Joan I, Countess of Auvergne

Joan I
Coronation of King John and Queen Joan
Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne
Reign	1332–1360
Predecessor	William XII of Auvergne
Successor	Philip of Rouves
Queen consort of France
Tenure	1350–1360
Coronation	26 September 1350
Born	8 May 1326
Died	29 September 1360(1360-09-29) (aged 34)
Burial	Saint Denis Basilica
Spouses	Philip I, Count of Auvergne John II, King of France
Issue among others...	Philip I, Duke of Burgundy
House	Auvergne
Father	William XII, Count of Auvergne
Mother	Marguerite d'Évreux

Joan I (8 May 1326 – 29 September 1360, Chateau d'Argilly) was ruling Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1332 to 1360 and Queen of France by her marriage to King John II.

Life

She was the daughter of William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, by his wife, Margaret, a sister of Philip III of Navarre. She inherited the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne after the death of her father.

Her first husband was Philip of Burgundy, who held the title Count of Auvergne by virtue of their marriage. They had one surviving child, Philip, who would be for much of his brief life Duke of Burgundy.

Following the death of her husband, Joan married John, Duke of Normandy on 9 February 1350. This was a second marriage for them both. John's first wife, Bonne of Bohemia, had died of Black Death and had left him with eight children, so there was little pressure for Joan to give birth to a son and heir. Upon her husband's ascension to the French throne as John II, she became Queen consort of France on 22 August 1350.

Joan's son Philip became a ward of the King. She had three children with King John, two girls and an unnamed son, all of whom died young. Joan died in 1360. Her possessions were inherited by her son.

Issue

By her first husband, Philip, Joan had the following issue:

• Joan (1344 – 11 September 1360), who was engaged to Amadeus VI of Savoy but was ultimately dismissed and lived out her life in a convent at Poissy
• Margaret (b. 1345), who died young
• Philip I of Burgundy (1346 – 21 November 1361), who was married to Margaret III of Flanders

By her second husband, John, Joan had two short-lived daughters, Blanche (November 1350) and Catherine (1352), and a short-lived son (1353).

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