Joan of Valois (French: Jeanne de Valois; 1304–1363) was the daughter of Charles, Count of Valois[1] and his second wife Catherine I of Courtenay, titular empress of Constantinople.[2]

She was half-sister to King Philip VI of France. In around 1320, she married Robert III of Artois, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger and seigneur of Conches.[1] They had:

Her husband Robert III of Artois had attempted to claim the title of Count of Artois, which had been awarded to his aunt Mahaut of Artois, but was condemned and exiled in 1331 for making and presenting forged documents in the process of filing against her. Joan of Valois and her children were therefore imprisoned at Château Gaillard by order of her half-brother King Philip VI.

In fiction

Joan is a character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. She was portrayed by Françoise Giret [fr] in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Toinette Laquière [fr] in the 2005 adaptation.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f de Venette 1953, p. 312.
  2. ^ Warner 2019, p. 15.
  3. ^ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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