Jeanne de Montfort, also known as Jeanne de Bretagne and Jeanne de Montfort, 1341 - November 8, 1402 was the sister of John V, Duke of Brittany

John V, Duke of Brittany

John V the Conqueror KG was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort, from 1345 until his death.-Numbering:...

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Biography

Her parents were John de Montfort, Duke of Brittany

John IV, Duke of Brittany

John 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...

, and Joanna of Flanders

Joanna of Flanders

Joanna 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...

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She grown up in England together with her brother, John of Montfort

John V, Duke of Brittany

John V the Conqueror KG was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort, from 1345 until his death.-Numbering:...

, and king's Edward III

Edward III of England

Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

 children. At the age of 39 she married to Ralph Basset, the 3d Baron of Drayton.
In 1398 she was set as a Constable of Richmond Castle by the will of Richard II, the King of England.
Jeanne died on November 8, 1402, and was buried at Lavendon Abbey

Lavendon Abbey

Lavendon Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey in Buckinghamshire, England. It was established in the 1150s and was dissolved in 1536....

, Buckinghamshire.

Sources

• BRITTANY

Michael Jones, Ducal Brittany, 1364-1399: relations with England and France during the reign of Duke John IV, Oxford University Press, 1970