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Lady Joan Holland (1350 – October 1384) was Duchess of Brittany as the second wife of John IV, Duke of Brittany. She was the daughter of Joan of Kent and Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent. Her mother's second husband was Edward the Black Prince, and the child of that marriage was King Richard II of England . Joan Holland's marriage to John IV ...
Joan of France (French: Jeanne; 24 January 1391 – 27 September 1433) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to John V. She was a daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. She ruled Brittany during the imprisonment of her spouse in 1420. Life
Nov 24, 2017 · Anne of Brittany was born on 25 January 1476 at 6.30 in the morning as the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix. Her father had married once before to his cousin Margaret of Brittany, who had given him a son who died not long after birth. Margaret died of consumption in 1469, and in 1471 Francis remarried to Anne’s ...
Oct 25, 2022 · Jones, Michael. “Between France and England: Jeanne de Navarre, duchess of Brittany and queen of England (1386-1437).” In Between France and England: Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany, 1-23. Aldershot: Variorum, 2003. Myers, A.R. "The Captivity of a Royal Witch: The Household Accounts of Queen Joan of Navarre, 1419-21."
Bertha, Duchess of Brittany. Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany. Joan Holland, Duchess of Brittany.
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry. Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, (born 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was a wife of King Louis XII. She was queen of France from the death of her brother, King Charles VIII in April 1498 and the annulment of her marriage in December 1498. After that, she retired to her domain in Bourges.
Mar 4, 2023 · Joan as a Beloved Consort and Unloved Queen. Yet while she had a comfortable position in Brittany, she ultimately made the decision to give up the regency—and the custody of her children—to marry Henry IV of England in 1403. Henry and Joan’s decision to wed has long baffled historians.
