Joanna of Châtillon
Joanna of Châtillon | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1285 |
| Died | 16 January 1354 |
| Buried | former church of the Isabella of Brienne |
| Father | Gaucher V de Châtillon |
| Mother | Isabelle de Dreux |
Joanna of Châtillon or Joan,
Walter V of Brienne (1305). She was Duchess of Athens by marriage (1308–1311). She was the daughter of Gaucher V de Châtillon, Constable of France
and Isabelle de Dreux. Her paternal grandparents were Gaucher IV de Châtillon and Isabelle de Villehardouin. Her maternal grandparents were Robert de Dreux, Viscount of Chateaudun and Isabelle de Villebéon.
Biography
In 1305, Joanna married Walter V of Brienne, the son of
Hugh of Brienne
, Count of Brienne and Lecce, and Isabella de la Roche. The marriage produced two children:
- (died 19 September 1356), married firstly Margharita of Anjou-Tarent, and secondly, Jeanne de Brienne. His children by both wives died young, so his titles, possessions, and claims were inherited by his sister Isabella.
- (1306–1360), married Walter of Enghien, by whom she had eleven children.
On 15 March 1311, Joanna's husband Walter was killed in the
Argos and Nauplia under Walter of Foucherolles
.
In April 1318, Joanna and her father sent a request to the
King of France, and the Pope, Joanna kept her claim to Athens alive for her son until he was old enough to campaign for his rights in the Aegean. In January 1321, Philip V of France
mediated the suit brought against her by her own son, who was suing for the payment of some of his father's great debt.
Joanna herself retained her ducal title until her death. Her tomb, in the church (now destroyed) of the Dominican monastery in Troyes had the inscription Duchesse d'Athènes.
Notes
- Libro de los fechosindicates that la muller del dicho duch [Walter] qui era muerto con un su fiio, & alli [there, meaning Athens] se defendió por un tiempo.
References
- ISBN 0-299-04844-6.
- ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
- Setton, Kenneth M. Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975.