Jeanne de Valois, Comtesse de Hainault

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Joan of Valois (c. 1294 Longpont, Aisne, France – 7 March 1342, Fontenelle, Yonne, France). Jeanne de Valois, (née en 1294 - morte le 7 mars 1352), princesse de sang royal, fille de Charles de France, comte de Valois, et de Marguerite d'Anjou.

Parents: second eldest daughter of Prince Charles of Valois and his first wife Marguerite of Anjou and Maine (1274–1299) and the sister of king Philip VI of France.

Married: on 23 May 1305 to William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut.

Children include:

1. William IV of Hainaut (1307-1345)
2. John (died 1316)
3. Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311-1356), married Louis IV Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor
4. Philippa of Hainault (24 June 1311-1369), married king Edward III of England
5. Agnes (died 1327)
6. Joanna of Hainaut (1315-1374), married William V, Duke of Jülich
7. Isabelle of Hainaut (1323-1361), married Robert of Namur
8. Louis (1325-1328)

Lineage

Her paternal grandparents were Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Joan was one of six children. In 1299, Joan's mother died, probably in childbirth and her father married his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Titular Empress of Constantinople (1274-1308, by whom he had four more children. He would marry his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon in 1308 and by her he would sire a son and three daughters, among them were Isabella of Valois, who became Duchess of Bourbon and Blanche of Valois who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

French

De son mariage avec Guillaume Ier d'Avesnes, comte de Hainaut et Hollande, elle eut sept enfants, dont Marguerite, qui épousa l'empereur Louis IV, et Philippa, qui épousa Edouard III d'Angleterre.

Veuve en 1337, elle se retira à Fontenelle * avec sa fille Isabelle de Namur, mais sortit de cette retraite pour apaiser le conflit entre la France et l'Angleterre que l'on appellera plus tard "guerre de cent ans". De fait elle fut à l'origine de la trêve dite de Tournai, plusieurs fois reconduite, et c'est gràce à elle que le Hainaut fut épargné dans la suite du conflit.

Après la redécouverte de son caveau à Fontenelle elle fut réinhumée en l'église voisine de Maing

• A proximité de Valenciennes et de Maing. Ne pas confondre avec L'Abbaye de Fontenelle située à mi-chemin entre Rouen et le Havre, et plus connue aujourd'hui sous son nom d'abbaye de Saint Wandrille.

Footnotes

Citations

Links

• Qwiki: Joan de Valois, Countess of Hainaut
• French Wikipedia: Jeanne de Valois
• English Wikipedia: Joan of Valois

Sources

• Kings & Queen of Great Britain

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JUST A NOTE

All the accending Tree information was gathered from the Smith-Goodale-Caldwell family tree on Ancestry.com I have attempted to copy accurately, however I may have made mistakes in transfering, so I would suggest going th that site and checking for yourself. I am only copyint the info here, and have done none of the research. Any errors in research belong to the owners of the S-G-C tree.

    Jeanne de Valois was born circa 1294. She married Guillaume V (III), Comte de Hainaut, Hollande et Zélande, son of Jean II, Comte de Hainaut et Hollande and Philippa de Luxembourg, in 1305.2 She died in 1342.2 She was also reported to have died on 7 March 1352.

    She was the daughter of Charles I de France, Comte de Valois and Marguerite d'Anjou.1,2 Children of Jeanne de Valois and Guillaume V (III), Comte de Hainaut, Hollande et Zélande

Jeanne de Hainaut+3 d. 1374

   Marguerite, Comtesse de Hainaut et Hollande+ b. 1311, d. c 1356

   Philippe de Hainaut+1 b. 24 Jun 1311, d. 15 Aug 1369

   Guillaume VI (IV), Comte de Hainaut et Hollande b. c 1317, d. c 1345

   Isabella de Hainaut b. c 1323, d. 1361

Citations

   [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 92. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

   [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 65. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

   [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 493. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

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Contents [hide] 1 Lineage 2 Countess of Hainaut 3 Mediator 4 Issue 5 Notes

[edit] LineageHer paternal grandparents were Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Joan was one of six children. In 1299, Joan's mother died, probably in childbirth and her father married his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Titular Empress of Constantinople (1274–1308, by whom he had four more children. He would marry his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon in 1308 and by her he would sire a son and three daughters, among them were Isabella of Valois, who became Duchess of Bourbon and Blanche of Valois, who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

[edit] Countess of HainautJoan married William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut on 23 May 1305. She was a supporter of her cousin Isabella of France in her struggle against Edward II. This brought about an alliance between Hainaut and Isabella and the English exiles, who were in opposition to the English king and his favorite, Hugh Despenser the Younger. Isabella's son got engaged to Joan's daughter Philippa and Isabella raised an army in their lands. It was also from there that Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer began their invasion of England.[1]

In 1332, after Philippa had become queen, she arranged the wedding between Isabella's daughter Eleanor with Reginald II, Duke of Guelders and she visited her daughter Philippa in England.[2]

[edit] MediatorAfter her husband died in 1337, she took the veil and became abbess of Fontenelle Abbey. In 1340, her son-in-law dealt her brother Philip a heavy blow by defeating him at sea near Sluys. Edward then went on to besiege Tournai, but was beset by financial problems. Pope Benedict XII then asked Joan to mediate. She first went to her brother, whom she had begged for peace. Then she went to Edward in his tent and begged him for peace as well. The pleas of their relative Joan, sent by the pope, allowed the two men to sign a truce without loss of face.[3]

Joan of Valois (c. 1294 – 7 March 1342) was the second eldest daughter of the French prince Charles of Valois and his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Anjou. As the sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of Edward III, she was ideally placed to act as mediator between them.

Her paternal grandparents were Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Joan was one of six children. In 1299, Joan's mother died, probably in childbirth, and her father married his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Titular Empress of Constantinople, by whom he had four more children. He would marry his third wife, Mahaut of Châtillon, in 1308, and by her he would sire a son and three daughters, among them Isabella of Valois, who became Duchess of Bourbon, and Blanche of Valois, who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Joan married William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut, on 23 May 1305. She was a supporter of her cousin Isabella of France in her struggle against Edward II. In December 1325, she traveled to France to attend the funeral of her father and had talks with Isabella and Charles IV of France. This brought about an alliance between Hainaut, Isabella, and the English exiles, who were in opposition to the English king and his favorite, Hugh Despenser the Younger. Isabella's son became engaged to Joan's daughter Philippa and Isabella raised an army in their lands. It was also from there that Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer, began their invasion of England.

In 1332, after Philippa had become queen, she arranged a wedding between Isabella's daughter Eleanor of Woodstock and Reginald II, Duke of Guelders, and she visited her daughter Philippa in England.

After her husband died in 1337, Joan took the veil and became Abbess at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. In 1340, her son-in-law dealt her brother Philip a heavy blow by defeating him at sea near Sluys. Edward then went on to besiege Tournai, but was beset by financial problems. Pope Benedict XII then asked Joan to mediate. She first went to her brother, whom she had begged for peace. Then she went to Edward in his tent and begged him for peace as well. The pleas of their relative Joan, sent by the pope, allowed the two men to sign a truce without loss of face.

Joan's children with William III

• William IV of Hainaut (1307–1345)
• John (died 1316)
• Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311–1356), married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Philippa of Hainault (24 June 1314 – 1369), married king Edward III of England
• Agnes (died 1327)
• Joanna of Hainaut (1315–1374), married William V, Duke of Jülich
• Isabella of Hainaut (1323–1361), married Robert of Namur
• Louis (1325–1328)

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Jeanne de Valois Memorial

Birth: 1294 Death: Mar. 7, 1342 Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Family links:

Parents:

 Charles of Valois (1270 - 1325)

 Marguerite d'Anjou (1273 - 1299)

Spouse:

 Guillaume d'Avesnes (1286 - 1337)

Children:

 Isabeau d'Avesnes de Namur (____ - 1360)*

 Philippa d'Avesnes of Hainault (1311 - 1369)*

 Margarete II de Avesnes (1311 - 1356)*

 Jeanne de Hainaut (1311 - 1374)*

Siblings:

 Philippe VI of France (1293 - 1350)*

 Jeanne de Valois (1294 - 1352)**

 Jeanne de Valois (1294 - 1342)

 Marguerite de Valois (1295 - 1342)*

 Charles II de Valois (1297 - 1346)**

 Marie de Valois (1309 - 1331)**

 Isabelle de Valois (1313 - 1383)**

 Blanche Marguerite de Valois (1317 - 1348)**

 Louis de Valois (1318 - 1328)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Note: Her remains were exhumed from the Abbaye de Fontenelle in 1977, and were reinterred at their present location in 2011.

Burial: Eglise Saint-Géry Maing Departement du Nord Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: Transept Droit

Created by: Todd Whitesides Record added: Jan 16, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 103669205

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