- Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun
Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun (c. 1227- after 1252) was a French heiress and the wife of two French noblemen
Jean I de Montfort , and Jean de Brienne, GrandButler of France.Family
Jeanne was born in France around the year 1227, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Geoffrey VI, Viscount de Chateaudun (1218- 6 February 1250 on
Crusade ), and his wife Clemence des Roches (died after September 1259). Her father also held the titles of seigneur of Chateaudun, Chateau-du-Loir, Mayet, Loupeland, Montdoubleau, and la Suze. [Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,p.155] Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey V, Viscount de Chateaudun and Alix de Freteval. Her maternal grandparents were Guillaume des Roches,Seneschal of Anjou, Maine and des Roches, and Marguerite de Sable. Jeanne had a younger sister Clemence de Chateaudun (after 1227- before 1 February 1259), who married Robert de Dreux, Viscount de Chateaudun (1217- 1264). She had a brother Pierre de Chateaudun (died after 1251), who was a monk. [Charles Cawley Medieval Lands]Marriages and children
In March 1248 Jeanne married her first husband Jean I de Montfort, son of Amaury VI, count of Montfort and Beatrice of Burgundy, by whom she had one daughter:
Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury (c. December 1248/1249-9 March 1312 ), in 1260 marriedRobert IV of Dreux ,Count of Dreux (1241- 1282), they were the parents of six children, including John II, Count of Dreux and Yolande de Dreux, Queen consort ofAlexander III ofScotland .In the year 1249, de Montfort died in
Cyprus , while participating in theSeventh Crusade . Jeanne married her second husband Jean de Brienne (1230 -1296), Grand Butler of France, in 1251. She was his first wife. De Brienne was the son ofJohn of Brienne ,King of Jerusalem ,Emperor of Constantinople , and his third wifeBerenguela of Leon . A daughter was born to Jean de Brienne and Jeanne:Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry (c. 1252- c.1302). In 1269, married William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry. They had at least three children, includingMargaret de Fiennes , mother ofRoger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Legacy
Jeanne died on an unknown date. There is a source which claims that she attained the title of Dame de Chateau-du-Loir in 1265. [Charles Cawley Medieval Lands] The title of Loupeland she passed on to her daughter Blanche. [Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p.155]
Notable descendants of Jeanne de Chateaudun included
Anne of Brittany ,Joan of Kent ,Elizabeth Woodville ,Anne Mortimer , and KingRichard III of England.Her husband Jean de Brienne subsequently married
Marie de Coucy (c.1218- 1285), widow of KingAlexander II of Scotland, but had no children by her.References
#Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series", p. 155, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 2004
#Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands
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