- Joanna of Navarre
Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Joan of Navarre
title =Queen consort of England
imgw =200px
caption =
reign =2 October 1386 -1 November 1399 7 February 1403 -20 March 1413
reign-type =Consort in Brittany
Consort in England
coronation =26 February 1403
spouse =John V, Duke of Brittany
Henry IV
issue =John VI, Duke of Brittany Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
issue-link = #First Marriage and Children
issue-pipe = among others
titles =Queen Joan
The Queen
The Dowager Duchess of Brittany
The Duchess of Brittany
Infanta Joan of Navarre
royal house =House of Évreux
father =Charles II of Navarre
mother =Joan of France
date of birth =c. 1370
place of birth =
date of death =10 June ,1437
place of death =
place of burial =Canterbury Cathedral |Joan of Navarre (c. 1370
Pamplona –10 June ,1437 Havering-atte-Bower ) "(French: Jeanne de Navarre)" was a daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre and Joan of France. Her maternal grandparents wereJohn II of France andBonne of Luxembourg . Through marriage she was the Duchess Consort of Brittany and later the Queen Consort of England when she wed KingHenry IV of England .First Marriage and Children
On
October 2 ,1386 , Joanna married her first husband,John V, Duke of Brittany . They had nine children:
* Jeanne of Brittany (Nantes ,August 12 ,1387 –December 7 ,1388 ).
* a daughter (1388).
*John VI, Duke of Brittany (1389–1442).
* Marie of Brittany (Nantes,February 18 ,1391 –December 18 ,1446 ), Lady of La Guerche, married at the Château de l'Hermine onJune 26 ,1398 John I of Alençon .
* Marguerite of Brittany (1392 –April 13 ,1428 ), Lady of Guillac, married onJune 26 ,1407 , Alain IX, Viscount of Rohan and Count of Porhoët (d. 1462).
*Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (Château de Succinio,August 24 ,1393 –December 26 ,1458 , Château Nantes).
* Gilles of Brittany (1394 –July 19 ,1412 ,Cosne-sur-Loire ), Lord of Chantocé and Ingrande.
*Richard of Brittany (1395 –June 2 ,1438 , Château de Clisson), Count of Benon, Étampes, and Mantes, married in 1423 Margaret d'Orléans, Countess of Vertus, daughter ofLouis of Valois, Duke of Orléans .
* Blanche of Brittany (1397 – aft. 1419), married at Nantes onJune 26 ,1407 John IV, Count of Armagnac .Second Marriage: Queen of England
Her first husband died on
1 November ,1399 . She remained awidow for four years and acted as a regent for her son John VI during that time. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, affection developed between Jeanne and Henry Bolingbroke (the future King Henry IV) while he resided at the Bretagne court during his banishment from England. In 1403, Joan became the second wife of Henry IV. They had no children, but she is recorded as having had a good relationship with Henry's children from his first marriage, often taking the side of the futureHenry V of England , "Prince Hal," in his quarrels with his father.Nevertheless, during the reign of Henry V, she was accused of using
witchcraft to try to poison him. She was convicted in 1419 and imprisoned for about four years inPevensey Castle in Sussex, England. After that she lived quietly, through Henry V's reign and into that of his son, Henry VI. She is buried inCanterbury Cathedral next to Henry IV.Ancestry
Ancestors of Joanna of NavarreExternal links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043693/Joan-of-Navarre Joan of Navarre Britannica Online]
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