Joanna of Bourbon

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Joanna of Bourbon (French: Jeanne de Bourbon; Vincennes, February 3, 1338 – Paris, February 6, 1378) was consort to Charles V of France. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France as the daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Children 1.2 Death and burial 2 Ancestry

[edit] Biography

Her father, grandfather, and brother were all somewhat mentally unstable, and Joanna seems to have inherited this family ailment. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the birth of her seventh child. Her eldest surviving son, Charles VI, was famous for his insanity. From her marriage to Charles V of France (1350, Tain-en-Viennois) were born nine children:

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1. Jeanne (1357–1360)
2. Jean (1359–1364)
3. Bonne (1360)
4. Jean (1366)
5. Charles VI of France (1368–1422)
6. Marie (1370–1377)
7. Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1372–1407)
8. Isabelle (1373–1378)
9. Catherine (1378–1388)

[edit] Death and burial

Joanna died February 6, 1378, three days after her fortieth birthday. Her heart was buried in the convent of the Cordeliers and her entrails in the Church of the Celestines in Paris. The rest of her remains were then placed in the Basilique Saint-Denis.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Joanna of Bourbon

16. Louis IX of France               8. Robert, Count of Clermont                       17. Marguerite of Provence               4. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon                             18. John of Burgundy               9. Beatrix of Bourbon                       19. Agnes of Dampierre               2. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon                                   20. John I of Avesnes               10. John II, Count of Holland                       21. Adelaide of Holland               5. Mary of Avesnes                             22. Henry V of Luxembourg               11. Philippa of Luxembourg                       23. Marguerite of Bar               1. Joanna of Bourbon                                         24. Louis IX of France (= 16)               12. Philip III of France                       25. Marguerite of Provence (= 17)               6. Charles of Valois                             26. James I of Aragon               13. Isabella of Aragon                       27. Violant of Hungary               3. Isabella of Valois                                   28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol               14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol                       29. Matilda of Brabant               7. Mahaut of Chatillon                             30. John II, Duke of Brittany               15. Marie of Brittany                       31. Beatrice of England

Preceded by New Creation (Beatrice of Baux)	Dauphine of France 22 August 1350–8 April 1364	Succeeded by Margaret of Burgundy
Preceded by Jeanne d'Auvergne	Queen of France 1364 – 1378	Succeeded by Isabeau of Bavaria