Jeanne de Divion

1861 illustration of Jeanne de Divion from Histoire de la prostituion chez tous les peuples du monde: depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours

Jeanne de Divion (c. 1293–6 October 1331) was a French forger.

Jeanne was the daughter of the impoverished noble Havet de Divion and Sara Louchard, and married the knight Pierre de Broyes.[1] She was known for her knowledge of astrology, and made a scandal by living openly with her lover, Thierry Larchier d'Hirson.[1] When d'Hirson, then the Bishop of Arras, died, he left Jeanne 3000 livres.[1] The executor of his will, Mahaut, Countess of Artois, paid the inheritance but later challenged it as being based on an adulterous liaison with a bishop, and obtained the restitution.[1]

In 1331, Robert III of Artois used a forgery created by Jeanne attesting to the will of his father as a means to reclaim the County of Artois from his aunt, the same Mahaut, Countess of Artois.[1] This deception was discovered, and Robert lost any hope of acquiring Artois.[1] Jeanne was condemned and burned at the stake for forgery on 6 October 1331,[1] at the Place aux Pourceaux in Paris.[2]

In fiction

Jeanne de Divion is a minor character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon which includes a retelling of her forgery. She was played by Annie Bertin in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Sophie Broustal in the 2005 adaptation.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Véron, Louis Désiré (1839). Revue de Paris (in French). p. 192–207.
  2. ↑ Vivent, Jacques (1954). La Guerre de Cent Ans (The Hundred Years War) (in French). p. 47.
  3. ↑ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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