Johann V (Roucy)

Johann's coat of arms comes from a document from 1319. It was also used by his descendants.

Johann V ( French : Jean de Pierrepont ; † August 26, 1346 near Crécy-en-Ponthieu ) was Count of Roucy , Braine and Rochefort , and Lord of Pierrepont from the House of Pierrepont . He was a son of Count Johann IV. († 1302) and Johanna von Dreux († around 1325), 1323 heiress of Braine and Rochefort.

Johann worked as a royal envoy in Flanders in 1320 to resolve the dispute between Count Robert III. von Flanders and his son, Ludwig von Nevers .

He was a member of the army with which King Philip VI. moved to Flanders in October 1339 to meet King Edward III. expelled from England . On October 22nd, the armies faced each other in front of Buironfosse near Saint-Quentin without fighting. Edward III. withdrew to Brussels on the morning of October 24th . This was the first military confrontation between the kings of France and England in the Hundred Years' War . Later in the war, Johann fell at the Battle of Crécy .

He was married to Marguerite de Baumetz, heiress of Bommiers, Montfaucon-de-Poitou and Blaison. Your children were:

• Johann († 1326/28), 1326 Lord of Picquigny, Vidame of Amiens
• Robert II († 1364), 1346 Count of Roucy, Braine and Rochefort
• Simon († 1392), 1390 Count of Roucy, Braine and Rochefort
• Hugo († 1349), 1346 Lord of Pierrepont, 1347 Vidame de Laon
• Beatrix († 1348), ∞ with Count Ludwig II of Sancerre († 1346, died at Crécy)
• Johanna († 1361), mistress of Blason and Chimeliers-en-Anjou, ∞ Charles de Montmorency († 1381), Marshal of France ( tribe list of the Montmorency )

literature

• Ed. Fleury, Ad. Chevergny: Bulletin de la Société Académique de Laon. 1859.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann IV.	Lord of Pierrepont 1302–1346	Hugo
Johann IV.	Earl of Roucy 1302-1346	Robert II
Robert V.	Count of Braine Count of Rochefort 1323–1346	Robert II