Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy
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: Jeanne de Bourgogne) (15 January 1292 – 21 January 1330), also known Joan II, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, was the eldest daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
Otto IV, Count of Burgundy was the son of Hugh de Chalon and Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy. By his mother, he was a grandson of Countess Beatrice II of Burgundy. By his father, he was descended from another branch of the Counts of Burgundy.Upon his father's death in 1266/1267, he became...
, and his wife Mahaut, Countess of Artois
Mahaut, Countess of Artois
Mahaut of Artois , also known as Mathilda, was the only daughter, and eldest child of Robert II, Count of Artois and Amicie de Courtenay.- Lineage :...
. She was married to Philip V of France
Philip V of France
Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...
, the second son of King Philip IV of France
Philip IV of France
Philip the Fair was, as Philip IV, King of France from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was, as Philip I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1284 to 1305.-Youth:A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of...
, in 1307. Joan bore him at least seven children (see below), of whom only four daughters survived.
In the beginning of 1314, Joan's sister Blanche
Blanche of Burgundy
Blanche of Burgundy was queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 due to her marriage to the future king Charles IV.-Biography:She was the daughter of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy and Mahaut, Countess of Artois...
and her sister-in-law Margaret were convicted of adultery
Adultery
Adultery is sexual infidelity to one's spouse, and is a form of extramarital sex. It originally referred only to sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse. Even in cases of separation from one's spouse, an extramarital affair is still considered adultery.Adultery is...
with two knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
s, upon the testimony of their sister-in-law, Isabella
Isabella of France
Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
- the Tour de Nesle Affair
Tour de Nesle Affair
The Tour de Nesle Affair was a scandal amongst the French royal family in 1314, during which the three daughters-in-law of King Philip IV of France were accused of adultery, the accusations apparently started by Philip's only daughter, Isabella. The Tour de Nesle was the name of the tower in Paris...
. Joan was thought to have known of the affairs, and was placed under house arrest at Dourdan
Château de Dourdan
The Château de Dourdan is a castle in the town of Dourdan in the Essonne department of France.-Construction:The fortification is characteristic of the military architecture of this period. It is built on a square pattern, with towers at three of the corners and an isolated donjon at the fourth...
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.
With the death of her nephew by marriage, King John I of France
John I of France
John I , called the Posthumous, was King of France and Navarre, and Count of Champagne, as the son and successor of Louis the Headstrong, for the five days he lived...
, her husband became King Philip V of France
Philip V of France
Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...
; Joan became queen consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
. She was crowned with her husband at Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
on 9 January 1317.
After her acquittal and return to the royal court, Joan and Philip produced two more children; neither survived childhood.
Her father, the Count of Burgundy, died in 1302, and his titles were inherited by his only legitimate son, Robert
Robert, Count of Burgundy
Robert, Count of Burgundy was the son of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy and Mahaut, Countess of Artois. He was Count of Burgundy between 1302 and 1315. He died in 1315, and was succeeded by his sister, Queen Joan of France, and brother-in-law, King Philip V of France, as Joan II and Philip II....
. Upon Robert's death in 1315, the County of Burgundy
County of Burgundy
The Free County of Burgundy , was a medieval county , within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comté, whose very French name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf...
was inherited by Joan. In 1329, she inherited her mother's County of Artois
County of Artois
The County of Artois was an historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659....
.
After her husband's death, Joan lived in her own domains. She died at Roye-en-Artois
Roye, Somme
Roye is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Roye is situated at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 road, on the banks of the Avre, some southeast of Amiens.-Population:-History:...
, on 21 January 1330, and was buried in Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of 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
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
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 Université de Bourgogne, "Burgundy University."
Issue
With Philip V of FrancePhilip V of France
Philip the Tall was King of France as Philip V and, as Philip II, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne. He reigned from 1316 to his death and was the penultimate monarch of the House of Capet. Considered a wise and politically astute ruler, Philip took the throne under questionable...
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- Joan (1308–1349). Countess of Burgundy and Artois in her own right and consort of Eudes IV, Duke of BurgundyEudes IV, Duke of BurgundyOdo IV, or Eudes IV was Duke of Burgundy from 1315 until his death and Count of Burgundy and Artois between 1330 and 1347. He was the second son of Duke Robert II and Agnes of France.-Life:...
. The County and Duchy of Burgundy were united due to their marriage. - MargueriteMargaret I, Countess of ArtoisMargaret of France was a medieval noblewoman, reigning Countess Palatine of Burgundy and Countess of Artois, ruling both as Margaret I, as well as countess-consort of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel...
(1310–1382). Consort of Louis I of FlandersLouis I of FlandersLouis I was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel.-History:He was the son of Louis I, Count of Nevers, and Joan, Countess of Rethel, and grandson of Robert III of Flanders. He succeeded his father as count of Nevers and his grandfather as count of Flanders in 1322...
. Countess of Burgundy and Artois in her own right. - IsabelleIsabelle of France (1312-1348)align=right|For other persons named Isabella of France, see Isabella of France Isabella of France and Burgundy was the daughter of Philip V of France and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy...
(cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
. 1312 – April 1348). Consort to Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois. - Philip (1313 – March 1321).
- Blanche (1314–1358), a nun.
- Louis (1316 – 18 February 1317).
- A daughter (b. and d. 1322).