Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont

Joan of Valois (French: Jeanne de Valois; 1304–1363) was the daughter of Charles of Valois[1] and his second wife Catherine I of Courtenay, titular empress of Constantinople.

Half sister to Philip VI of Valois, in around 1320 she married Robert III of Artois, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger and seigneur of Conches.[2] They had five known children:

• John (1321–1387), Count of Eu[3]
• Joan (1323–1324)
• James (c. 1325–1347)[4]
• Robert (c. 1326–1347)[5]
• Charles (1328–1385), Count of Pezenas[6]

Robert III of Artois had attempted to recover the title of count of Artois, which had been taken from him by his aunt Mahaut of Artois, but was condemned and exiled in 1331 for making and presenting forged documents in the process of filing against her. Joan of Valois and their children were therefore imprisoned at Château Gaillard by order of her half-brother Philip VI.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont

16. Louis VIII of France 8. Louis IX of France 17. Blanche of Castile 4. Philip III of France 18. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence 9. Marguerite of Provence 19. Beatrice of Savoy 2. Charles, Count of Valois 20. Peter II of Aragon 10. James I of Aragon 21. Marie of Montpellier 5. Isabella of Aragon 22. Andrew II of Hungary 11. Violant of Hungary 23. Yolanda de Courtenay 1. Joan of Valois 24. Peter II of Courtenay 12. Baldwin II of Constantinople 25. Yolanda of Flanders 6. Philip of Courtenay 26. John of Brienne 13. Marie of Brienne 27. Berengaria of León 3. Catherine of Courtenay 28. Louis VIII of France (=16) 14. Charles I of Naples 29. Blanche of Castile (=17) 7. Beatrice of Sicily 30. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence (=18) 15. Beatrice of Provence 31. Beatrice of Savoy (=19)

In fiction

Joan is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. She was portrayed by Françoise Giret in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Toinette Laquière in the 2005 adaptation.[7]

References

1. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
2. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
3. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
4. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
5. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
6. Jean de Venette, The Chronicle of Jean de Venette, translator Jean Birdsall, editor Richard A. Newhall, (Columbia University Press, 1953), 312.
7. "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.