2019-04-08 at the Wayback Machine»