Joan of Navarre, Queen of England

Joan of Navarre (* 1370, † July 9, 1437 in Havering atte - Bower - ) was by marriage Duchess of Brittany and Queen Consort of England.

She was the daughter of King Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France, daughter of King John II of France.

Life

They married on September 11, 1386 Duke John V of Brittany, with whom she had four sons and four daughters:

  • Johanna ( born August 12, 1387 with Nantes, † December 7, 1388 )
  • John VI. (* December 24, 1389 at Château l' Hermione, † August 29, 1442 ), Duke of Brittany
  • Marie ( * February 18, 1391, † December 18, 1446 ), ∞ with Duke John I of Alençon
  • Margaret (* 1392, † April 13, 1428 ), ∞ with Alain IX, Viscount of Rohan.
  • Arthur III. of Richmond ( August 24, 1393, † December 26, 1458 ), Constable of France and Duke of Brittany
  • Gilles ( 1394; † July 19, 1412 )
  • Richard ( 1395 † June 2, 1438 in Clisson ), Count of Etampes
  • Blanche ( 1397, † 1419), ∞ with Count Johann IV of Armagnac

After the death of the Duke Johanna was at the instigation of her brother in 1403, the second wife of King Henry IV. Bretons In this marriage was extremely unpopular, so Johanna had to give up the regency for their underage sons in favor of the Duke of Burgundy.

King Henry IV, and Johanna had no children, but Johanna stood often in the disputes between Henry IV and his son Henry V on the side of the younger ones. Yet she was accused during the reign of Henry V for witchcraft, because they should have tried to poison him. She was jailed for four years in Pevensey Castle in Sussex.

After her release, she lived in peace until the reign of Henry VI. into it. It was in the Cathedral of Canterbury next to Henry IV buried.

Henry IV of England Philip IV of France Joan I of Navarre John V, Duke of Brittany John VI, Duke of Brittany Arthur III, Duke of Brittany John IV, Count of Armagnac Henry V of England Henry VI of England
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