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Joan of Valois (1294-1352)
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Jeanne of Valois (c. 1294 Longpont, Aisne, France – 7 March 1342, Fontenelle, Yonne, France) was the second eldest daughter of Prince Charles of Valois and his first wife Marguerite of Anjou and Maine (1274–1299) and the sister of king Philip VI of France.
Lineage
Her paternal grandparents were Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Joan was one of six children. In 1299, Joan's mother died, probably in childbirth and her father married his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Titular Empress of Constantinople (1274-1308, by whom he had four more children. He would marry his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon in 1308 and by her he would sire a son and three daughters, among them were Isabella of Valois, who became Duchess of Bourbon and Blanche of Valois who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Marriage and children
Jeanne married William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut on 23 May 1305 and had the following children:
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