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• Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux, Countess of Ligny (c.1397- late 1450), was a French noblewoman, the suo jure Viscountess of Meaux, having inherited the title upon her father's death in 1408. Her father was Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux. Jeanne married twice; firstly to Robert of Bar, and secondly John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny who held Joan of Arc prisoner following her capture by the Burgundians in May 1430. Jeanne was one of the three women who cared for Joan during her imprisonment.[1]
• Jeanne was born in about 1397, the eldest daughter of Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux, and Isabelle de Ghistelles. She had one younger sister, Jacqueline de Béthune who married Raoul d'Ailly, by whom she had issue. Her paternal grandparents were Jean I de Béthune, Seigneur de Locres, and Jeanne de Coucy, and her maternal grandparents were Jean VII de Ghistelles and Marguerite de Reingleset.
• In 1408 her father died. As he had no male heirs, Jeanne, being his eldest daughter, succeeded to the title of suo jure Viscountess of Meaux. She was about eleven years of age.
• On 16 February 1409, Jeanne married her first husband, Robert of Bar, the son Henry of Bar and Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons. In August 1413, he was created Count of Marle and Soissons, and Sire d'Oisy, titles which he had inherited from his mother, a granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Together Robert and Jeanne had one daughter: .... etc.
• Robert was one of the many French nobles killed at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, leaving Jeanne a widow of eighteen with an infant daughter who as sole heiress succeeded to her father's titles and estates. Jeanne married secondly on 23 November 1418, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny. The marriage, however, did not produce any children. .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_B%C3%A9thune ___________________________
• Jeanne de Bar, suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux, and Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1415 - 14 May 1462) was a noble French heiress and Sovereign Countess. She was the only child of Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d'Oisy, who was killed ....
• Jeanne was born in 1415, the only child of Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d'Oisy [1](1390- 25 October 1415) and Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux (c.1397- late 1450). Her paternal grandparents were Henry of Bar, Marquis Pont-à-Mousson and Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons, and her maternal grandparents were Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux,[2] and Isabelle de Ghistelles, daughter of Jean VII de Ghistelles and Marguerite de Reingleset.[3] Through her paternal grandmother, Jeanne was a descendant of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault - their eldest daughter Isabella being the mother of Marie de Coucy. ....
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_Bar,_Countess_of_Marle_and_S... ________________________
• JEAN de Béthune, son of GUILLAUME [IV] de Béthune Seigneur de Locres et de Herbuterne (-Jan 1373). Seigneur de Vendeuil.
• m JEANNE de Coucy, daughter of ENGUERRAND de Coucy Vicomte de Meaux, Seigneur de Condé & his first wife Maria von Vianden (-Jan 1363). A manuscript which records properties of [her husband] lists her properties “le quart de la terre de Condé en Brie...la terre d´Autresche...les bois de Hauraincourt...la terre des Cornés...la terre de Bussu et du Vergie”[448].
• Jean & his wife had children:
  • 1. ROBERT de Béthune (-Feb 1408). The testament of [her husband] required “Robers et Jehanins mes deux fils” to provide for “mes filles leurs suers”, granted “la terre de Lifontaine et la terre de Rumigny” to “ce Jehannin mon filz”[449]. Vicomte de Meaux. Seigneur de Vendeuil. m firstly (1368) JEANNE de Châtillon Dame de Chaumont en Porcéan, daughter of GAUCHER [VII] de Châtillon Comte de Porcien & his wife Jeanne de Conflans Dame de Blancafort (-1371, bur Orcamp). m secondly JEANNE de Barbançon, daughter of JEAN Seigneur de Barbançon & his wife Yolande de Lens (-bur Orcamp). m thirdly ISABELLE de Ghistelles, daughter of JEAN Seigneur de Ghistelles & his wife Isabelle Dame d´Englemonstier (-after 18 Jan 1438). Robert & his first wife had one child:
    • a) ISABELLE de Béthune (-before 1382).
  • Robert & his third wife had two children:
    • b) JEANNE de Béthune (-end 1450). Vicomtesse de Meaux. Dame de Vendeuil, de Condé-en-Brie, de Ghistelles, de Falvy et de Rumpst. m firstly ROBERT de Bar, son of HENRI de Bar & his wife Marie de Coucy ([1390]-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415). He was created Comte de Marle, Comte de Soissons et Sire d'Oisy in France Aug 1413. m secondly (contract 23 Nov 1418) JEAN [III] de Luxembourg Comte de Ligny et de Guise, son of JEAN de Luxembourg Seigneur de Beauvoir et de Richebourg & his wife Marguerite d´Enghien Ctss di Conversano et de Brienne, dame d'Enghien (1392-Guise 5 Jan 1441, bur Notre-Dame de Cambrai).
    • c) JACQUELINE de Béthune . m (contract 13 Nov 1413) RAOUL d´Ailly Seigneur de Raineval et de Varennes, son of BAUDOUIN d´Ailly Vidame d´Amiens & his wife Jeanne de Raineval (-after 1457).
  • 2. JEAN de Béthune (-killed .... etc. ______________________
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