Jeanne, Countess of Chiny
Jeanne (cca. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the Countess of Chiny.[1] Jeanne was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married Arnold IV, Count of Looz,[2] son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.[3]
Jeanne and Arnold had the following children:
- John, Count of Chiny and Loon
- Arnaul II (died 1273), Bishop of Châlons (1272–73)
- Henri de Looz, Seigneur d’Agimont
- Gerard de Looz (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
- Elisabeth (died before 1251), married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
- Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
- Juliane, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
- Louis V, Count of Chiny
- Marguerite (died 1292)?, married Willem IV, Seigneur of Horn
She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband Arnold, as Arnold II, Count of Chiny.
Sources
- ↑ Arlette Laret-Kayser, Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300. Bruxelles (Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire), 1986.
- ↑ Thonissen, J. J., Arnold IV, Royal Academy of Belgium, National Biography. Vol. 1, 1866.
- ↑ ARNAUD de Looz, son of GERARD III de Looz Graf von Rieneck & his wife Kunigunde von Zimmern (-[24 Nov 1272/Feb 1273]).
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