Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (french: Jeanne; c. 1287/88 – 21 January 1330), was
Queen of France by marriage to
Philip V of France
Philip V (c. 1293 – 3 January 1322), known as the Tall (french: Philippe le Long), was King of France and Navarre (as Philip II) from 1316 to 1322.
Philip was the second son of King Philip IV of France and Queen Joan I of Navarre. He was gran ...
; she was also ruling
Countess of Burgundy from 1303 to 1330 and ruling
Countess of Artois in 1329-1330.
Biography
Joan, born c.1287/88, was the eldest daughter and heiress of
Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and
Mahaut, Countess of Artois. She married
Philip, the second son of King
Philip IV of France
Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (french: Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre as Philip I from 1 ...
, on 21 January 1307. At the beginning of 1314, Joan's sister
Blanche and her sister-in-law
Margaret were convicted of
adultery
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with two
knight
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s, upon the testimony of their sister-in-law
Isabella, in the
Tour de Nesle Affair. Joan was thought to have known of the affairs, and was placed under house arrest at
Dourdan as punishment. She was cleared, by parliament, and released following the death of King Philip IV.
Queen
With the death of King
John I of France in 1316, Joan's husband became King
Philip V of France
Philip V (c. 1293 – 3 January 1322), known as the Tall (french: Philippe le Long), was King of France and Navarre (as Philip II) from 1316 to 1322.
Philip was the second son of King Philip IV of France and Queen Joan I of Navarre. He was gran ...
and she became
queen consort.
Countess of Burgundy and Artois
Upon her father's death in 1303, with her only brother
Robert
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disinherited by the
Treaty of Vincennes (1295)
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, the
County of Burgundy
The Free County of Burgundy or Franche-Comté (french: Franche Comté de Bourgogne; german: Freigrafschaft Burgund) was a medieval county (from 982 to 1678) of the Holy Roman Empire, predecessor to the modern region of Franche-Comté. The name ' ...
was inherited by Joan under the regency of her mother. When she married in 1307, her mother continued to govern her domains for her during her absence.
After her husband's death in 1322, Joan lived in her own domains. After Joan's beloved sister, Blanche, died in 1326, she was said to be "so sorrowful as never before she had been."
In 1329, she inherited her mother's
County of Artois
The County of Artois (, ) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659.
Present Artois lies in northern France, on the border ...
.
Death
Joan died at
Roye-en-Artois, on 21 January 1330, and was buried at
Cordeliers Convent
:''There were several Cordeliers Convents in France. This article is about the one in Paris.''
The Cordeliers Convent (French: ''Couvent des Cordeliers'') was a convent in Paris, France. It gave its name to the Club of the Cordeliers, which held ...
in Paris. Her titles were inherited by her eldest daughter,
Joan III, who had married
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, in 1318. With Joan II's death, the County and
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy (; la, Ducatus Burgundiae; french: Duché de Bourgogne, ) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the ...
became united through this marriage. The Counties of Burgundy and Artois were eventually inherited by her younger daughter Margaret in 1361.
Joan left provision in her will for the founding of a college in Paris; it was named ''Collège de Bourgogne'', "Burgundy College."
Issue
Joan and
Philip had:
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Joan Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
* Joan (surname)
Weather events
* Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multi ...
(1/2 May 1308 – 10/15 August 1349),
Countess of Burgundy and
Artois in her own right and wife of
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
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Margaret (1309 – 9 May 1382), wife of
Louis I of Flanders
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Isabelle (1310 – April 1348), wife of
Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois.
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Blanche (1313 – 26 April 1358), a nun
# Louis (d. 1317)
In fiction
Joan (as Jeanne) is a character in ''
Les Rois maudits'' (''The Accursed Kings''), a series of French
historical novel
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other t ...
s by
Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
Life and career
Born in Paris, France, Druon was the s ...
. She was portrayed by
Catherine Rich in the 1972 French
miniseries
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adaptation of the series, and by
Julie Depardieu
Julie Marion Depardieu (born 18 June 1973) is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films.
Early life
Born 18 June 1973 in Paris, she is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu, Gérard and Élisabeth Depardieu and the sister of t ...
in the 2005 adaptation.
See also
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Joan of Burgundy (disambiguation) Joan of Burgundy, or variants, may refer to:
*Joan I, Countess of Burgundy (1191-1205)
*Jeanne de Bourgogne (1200–1223), daughter of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
* Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (c.1291–1330), Queen of France
*Joan the Lame (1293 ...
Notes
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1291 births
1330 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Joan Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
* Joan (surname)
Weather events
* Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multi ...
Counts of Burgundy
Joan II
Navarrese royal consorts
French queens consort
Burgundy, Countess of, Joan II
Place of birth missing
14th-century peers of France
14th-century women rulers
13th-century French people
13th-century French women
14th-century French people
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Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis