Joan, Countess of Rethel
Joan, Countess of Rethel | |
|---|---|
| Died | c. 1328 |
| Noble family | House of Dampierre |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | |
| Father | Hugh IV, Count of Rethel |
| Mother | Isabelle of Grandpré |
Joan (died 1328), also known as Jeanne, was the ruling Countess of Rethel from 1285 until her death in 1328 and Countess consort of Nevers as the wife of Louis I, Count of Nevers (r. 1280–1322).[1]
Life
Joan was the only daughter of Count Hugh IV of Rethel (r. 1272–1285) and his third wife, Isabelle of Grandpré (1245–1292). She succeeded her father as Countess of Rethel in 1285.[2]
In December 1290, she married Louis I, Count of Nevers[3] (who, in 1314 failed in his bid to become Holy Roman Emperor), son of Robert III, Count of Flanders. The marriage was described as "notoriously fractious".[4]
They had two children:[5]
- Joan (1295–1375), married John of Montfort
- Louis (1304–1346), Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel
References
Citations
- ^ Sarpy 2019.
- ^ Vanderkindere 1899, p. 325.
- ^ Lucas 1946, p. 80.
- ^ Sarpy 2019, p. 7.
- ^ Nicholas 1992, p. 442.
Cited works
- Vanderkindere, Léon (1899). Histoire de la formation territoriale des principautés belges au moyen âge [History of the territorial formation of the Belgian principalities in the Middle Ages] (in Belgian French). Vol. 1. Hayez.
- Lucas, Henry S. (1946). "The Low Countries and the Disputed Imperial Election of 1314". Speculum. 21 (1): 72–114. doi:10.2307/2856839. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2856839. S2CID 162348376.
- Sarpy, Julie (2019-05-15). Joanna of Flanders: Heroine and Exile. Stroud: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8855-8.
- Nicholas, David M. (1992). Medieval Flanders. Longman. ISBN 978-0-5820-1678-1. Retrieved 2025-05-02 – via Google Books.