Bonne of Berry
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| Bonne of Berry | |
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| Countess of Savoy Countess of Armagnac | |
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| Born | 1362 or 1365 |
| Died | 30 December 1435 (aged 69–70) Carlat |
| Spouse | Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac |
| Issue | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy John IV, Count of Armagnac Bonne, Duchess of Orléans Barnard, Count of Pardiac Anne, Countess of Dreux Jeanne of Armagnac Béatrix of Armagnac |
| House | Valois |
| Father | John, Duke of Berry |
| Mother | Joanna of Armagnac |
Bonne of Berry (1362/1365 – 30 December 1435) was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and Joanna of Armagnac.[1] Through her father, she was a granddaughter of John II of France.
First marriage[]
Her first marriage was to Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. Their marriage contract is dated 7 May 1372 and they married on 18 January 1377, but she wouldn't arrive in Savoy until 1381.[2] They had the following children:
- Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383 – 1439); married Mary of Burgundy.[2]
- (1388 – 1432); married Louis of Piedmont.
- (posthumously 1392 – 1460); married Giangiacomo Paleologo, marquis of Montferrat.
After Amadeus' death in 1391, a regency dispute over their son Amadeus VIII ensued after her husband passed over Bonne in favor of his mother Bonne of Bourbon. This conflict would only be resolved by an agreement, signed on 8 May 1393.
Second marriage[]
Her second marriage was to Bernard VII of Armagnac. Their marriage contract is dated on 2 December 1393.[3] They had the following children:
- Bonne of Armagnac (1395 – 1435); married Charles, Duke of Orléans.
- John IV of Armagnac (1396 – 1450); married (1) (2) Isabella d' Évreux
- Marie of Armagnac (1397 – died young).
- Bernard of Armagnac (1400 – 1462), Count of Pardiac; married .[1]
- Anne of Armagnac (1402 – bef. 1473); married Charles II of Albret.
- Joan of Armagnac (1403 – died young).
- Beatrice of Armagnac (1406 – died young).
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Samaran 1905, p. 246-247.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Vaughan 2002, p. 53.
- ^ Schnerb 2005, p. 105.
Sources[]
- Samaran, Charles (1905). "De quelques manuscrits ayant appartenu à Jean d'Armagnac" (PDF). Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes Année. 66 (1).
- Schnerb, Bertrand (2005). "Un Seigneur Auvergnat a la Cour de Bourgogne: Renaud II, Vicomte de Murat (1405-1420)". Annuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de France Nuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de France.
- Vaughan, Richard (2002). Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State. Boydell Press.
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