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Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany

Field	Value
consort	yes
name	Joan of Valois
succession	Duchess consort of Brittany
image	Joan of France (1391–1433).jpg
reign	1 November 1399 – 27 September 1433
spouse
issue	{{plainlist
house	Valois
father	Charles VI of France
mother	Isabeau of Bavaria
birth_date	24 January 1391
birth_place	Château de Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Kingdom of France
death_date
death_place	Vannes, Morbihan, Duchy of Brittany
burial_place	Vannes Cathedral

Anne
Isabelle, Countess of Laval Margaret Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Catherine
Peter II, Duke of Brittany
Gilles, Lord of Chantocé}}

Joan of France or Joan of Valois (; 24 January 1391 – 27 September 1433) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to John V. She was a daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. She ruled Brittany during the imprisonment of her spouse in 1420.

Life

Joan married John V, Duke of Brittany, in 1396. Three years after the wedding, her spouse became duke and she duchess of Brittany.

As duchess, Joan is perhaps most known for her role during the conflict between John V and the Counts of Penthièvre. The Penthièvre branch had lost the Breton War of Succession in the 1340s. As a result, they lost the ducal title of Brittany to the Montforts. The conclusion to the conflict took many years to confirm until 1365 when the Treaty of Guérande was signed. Despite the military loss and the diplomatic treaty, the Counts of Penthièvre had not renounced their ducal claims to Brittany and continued to pursue them. In 1420, they invited John V to a festival held at Châtonceaux. He accepted the invitation, but when he arrived, he was captured and kept prisoner.

The Counts of Penthiève then spread rumours of his death, and moved him to a new prison each day. Joan of France called upon all the barons of Brittany to respond. They besieged all the castles of the Penthièvre family one by one. Joan ended the conflict by seizing the dowager countess of Penthièvre, Margaret of Clisson, and forcing her to have the duke freed.

Joan died in 1433, during her husband's reign.

Legacy

A Book of Hours by the Bedford Master, Heures Lamoignon, was dedicated to her.

Issue

She had seven children:

Anne (1409 – )
Isabella (1411 – ), who in 1435 married Guy XIV of Laval and had 3 children with him.
Margaret (1412 – )
Francis I (1414 – ), duke of Brittany
Catherine (1416 – )
Peter II (1418 – ), duke of Brittany
Gilles (1420 – ), seigneur of Chantocé.

References

*The original version of this page was a translation of :fr:Jeanne de France (1391-1433). From January 2013 the translation has been refined. *

References

Potter, Philip J., Kings of the Seine: The French Rulers from Pippin III to Jacques Chirac, 2006, PublishAmerica, Baltimore, ISBN 978-1-4137-8857-0.

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