John VI de Vendôme Count of Vendôme and Castres

Count of Castres

The Count of Castres was a title in the French nobility.It was held by:* John I, Count of La Marche* Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac* Alan of Albret * Boffile de Juge* Philip de Montfort* Frederic, son of Godefroi The Count of Castres was a title in the French nobility.It was held by:* John I,...

 (1354-1365) was of the House of Montoire

House of Montoire

The House of Montoire, started with Nihard, Lord of Montoire. Later, through the marriages of Plaisante de Montoire and Helvise Doubleau, the possessions of Mondoubleau and Fréteval Langeais were added...

 and was son of Bouchard VI (1290+1354) and Alix de Bretagne (1297-1377).

He lived mainly in Castres and fought at Poitiers

Battle of Poitiers (1356)

The Battle of Poitiers was fought between the Kingdoms of England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt....

 (1356) where he was captured. In 1362, a troop of Gascon and English took the city and imprisoned Countess Jeanne de Ponthieu. Several attempts to deliver the city by force failed, and John VI had to be resolved to pay a ransom for the city.

In 1342, he married Jeanne de Ponthieu

Joan of Ponthieu, Countess of Vendôme

Jeanne de Ponthieu, dame d'Épernon, Countess of Vendôme and of Castres was a French noblewoman, the youngest daughter of Jean II de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale . She was the wife of Jean VI de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme and of Castres...

, they had two children:

• Bouchard VII
• Catherine of Vendôme
  Catherine of Vendôme
  Catherine de Vendôme , countess of Vendôme and of Castres was a French noblewoman of the House of Montoire. She was the daughter of John VI of Vendôme and Jeanne of Ponthieu.-Marriage:...