Joan of France (1351–1371)
Joan of France (May 1351 - 16 September 1371) was the only child of Philip VI of France and his second wife Blanche of Navarre. Joan was posthumously born as her father had died nine months prior to her birth.
| Joan of France | |
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 Joan with her mother, Blanche of Navarre, and Saint Louis. | |
| Born | May 1351 |
| Died | 16 September 1371 (aged 20) Béziers, France |
| Burial | Basilica of St Denis, Saint-Denis, France |
| House | Valois |
| Father | Philip VI of France |
| Mother | Blanche of Navarre |
Life
Joan's maternal grandparents were Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre. Her paternal grandparents were Charles of Valois and Margaret of Naples.
Joan had two half-brothers from her father's first marriage to Joan the Lame: John II of France and 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 Infante John, Duke of Girona, son and heir of Peter IV of Aragon. The marriage contract was signed 16 July 1370.[1] The following year Joan departed from France and set off to marry John in Aragon. However, Joan died on 16 September 1371[2] in Béziers, whilst travelling to meet her future husband. He accused the midwife Bonanada of having caused her death by use of sorcery.[3]
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
| 16. Louis IX of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Philip III of France (= 24) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Margaret of Provence | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Charles of Valois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18. James I of Aragon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Isabella of Aragon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Violant of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Philip VI of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Charles II of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Charles II of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Beatrice of Provence | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Margaret of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Stephen V of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Mary of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23. 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
- Cawley, Charles, FRANCE CAPETIAN KINGS, Medieval Lands, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
- Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Capet". Genealogy.EU.
- «Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones: Bonanada»