Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
| Joan II | |
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| Countess of Burgundy | |
| Reign | 1303–1330 |
| Predecessor | Otto IV |
| Successor | Joan III |
| Countess of Artois | |
| Reign | 1329–1330 |
| Predecessor | Matilda |
| Successor | Joan III |
| Queen consort of France and Navarre | |
| Reign | 1316–1322 |
| Coronation | 9 January 1317 |
| Born | c. 1291 |
| Died | 21 January 1330 (aged 38–39) Roye-en-Artois |
| Burial | Saint Denis Basilica |
| Spouse | Philip V of France |
| Issue | Joan III, Countess of Burgundy Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy Isabelle, Dauphine of Viennois Blanche of France |
| House | Ivrea |
| Father | Otto IV, Count of Burgundy |
| Mother | Mahaut, Countess of Artois |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (French: Jeanne; c. 1291 – 21 January 1330), was Queen of France by marriage to Philip V of France; she was also ruling Countess of Burgundy from 1303 to 1330 and ruling Countess of Artois in 1329-1330. She was the eldest daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois.
Biography[]
Joan married Philip, the second son of King Philip IV of France, on 21 January 1307.
In the beginning of 1314, Joan's sister Blanche and her sister-in-law Margaret were convicted of adultery with two knights, upon the testimony of their sister-in-law Isabella, in the Tour de Nesle Affair. Joan was thought to have known of the affairs, and was placed under house arrest at Dourdan as punishment. She continued to protest her innocence, as did her husband, who had refused to repudiate her, and by 1315 – through the influence of her mother and husband – her name had been cleared by the Paris Parlement, and she was allowed to return to court.
Queen[]
With the death of King John I of France in 1316, her husband became King Philip V of France; Joan became queen consort. She was crowned with her husband at Reims on 9 January 1317.
Countess of Burgundy and Artois[]
Upon her father's death in 1303, with her only brother Robert disinherited by the , the County of Burgundy was inherited by Joan under the regency of her mother. When she married in 1307, her mother continued to govern her domains for her during her absence.
After her husband's death in 1322, Joan lived in her own domains. The death of her spouse dealt her a devastating blow from which she never recovered, sinking into a deep depression for the rest of her life. After her beloved sister died in 1326, she was said to be "so sorrowful as never before she had been."
In 1329, she inherited her mother's County of Artois.
Death[]
She died at Roye-en-Artois, on 21 January 1330, and was buried in Saint-Denis beside her husband. Her titles were inherited by her eldest daughter, Joan III, who had married Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, in 1318. With Joan II's death, the County and Duchy of Burgundy became united through this marriage. The Counties of Burgundy and Artois were eventually inherited by her younger daughter Margaret in 1361.
Joan left provision in her will for the founding of a college in Paris; it was named Collège de Bourgogne, "Burgundy College."
Issue[]
With Philip V of France:
- Joan (1/2 May 1308 – 10/15 August 1349), Countess of Burgundy and Artois in her own right and wife of Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
- Margaret (1309 – 9 May 1382), wife of Louis I of Flanders. Countess of Burgundy and Artois in her own right.
- Isabelle (1310 – April 1348), wife of Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois.
- Blanche (1313 – 26 April 1358), a nun.
- Philip (24 June 1316 – 24 February 1317).
In fiction[]
Joan (as Jeanne) is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. She was portrayed by in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Julie Depardieu in the 2005 adaptation.[1][2]
Ancestry[]
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See also[]
- Joan of Burgundy (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ "Official website: Les Rois maudits (2005 miniseries)" (in French). 2005. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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