Joan II, Countess of Dreux
Joan II (1309–1355), Countess of Dreux, was the only child of John II of Dreux by his second wife, Perrenelle de Sully.
Family[]
She married in 1330 Louis I, Viscount of Thouars (d. 1370), and with him had:
- Simon, (d. 1365), her successor, who married Jeanne "the damsel of Dreux" (1353–1420)[1]), daughter of John of Artois, Count of Eu
- Péronelle (d. 1397), co-countess of Dreux with her sisters, who married firstly in 1345 Amaury de Craon (d. 1373), then secondly, after 1376, Clement Rouault (d. 1397)
- Isabeau (d. 1397), co-countess of Dreux with her sisters, married firstly Guy de Nesles (d. 1352); secondly, in 1356, Ingelger d'Amboise; and thirdly Guillaume d'Harcourt (d. 1400)
- Marguerite (d. 1397), co-countess of Dreux with her sisters, married firstly Thomas de Chemille, and then secondly Guy Turpin, lord de Crisse
References[]
- ^ Hanno Wijsman, "'Les Livres de la "damoiselle de Dreux': la bibliothèque d'une femme au seuil du XVe siècle", dans Anne-Marie Legaré, éd., Livres et lectures de femmes en Europe entre Moyen âge et Renaissance, Turnhout, Brepols, 2007, p. 67.
Categories:
- Counts of Dreux
- 1293 births
- 1329 deaths
- House of Dreux
- French nobility stubs