Joanna of Bourbon

Joanna of Bourbon ( _fr. Jeanne de Bourbon; Vincennes, February 3, 1338 – Paris, February 6, 1378) was consort to Charles V of France. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France as the daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon.

Biography

Her father, grandfather, and brother were all somewhat mentally unstable, and Joanna seems to have inherited this family ailment. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the birth of her seventh child. Her eldest surviving son, Charles VI, was famous for his insanity. From her marriage to Charles V of France (1350, Tain-en-Viennois) were born nine children:

Children

# Jeanne (1357–1360)
# Jean (1359–1364)
# Bonne (1360)
# Jean (1366)
# Charles VI of France (1368–1422)
# Marie (1370–1377)
# Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1372–1407)
# Isabelle (1373–1378)
# Catherine (1378–1388)

Death and burial

Joanna died February 6, 1378, three days after her fortieth birthday. Her heart was buried in the convent of the Cordeliers and her entrails in the Church of the Celestines in Paris. The rest of her remains were then placed in the Basilique Saint-Denis.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Joanna of Bourbon
2= 2. Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
3= 3. Isabella of Valois
4= 4. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
5= 5. Mary of Avesnes
6= 6. Charles of Valois
7= 7. Mahaut of Chatillon
8= 8. Robert, Count of Clermont
9= 9. Beatrix of Bourbon
10= 10. John II, Count of Holland
11= 11. Philippa of Luxembourg
12= 12. Philip III of France
13= 13. Isabella of Aragon
14= 14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
15= 15. Marie of Brittany
16= 16. Louis IX of France
17= 17. Marguerite of Provence
18= 18. John of Burgundy
19= 19. Agnes of Dampierre
20= 20. John I of Avesnes
21= 21. Adelaide of Holland
22= 22. Henry V of Luxembourg
23= 23. Marguerite of Bar
24= 24. Louis IX of France (= 16)
25= 25. Marguerite of Provence (= 17)
26= 26. James I of Aragon
27= 27. Violant of Hungary
28= 28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
29= 29. Matilda of Brabant
30= 30. John II, Duke of Brittany
31= 31. Beatrice of England