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Joan of France called upon all the barons of Brittany to respond. They besieged all the castles of the Penthièvre family one by one. Joan ended the conflict by seizing the dowager countess of Penthièvre, Margaret of Clisson, and forcing her to have the duke freed. Joan died in 1433, during her husband's reign. Legacy
Roman Catholicism. Joan of Penthièvre ( French: Jeanne de Penthièvre; c. 1319 – 10 September 1384) reigned as Duchess of Brittany together with her husband, Charles of Blois, between 1341 and 1364. Her ducal claims were contested by the House of Montfort, which prevailed only after an extensive civil war, the War of the Breton Succession.
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Feast. 4 February. Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of her marriage. After that, she retired to her domain, where she soon founded the monastic Order of ...
The marriage was annuled when Louis became King (1498) and sought to marry Anne of Brittany in order to annex the Duchy of Brittany to the French kingdom. Jeanne was made duchess of Berry and dedicated her life to the church, founding the Order of the Annonciades. Beatified in 1743 and canonised in 1950 as St Jeanne de Valois
Duchess of Brittany. Name variations: Jeanne, duchess of Bretagne; Joan de France; Joan of France. Born in 1391; died in 1433; third dau. of Charles VI, king of France (r. 1380–1422), and Isabeau of Bavaria (1371–1435); 1st wife of John V (1389–1442), duke of Brittany (r. 1339–1442); children: Francis I (b. 1414), duke of Brittany ...
Jeanne de France. Date of birth. 24 January 1391 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Melun. Date of death. 27 September 1433. Vannes. Place of burial. Vannes Cathedral.
Language Label Description Also known as; English: Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany. daughter of King Charles VI of France
