Joan of Armagnac

Joan of Armagnac (French: Jeanne d'Armagnac; 24 June 1346 – 1387) was a French noblewoman of the Armagnac family, being the eldest daughter of Count John I of Armagnac and his wife Beatrice of Clermont. She became Duchess of Berry by her marriage to John, Duke of Berry in 1360.

Joan of Armagnac
Duchess of Berry
Joanna, John and their children
Born	24 June 1346
Died	1387 (aged 40–41)
Spouse	John, Duke of Berry
Issue	Charles of Berry, Count of Montpensier John of Berry, Count of Montpensier Louis of Berry Bonne, Countess of Savoy Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
House	Armagnac
Father	John I of Armagnac
Mother	Beatrice of Clermont

Marriage and issue

She married John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia. Joanna and John had five children:

• Charles of Berry, Count of Montpensier (1362–1382)
• John de Valois, Count of Montpensier, (1363–1402), married Princess Catherine of France, daughter of Charles V, King of France
• Louis of Berry (1364–1383)
• Bonne of Berry (1365–1435), married Amadeus VII of Savoy and Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
• Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne (1367–1434), married: 1) Louis III of Châtillon, 2) Philip of Artois, Count of Eu; 3) John I, Duke of Bourbon

Her daughter, Marie was the mother of Bonne of Artois, second wife to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Joanna's daughter, also called Bonne, was the mother of Antipope Felix V.

Ancestors of Joan of Armagnac

16. Roger d'Armagnac 8. Gerald VI of Armagnac 17. Pincelle d'Albret 4. Bernard VI d'Armagnac 18. Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn 9. Martha de Béarn 19. Martha de Marsan, Countess of Bigorre 2. John I of Armagnac 20. Hugh IV of Rodez 10. Henri II 21. Isabelle of Roquefeuil 5. Cecilia of Rodez 22. Barral of Baux 11. Mascarose of Baux 23. Sibylle d'Anduze 1. Joan of Armagnac 24. Louis IX of France 12. Robert, Count of Clermont 25. Margaret of Provence 6. John, Baron of Charolais 26. John of Burgundy, Lord of Bourbon 13. Beatrice of Bourbon 27. Agnes of Dampierre 3. Beatrice of Clermont 28. Renaud I, Lord of Dargies 14. Renaud II, Lord of Dargies 29. Isabelle of Clermont 7. Jeanne d'Argies 30. Jean de Bruyeres 15. Agnes de Bruyeres 31. Eustachie de Levis

Sources

• Emmerson, Richard K. (2013). Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136775185.
• Jeanne d'Armagnac