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Joanna of Bourbon (; Vincennes
Vincennes

Vincennes is a commune in France of the Val-de-Marne located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. This ?le-de-France town is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, February 3, 1338 – Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, February 6, 1378) was consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 to Charles V of France
Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death.Peter was son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberman of France, and Mary of Avesnes....
 and Isabella of Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France
Philip VI of France

Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the List of French monarchs from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Counts and Dukes of Maine, and Count of Valois from 1325 to 1328....
 as the daughter of Charles of Valois
Charles of Valois

Charles of Valois was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary....
 and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon
Mahaut of Chatillon

Mahaut of Chatillon was the daughter of Guy III of Ch?tillon and Marie of Brittany. Her maternal grandmother was Beatrice of England, Beatrice was a daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence....
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father, grandfather, and brother were all somewhat mentally unstable, and Joanna seems to have inherited this family ailment. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the birth of her seventh child.






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Joanna of Bourbon (; Vincennes
Vincennes

Vincennes is a commune in France of the Val-de-Marne located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. This ?le-de-France town is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, February 3, 1338 – Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, February 6, 1378) was consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 to Charles V of France
Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death.Peter was son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberman of France, and Mary of Avesnes....
 and Isabella of Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France
Philip VI of France

Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the List of French monarchs from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Counts and Dukes of Maine, and Count of Valois from 1325 to 1328....
 as the daughter of Charles of Valois
Charles of Valois

Charles of Valois was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary....
 and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon
Mahaut of Chatillon

Mahaut of Chatillon was the daughter of Guy III of Ch?tillon and Marie of Brittany. Her maternal grandmother was Beatrice of England, Beatrice was a daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence....
.

Biography

Her father, grandfather, and brother were all somewhat mentally unstable, and Joanna seems to have inherited this family ailment. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the birth of her seventh child. Her eldest surviving son, Charles VI, was famous for his insanity. From her marriage to Charles V of France
Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
 (1350, Tain-en-Viennois) were born nine children:
  1. Jeanne (1357–1360)
  2. Jean (1359–1364)
  3. Bonne (1360)
  4. Jean (1366)
  5. Charles VI of France
    Charles VI of France

    Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
     (1368–1422) King of France
  6. Marie (1370–1377)
  7. Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
    Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans

    Louis I of Valois was Duke of Orl?ans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine , Count of Blois , Counts and dukes of Angouleme , P?rigord, Dreux and Soissons....
     (1372–1407) Duke of Orleans
  8. Isabelle (1373–1378)
  9. Catherine
    Catherine of Valois (1378-1388)

    Catherine of Valois was the youngest child of Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon. She was a sibling of Charles VI of France and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orl?ans....
     (1378–1388) married John of Berry

Death and burial

Joanna died while giving birth to her youngest child, Catherine
Catherine of Valois (1378-1388)

Catherine of Valois was the youngest child of Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon. She was a sibling of Charles VI of France and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orl?ans....
. While Joanna was heavly pregnant with Catherine she wished to have a bath but the doctors told her of the dangers, Joanna ignored them and had a bath anyway. Soon later she went into labour and died giving birth. The king was very upset with the death of Joanna and never really was the same after her death. Her heart was buried in the convent of the Cordeliers
Cordeliers

The Cordeliers, also known as the Club of the Cordeliers and formally as the Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen comprised a Populism society during the French Revolution....
 and her entrails in the Church of the Celestines
Celestines

Celestines are a Roman Catholic monasticism Order , a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites , and did not assume the appellation of Celestines until after the election of their founder to the Papacy as Pope Celestine V....
 in Paris. The rest of her remains were then placed in the Basilique Saint-Denis.

Family

Joanna gave birth to nine children but only Charles
Charles VI of France

Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
 and Louis
Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans

Louis I of Valois was Duke of Orl?ans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine , Count of Blois , Counts and dukes of Angouleme , P?rigord, Dreux and Soissons....
 survived. Five of her children:Jeanne, Jean, Marie, Isabella and Catherine survived infancy but died in childhood. Her maternal aunts were Blanche of Valois
Blanche of Valois

She was a daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon....
 and Marie of Valois, Blanche married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the eleventh king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and Holy Roman Emperor.He was the eldest son and heir of John of Bohemia, who died on 26 August 1346, thus Charles inherited the Count of Luxembourg and the King of Bohemia....
 and was the mother of Katharine of Bohemia
Katharine of Bohemia

Katharine of Bohemia was the second daughter of Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Blanche of Valois...
. Marie married Charles, Duke of Calabria
Charles, Duke of Calabria

Charles, Duke of Calabria was the son of King Robert of Naples and Yolanda of Aragon....
 and was the mother of Joan I of Naples
Joan I of Naples

Joan I , born Joanna of Anjou, was Kingdom of Naples from 1343 until her death. She was also Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, Kingdom of Majorca and titular Kings of Jerusalem and Sicily 1343?82, and Principality of Achaea 1373/5?81....
.

Joanna's father, Peter was killed while at the Battle of Poitiers
Battle of Poitiers

Battle of Poitiers may refer to one of the following battles:* Battle of Tours , also known as Battle of Poitiers between Frankish and Islamic armies...
 in 1356, her mother, Isabella died in 1388, she had outlived Joanna by ten years.

Ancestry