Jeanne d'Ussel, also known as Jeanne de Clermont (or Auvergne) was

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, received in inheritance, belonging to the House of Ussel. She was married in June 1371 to Béraud II (dauphin d'Auvergne). Through marriage, Jeanne brought the fiefdom of d’Ussel in

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, and the county of Forez, and eventually became known as "Jeanne de Forez" or "Jeanne de Clermont" in reference to her husband Béraud de Clermont, Dauphin d'Auvergne of the House of Clermont-Tonnerre of the

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. The House of Ussel belongs to the old family branch of the viscounts of the House of Limoges created by the ancient House of Brittany of the

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originated by Judicael ap Hoel King of

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or Saint Judicaël of Brittany.

Direct Family and Descendants

Jeanne's marriage to Béraud II produced one daughter: * Anne of Forez (1358 - † 1417 at

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), born Lady Anne d'Auvergne Clermont and d’Ussel, countess of

, wife to

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(v. 1336 - † 1410),

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, gave birth to James or Jean I de Bourbon (1381 - † 1434),

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References

* La Mure, J. M. de (1675 manuscript, 1860) Histoire des ducs de Bourbon et des comtes de Forez (Paris), Tome III, Preuves, 114 b, p. 157. * Histoire ecclésiastique et civile du Languedoc, Origine des familles: volume I * Historie du Château d’Ussel (1536) * Valbonnais, Marquis de (1722) Histoire de Dauphiné (Geneva), Tome II, CCLXII, p. 576. * Régis Valette, Catalogue de la Noblesse française, 4ème édition, Paris, Robert Laffont, p. 188. "d'Ussel, Limousin, Marche, extraction chevaleresque, 1358, baron en 1813 (47)". * Robert de Lasteyrie, Etude sur les comtes et vicomte de Limoges antérieure à l'An Mil, 1874 Year of birth missing Year of death missing French countesses 14th-century French women {{Improve categories, date=December 2023