Jeanne de Bourbon (1338-1378)

Jeanne de Bourbon (born February 3, 1338 in Vincennes Castle , † February 6, 1378 in Paris ) was the wife of King Charles V and a Queen of France from 1364. She was a daughter of Duke Peter I of Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois .

Queen Johanna and her husband King Charles V of France, miniature from the 14th century

Life

Jeanne was born in the royal castle of Vincennes and was of Capetian descent from both parents . Her godparents were her future in-laws, King John II the Good and Jutta of Luxembourg . Her parents initially wanted her to marry the Dauphin Humbert II of Vienne , but this failed when Humbert entered a spiritual life.

Finally, in 1349, Jeanne was betrothed to the heir to the throne Karl, who was her second cousin through her mother. Pope Clement VI had given a necessary dispensation for this related marriage . The close relationship of the couple was probably the cause of the mental illness of the later King Charles VI. who was called "the madman". Half of Jeanne's dowry (100,000  florins ) was used to purchase the Dauphiné principality , which her fiancé took over from Humbert II.

On April 8, 1350, 12-year-old Jeanne married her then 13-year-old fiancé in Tain-l'Hermitage . The first child was not born until she was 18 years old:

• Jeanne, * November 1357, † October 21, 1360 in the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs
• Jean, * probably 1359, † probably before 1364
• Bonne, * probably 1360, † November 7, 1360 in Paris , also buried there

After that, Karl turned away from her and the Biette to Cassinel , who became his official mistress, but the couple got together again after Charles' coronation on May 19, 1364, especially since their son Jean had probably died and there was again a need for a marital heir to the throne . The resumed marriage seems to have become harmonious, Charles V valued the opinion of his wife highly not only in artistic but also in political questions. Six other children were born during her time as Queen:

Tomb of King Charles V and Joan of Bourbon

• Jean, * June 7, 1366 in Vincennes Castle , † December 21, 1366 probably there
• Charles VI the Mad (Charles VI. le Fou, also le Bien-Aimé) , * December 3, 1368 in Paris , † October 21, 1422 there, 1368 Dauphin of Viennois , 1380 King of France ,
• Marie, born February 27, 1370 in Paris , † June 1377 probably there
• Louis , born March 13, 1372 in the Hôtel Saint-Paul in Paris , † murdered November 23, 1407 in Paris, 1386–1392 Duke of Touraine , 1392 Duke of Orléans and Count of Valois , Peer of France
• Isabelle, born July 24, 1373 in Paris , † February 13, 1378 there, buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis
• Catherine, born February 4, 1378 in Paris , † October 1388, buried in Maubuisson ; ⚭ August 5, 1386 in Saint-Ouen Johann II. Von Berry (Jean II. De Berry), probably 1382 Count of Montpensier , † 1401/1402

The royal couple led an overall harmonious marriage, to what extent Jeanne had an influence on her husband's politics is not known. During the great peasant revolt of 1358 ( Jacquerie ) she had to be freed from the enclosed Meaux . Jeanne de Bourbon died shortly after the birth of her youngest daughter at the age of forty; she was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Denis .

Web links

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• Material collection at genealogie-mittelalter.de

predecessor	Office	Successor
Johanna of Auvergne	Queen of France 1364-1378	Isabeau