Jeanne de Penthièvre

Jeanne de Penthièvre , known as lame the , born in 1319, dead the September 10th 1384, duchess of Brittany, lady of Mayenne, Avaugour, the Eagle and Châtelaudren, countess of Penthièvre and Goëllo, viscountess de Limoges, girl of Guy of Brittany, count de Penthièvre and Viscount of Limoges, and Jeanne, lady of Avaugour, and countess of Goëllo.

She married the June 4th 1337 Charles of Blois, nephew of Philippe VI of Valois and had:

* Jean Ier de Châtillon (1345 † 1404), count de Penthièvre, Viscount of Limoges.

* GUI, sent as an hostage in England, where he died.

* Henri, deceased in 1400.

* Marie (1345 † 1404), countess of Own way, married in 1360 with Louis duke of Anjou (1339 † 1384), count of Maine, count de Provence and of Forcalquier.

* Marguerite, married in 1351 with Charles of Cerda († 1354), count d' Angoulême.

It is at the time of its marriage that famous Bertrand of Guesclin appeared for the first time. It took advantage of by the weapons its rights to the succession of Brittany against Jean de Montfort, his uncle, husband of Jeanne of Flanders, which gave place to the War of succession of Brittany. Urging on her husband Charles of Blois, she refused a compromise which would have put peacefully fine at the war by a division of Brittany and which would have reserved the northern half of it to him. To slice, Blois attacked with Auray and found death in there 1364.

After this defeat, it had to give up by the first treaty of Guérande its sovereignty on Brittany, while preserving the ducal title its life lasting. July 9th 1369 Jeanne put Viscount of Limoges that From Guesclin had freed from the English domination under the cut of Charles V, who returned the nomination from there to him the very same day, then on January 13rd, 1380 by letter patent. ; some say that it recovered it since 1371, in fact it did not accept any whereas some grounds in Limoges, place Mound, following the tender of the castle of Limoges with Charles V).

In 1379, whereas Jean IV had had to set out again in exile in England, it was revolted of what the king of France Charles V had wanted to annex Brittany with the contempt of his rights and those of his sons. It was in the forefront of the Breton ones which called Jean IV of his English exile, then accommodated it with its unloading.

After the death of Charles V, it signed the January 15th 1381 the second treaty of Guérande by which it obtained a substantial revenue and the possibility for its heirs of recovering the duchy if Jean IV did not have a descent. The problem of succession was finally regulated. It was buried in the chorus of the church of the brothers Mineurs of Guingamp.

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