John II,

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(known as Jean de Clamecy, prior to acquiring title of "Count of Nevers"; 1415–1491) was a French noble.

Life

John was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers by his wife, Bonne of Artois, daughter of

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. John's elder brother,

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and

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, had no legitimate children, and so on his death in 1464 his titles passed to John. In 1472, his uncle

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, died, and having no legitimate children, his title also passed to John. John fought in the army of his stepfather Philip the Good and was active in Picardy (1434), Calais (1436), Luxembourg (1443), and

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(1453). But he clashed with Philip's successor,

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, and he defected to King Louis XI of France. He fought alongside Louis XI in the War of the Public Weal and became Lieutenant General of Normandy.

Family

John was first married on 24 November 1435 in Amiens, to Jacqueline d'Ailly, Dame d'Engelmuenster (died 1470), they had two children: *

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(c. 1439 – 21 June 1483), who married

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. * Philip (1446–1452). Upon Jacqueline's death in 1470 he married secondly on 30 August 1471, in , to Pauline de Brosse (-1479), daughter of Jean II de Brosse. They had one child: * Charlotte, Countess of Rethel (c. 1472 – 23 August 1500), who married John d'Albret (died 1524; he was a grandson of

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and his wife

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, and a great-grandson of Marie I, Countess of Auvergne) and had a daughter,

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers (25 March 1491 – 27 October 1549) was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of ...

. John's final marriage was on 11 March 1480, in the château de Châlus-Chabrol (

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), to Marie d'Albret (-1521).

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