Johanna I (Auvergne)
Joan I of Auvergne (French Jeanne I d'Auvergne , * May 8, 1326 ; † September 29, 1360 at the castle of Argilly ) was Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne and Queen of France through her marriage to John II of France . She was the heir to Wilhelm XII. , Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Margaret of Évreux . Joan I of Auvergne and Boulogne inherited from her father in 1332.
On September 26, 1338 she married Philip of Burgundy , called Philippe Monsieur , the only adult become son of the Duke Odo IV. Of Burgundy , who led a count of Auvergne and Boulogne after the wedding the title, and in 1346 at the siege of Aiguillon by was killed in an accident. The couple had three children:
- Jeanne (* 1344 - † between September 11 and November 21, 1360)
- Marguerite (* probably 1345, † young), buried in Val-des-Choux
- Philip of Rouvres (1346 - November 21, 1361), 1350 Duke of Burgundy, Count of Burgundy , Artois , Auvergne and Boulogne
With the death of her father-in-law Odo IV on April 3, 1350, she became regent of Burgundy for her four-year-old son. Shortly before, on February 19, 1350, she had married Crown Prince Jean de Valois in Nanterre , who inherited the French crown in the same year, making her Queen of France. Your children from this marriage are:
- Blanche (* probably 1350; † young)
- Cathérine (* probably 1352; † young)
- a son (* probably 1354; † young)
On September 19, 1356, Johann II was captured by the English at the Battle of Maupertuis , from which he was only released again in 1360 after the Treaty of Brétigny . Johanna died in September of the same year. Boulogne and Auvergne passed into the possession of their son Philip of Rouvres, who died of the plague the following year . With him the Elder House of Burgundy went extinct . Philip's legacy in relation to Johanna's counties was Johann I of Auvergne , a younger son of Count Robert VII and thus Johanna's uncle. Joan of Auvergne was buried in the Saint-Denis basilica .
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| Blanche de Navarre |
Queen of France 1350–1360 |
Jeanne de Bourbon |
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| SURNAME | Johanna I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johanna I of Auvergne; Jeanne I d'Auvergne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne and, by marriage, Queen of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1326 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1360 |
| Place of death | Argilly |