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Countess Joan DE VALOIS

Countess Joan DE VALOIS

Female Abt 1294 - 1342  (~ 48 years)

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  • Name Joan DE VALOIS 
    Prefix Countess 
    Born Abt 1294 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Mar 1342 
    Person ID I40410  Main
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2016 

    Father Count Charles DE VALOIS,   b. 12 Mar 1270, Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1325, Norgent de Roi, Eure et Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Countess Marguerite DE ANJOU,   b. 1273, Naples, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1299, Anjou, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1290  Corbeil, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joan married William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut, on 23 May 1305. She was a supporter of her cousin Isabella of France in her struggle against Edward II. In December 1325, she traveled to France to attend the funeral of her father and had talks with Isabella and Charles IV of France. This brought about an alliance between Hainaut, Isabella, and the English exiles, who were in opposition to the English king and his favorite, Hugh Despenser the Younger. Isabella's son became engaged to Joan's daughter Philippa and Isabella raised an army in their lands. It was also from there that Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer, began their invasion of England.

      In 1332, after Philippa had become queen, she arranged a wedding between Isabella's daughter Eleanor of Woodstock and Reginald II, Duke of Guelders, and she visited her daughter Philippa in England.

      After her husband died in 1337, Joan took the veil and entered into Fontenelle Abbey. In 1340, her son-in-law dealt her brother Philip a heavy blow by defeating him at sea near Sluys. Edward then went on to besiege Tournai, but was beset by financial problems. Pope Benedict XII then asked Joan to mediate. She first went to her brother, whom she had begged for peace. Then she went to Edward in his tent and begged him for peace as well. The pleas of their relative Joan, sent by the pope, allowed the two men to sign a truce without loss of face. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Joan_of_Valois,_Countess_of_Hainaut.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023