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Mother. Agnes of France. Joan of Burgundy ( French: Jeanne; c. 1293 – 12 December 1349), also known as Joan the Lame ( French: Jeanne la Boiteuse ), was Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip VI. Joan ruled as regent while her husband fought on military campaigns during the Hundred Years' War during the years 1340, 1345–1346 and 1347.
Joan was the daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and princess Agnes of France. Her mother was the youngest daughter of Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence. She was also heir to the Duke of Brittany. Her older sister, Marguerite de Bourgogne, was the first wife and Queen of Louis X of France. Her brothers were Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, and ...
Jan 16, 2016 · Born in 1464, Jeanne of France was the second daughter of Louis of France and his wife, Charlotte of Savoy. Jeanne’s elder sister, Anne, had been born three years earlier. Jeanne was betrothed to Louis of Orléans when she was three weeks old and he was two. Since Louis XI had two daughters but, as yet, no son, the proposed marriage of his ...
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan the Lame has received more than 185,316 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan the Lame is the 189th most popular companion (up from 198th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from France (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular French ...
Biography. Joan was the daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy and Daughter of France. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. Her older sister, Margaret of Burgundy, was the first wife and Queen of Louis X of France.
Joan was considered to be a scholar and a bibliophile. She sent her son, John, manuscripts to read, and commanded the translation of several important contemporary works into vernacular French , including the Miroir historial of Vincent de Beauvais (c.1333) and the Jeu d'échecs moralisés of Jacques de Cessoles (c.1347), a task carried out by ...
Joan of Burgundy (24 June 1293 – 12 September 1348), also known as Joan the Lame (French: Jeanne la Boiteuse) or Joan of Burgundy, Queen consort of France, first wife of Philip VI. Joan was the daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and princess Agnes of France. Her mother was the youngest daughter of Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence.
