| Joan of France | |
|---|---|
 Joan with her mother, Blanche of Navarre, and Saint Louis. | |
| Born | May 1351 |
| Died | 16 September 1371(1371-09-16) (aged 20) Béziers, France |
| Burial | Basilica of St Denis, Saint-Denis, France |
| House | Valois |
| Father | Philip VI of France |
| Mother | Blanche of Navarre |
Joan of France (May 1351 – 16 September 1371), also known as Blanche, was the only child of Philip VI of France and his second wife Blanche of Navarre. Joan was born nine months after her father's death.
Life
Joan's maternal grandparents were Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre. Her paternal grandparents were Charles of Valois and Margaret of Naples.
Joan had two half-brothers from her father's first marriage to Joan the Lame: John II of France and Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans. After the death of Philip, Blanche retired to Neaufles-Saint-Martin near Gisors in Normandy.
In 1370, Joan was betrothed to Infante John, Duke of Girona, son and heir of Peter IV of Aragon. The marriage contract was signed 16 July 1370. The following year Joan departed from France and set off to marry John in Aragon. However, Joan died on 16 September 1371 in Béziers, whilst travelling to meet her future husband. He accused the midwife Bonanada of having caused her death by use of sorcery.
Joan's mother died 5 October 1398, twenty-seven years after her daughter. They are buried together in the Basilica of St Denis, the necropolis of the Kings of France, north of Paris.
Ancestry
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| 16. Louis IX of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Philip III of France (= 24) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Margaret of Provence | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Charles of Valois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18. James I of Aragon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Isabella of Aragon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Violant of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Philip VI of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Charles I of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Charles II of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Beatrice of Provence | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Margaret of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Stephen V of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Mary of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Elisabeth the Cuman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Joan of Valois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Philip III of France (= 8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Louis, Count of Évreux | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Maria of Brabant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Philip III of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Philip of Artois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Margaret of Artois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27. Blanche of Brittany | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Blanche of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Philip IV of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Louis X of France | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Joan I of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Joan II of Navarre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Margaret of Burgundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Agnes of France | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Capet". Genealogy.EU.
- Froissart, Jean; Kervyn de Lettenhove, Joseph Marie Bruno Constantin (1869). Chroniques de Froissart: 1364-1370 (in French). Brussels: Victor Devaux & Co. p. 547.
- «Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones: Bonanada Archived 2019-04-08 at the Wayback Machine»
- Keane, Marguerite (2016-05-18). Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398). BRILL. p. 32. ISBN 978-90-04-31883-0.