Joan, Countess of Rethel
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Joan of Rethel was Countess of Rethel between 1285 and 1328.
She was the daughter of Hugh IV of Rethel and his third wife Isabelle of Grandpré.
She succeeded her father as Countess of Rethel in 1285.
Joan married in 1290 with Louis I, Count of Nevers
, son of Robert III, Count of Flanders.
They had two children:
She was the daughter of Hugh IV of Rethel and his third wife Isabelle of Grandpré.
She succeeded her father as Countess of Rethel in 1285.
Joan married in 1290 with Louis I, Count of Nevers
Louis I, Count of Nevers
Louis I was suo jure Count of Nevers and jure uxoris Count of Rethel.Louis was the son of Robert III, Count of Flanders, and Yolande, Countess of Nevers. He succeeded his parents as Count of Nevers. In December 1290, he married Joan, Countess of Rethel, and thus became her co-ruler in the County...
, son of Robert III, Count of Flanders.
They had two children:
- JoanJoanna of FlandersJoanna of Flanders , also known as, Countess Jeanne, Jehanne de Montfort, and Jeanne la Flamme, was consort Duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John IV, Duke of Brittany...
(1295-1375), married John IV, Duke of BrittanyJohn IV, Duke of BrittanyJohn IV of Montfort , was duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death. He was son of Duke Arthur II and Yolande de Dreux, countess of Montfort, his second wife.In 1322 he succeeded his mother as count of Montfort, and in 1329, he married Joanna of Flanders at Chartres...
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, Nevers and RethelCounts and dukes of RethelThis is a list of counts and dukes of Rethel. The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the County became part of the Peerage of France, and in 1581 it was...
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