John, Duke of Touraine
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John | |
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Duke of Touraine Dauphin of France | |
Dauphin of France | |
Reign | 8 December 1415 – 5 April 1417 |
Predecessor | Louis, Duke of Guyenne |
Successor | Charles, Count of Ponthieu |
Born | 31 August 1398 |
Died | 5 April 1417 Compiègne | (aged 18)
Burial | |
Spouse | Jacqueline of Hainaut
(m. 1415) |
House | Valois |
Father | Charles VI of France |
Mother | Isabeau of Bavaria |
John, Dauphin of France and Duke of Touraine (31 August 1398 – 5 April 1417) was the fourth son and ninth child of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria.
Early life, betrothal, and marriage[]
John was born in 1398 in Paris.[citation needed]
At the age of four (in Paris on 5 May 1403) and again at the age of seven (in Compiègne on 29 June 1406), John was betrothed to Jacqueline, heiress of the County of Hainaut, Holland, Zealand, and Frisia. After his betrothal to Jacqueline, he was brought up alongside her at the castle of Le Quesnoy in Hainaut, at the court of his future mother-in-law, Margaret of Burgundy. This arrangement was made between his father and his future father-in-law to ensure his safety away from the tumultuous court in Paris, as well as to acquaint him with the lands which he would rule as husband of Jacqueline after her father's death.[1] As he was the king's fourth son, he was only expected to succeed to his wife's lands, and was not expected to become king.[1]
On 22 April 1411 the Pope gave his dispensation for the union and on 6 August 1415, when John was sixteen, he and Jacqueline married in The Hague.[2]
Dauphin[]
Four months after his marriage, John's elder brother Louis, Dauphin of France, died on 18 December 1415, and John became the next Dauphin of France.
Death[]
He died on 5 April 1417 at the age of eighteen. What exactly caused his death is disputed. According to some, he died of the consequences of an abscess to the head, while other sources suggest he had been poisoned.[3] He was buried in Compiègne's Saint-Corneille abbey. His younger brother Charles became dauphin and eventually king.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Antheun Janse: Een pion voor een dame, pp. 54–56
- ^ A. Janse, pp. 81–84.
- ^ Ernest van Bruyssel, Histoire du commerce et de la marine en Belgique, 1863, p. 66., A. Janse, Een Pion voor een Dame (2009)
- 1398 births
- 1417 deaths
- 14th-century French people
- 15th-century peers of France
- Nobility from Paris
- House of Valois
- Dauphins of Viennois
- Dauphins of France
- Dukes of Touraine
- Counts of Ponthieu
- Dukes of Berry
- Counts of Poitiers
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Sons of kings