Johanna Maria van der Gheynst

Johanna van der Gheynst ( Jeanne van der Gheynst, Johanna van der Gheenst; * 1500, † December 15, 1541 ) was in 1521 briefly the mistress of the Emperor Charles V. and by him the mother of Margaret of Parma, who from 1559 to 1567 as governor the Habsburg Netherlands officiated.

Life

Johanna van der Gheynst was the daughter of Teppichwirkers Gilles van der Gheynst and his wife Johanna van der Coye. Her parents lived in Nukerke of Oudenaarde. They entered the service of Charles I. de Lalang, the Governor of Oudenaarde and Baron of Montigny, and was probably the maid baroness.

As a young man learned the Emperor Charles V. to know the beautiful Johanna, when he was at the castle of Baron Montigny in Oudenaarde in the fall of 1521 to visit. There was between them a fleeting love affair, which spawned a daughter Margaret. These first came into the custody of the Brussels family de Douvrin. Charles V made ​​from his relationship with Johanna Margarethe no secret and recognized officially in 1529 as his daughter. Margaret was later to become Landvögtin the Netherlands.

The Emperor granted Johanna van der Gheynst a modest annual pension. They married on October 13, 1525 Jean van den Dyke, the lawyer and member of the Chamber of Accounts of Brabant was. The couple had several children. Jane died in 1541, her husband on September 1, 1572.