Bonne of Artois

Bonne of Artois
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure 1424–1425
Spouse Philip II, Count of Nevers
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
Issue Charles I, Count of Nevers
John II, Count of Nevers
House House of Artois
Father Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
Mother Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
Born 1396
Died 17 September 1425 (28–29)
Dijon

Bonne of Artois (1396 17 September 1425, Dijon) was the daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.

Marriages

She married first at Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, to Philip II, Count of Nevers. He was son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. The couple had two sons:

Philip was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, against the English king Henry V, who won the battle against Charles d'Albret and Charles VI of France.

Their eldest son Charles succeeded as Count of Nevers. However, due to the child's minority, Bonne acted as regent from 1415 until 1424.[1] She succeeded her aunt Jeanne d'Artois as Mademoiselle de Dreux and as Dame de Houdain.

After Philip's death, Bonne married his nephew Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, on 30 November 1424 at Moulins-les-Engelbert. His first marriage to Michelle of Valois had produced no surviving issue and she had died young, so Philip married Bonne.

Bonne is sometimes confused with Philip's biological aunt, also named Bonne (sister of John the Fearless, lived 1379–1399), in part due to the Papal Dispensation required for the marriage which made no distinction between a marital aunt and a biological aunt.

The marriage of Bonne and Philip lasted little over a year and produced no surviving children. Bonne died on 17 September 1425 in Dijon in childbirth.[2] Still without surviving children, Philip married Isabella of Portugal and had three sons, among them was Charles the Bold.

References

Ancestors

Bonne's ancestors in three generations

 
 
 
 
Robert III of Artois
 
 
John of Artois, Count of Eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan of Valois
 
 
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
John of Melun
 
 
Isabeau of Melun
 
 
 
 
 
 
Isabella of Melun
 
Bonne of Artois
 
 
 
 
 
John II of France
 
 
John, Duke of Berry
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bonne of Bohemia
 
 
Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
 
 
 
 
 
 
John I of Armagnac
 
 
Joanna of Armagnac
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beatrice of Clermont
 
Bonne of Artois
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1396 Died: 17 September 1425
Preceded by
Michelle of Valois
Duchess consort of Burgundy
30 November 1424 – 17 September 1425
Succeeded by
Isabella of Portugal