Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut

Joan of Valois
Copy of a contemporary portrait in the Recueil d'Arras (about 1560)
Countess consort of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland
Tenure1305–1337
Born1294
Longpont, Aisne, France
Died1352
Fontenelle Abbey, Maing, France
Burial
SpouseWilliam I, Count of Hainaut
Issue
Detail
William II, Count of Hainaut
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut
Philippa, Queen of England
Joanna, Duchess of Jülich
Isabella of Hainaut
HouseValois
FatherCharles, Count of Valois
MotherMargaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine

Joan of Valois (c. 1294 – 1352) was a Countess consort of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, by marriage to William I, Count of Hainaut. She acted as regent of Hainaut and Holland several times during the absence of her spouse, and she also acted as a political mediator.

She was the second eldest daughter of the French prince Charles, Count of Valois, and Margaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine.[1] As the sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of King Edward III of England,[2] she was ideally placed to act as mediator between them.[2]

  1. ^ Warner 2017, p. 14.
  2. ^ a b Sumption 1990, p. 357-358.

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