Jeanne de Lalaing, dame héritière de Quiévrain et Escaussines, comtesse de Penthièvre

Jeanne de Lalaing ° after 1405 + 11/08/1467 (or 1462 ?) (inh. in Avesnes) lady heiress of Quiévrain and Escaussines, countess of Penthièvre

married in 1428 Olivier de Châtillon-Blois called "de Bretagne", count of Penthièvre, Blois and Périgord, viscount of Limoges, lord of Avesnes (59) and of L'Aigle (61) + 08/09/1433 (Avesnes) (widower of Princess Isabeau
of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Jean "Sans Peur")

without posterity

Pattou, Etienne. “Famille & Seigneurs De Lalaing.” Racines et Histoire :
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Jeanne de Lalaing, heiress of Quiévrain, died around 1462 (the time when the land of Brebière was raised for her sister and heiress), without posterity of Prince Olivier DE CHASTILLONBlois, known as the Count of Brittany, Count of Penthièvre (widower of Princess Isabeau of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Jean Sans-Peur), who had married her in 1428. The Countess of Penthièvre lies in Avesnes, next to her husband. She was never more than a "maiden", the prince, her husband, having not obtained the dignity of knight; Duke Philip the Good called her "our very dear and beloved cousin".

Brassart, Felix, Société Académique, editor. Souvenirs De La Flandre Wallonne, Catalogue des Nobels de Nom, de Lalaing, Dix-Septieme, L. Crépin, 1882. un Comite Historique et Archeologique: Memories of Walloon Flanders: pp. 93
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JEANNE de Lalaing (-10 Apr 1467). Jeanne and her sister, having reached the age of majority, divided their territories, naming “leur mère Isabeau de Barbançon”, by charter dated 21 Apr 1428[451]. Dame de Quiévrain. An epitaph at Avesnes records the burial of “Olivier de Bretaigne comte de Pentheure et de Perigord, vicomte de Limoges, seigneur d’Avesnes...” who died 8 Sep 1433 and “Jehenne de Lalaing héritière de Kiévrain epeuze de secondes noces a...Olivier de Bretaigne” who died 10 Apr 1466[452].

m (1428) as his second wife, OLIVIER de Blois-Châtillon Comte de Penthièvre, son of JEAN [I] de Blois-Châtillon Comte de Penthièvre & his wife Marguerite de Clisson. An epitaph at Avesnes records the burial of “Olivier de Bretaigne comte de Pentheure et de Perigord, vicomte de Limoges, seigneur d’Avesnes...” who died 8 Sep 1433 and “Jehenne de Lalaing héritière de Kiévrain epeuze de secondes noces a...Olivier de Bretaigne” who died 10 Apr 1466[453].

Cawley, Charles. “NORTHERN FRANCE-CAMBRAI, DOUAI, VALENCIENNES.” Medieval Lands, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 24 Mar. 2022, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfracado.htm#_Toc44147371''
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Jeanne de Lallaing, dame de Quiévrain était l'épouse d'Olivier de Blois, comte de Penthièvre[1]
Jeanne de Lalaing mourut le 10 avril 1467 et fut enterrée auprès de son mari Olivier de Blois dans la Collégiale Saint-Nicolas d'Avesnes-sur-Helpe sous un mausolée.
Olivier de Blois, comte de Penthièvre, fils de Jean de Blois et de Marguerite de Clisson; petit-fils de la duchesse Jeanne de Penthièvre et de Charles de Blois.
Jean V de Bretagne avait fait la paix avec les comtes de Penthièvre dont Olivier de Blois (†1433), mais ceux-ci n'avaient pas renoncé à régner sur la Bretagne. Invité à une fête qu'ils donnaient à Champtoceaux en 1420, il s'y rendit, fut arrêté sur l'ordre de Margot de Clisson (comtesse douairière de Penthièvre), détenu et menacé de mort. Cet enlèvement sans précédent alors émut les princes européens, mais ne provoqua aucune intervention de la cour de France. Mais l'action de sa femme la duchesse Jeanne de France et des barons bretons lui permit de recouvrer sa liberté.
Olivier de Blois poursuivi par ses ennemis se retira dans sa vicomté de Limoges et de là espéra gagner le Hainaut, mais il fut arrêté en route par le Marquis de Bade et ne recouvrit sa liberté qu'en payant une rançon de 30 000 écus d'or ; il arriva ainsi sur ses terres d'Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

English translation by DeepL: Jeanne de Lallaing, lady of Quiévrain was the wife of Olivier de Blois, count of Penthièvre[1].
Jeanne de Lalaing died on April 10, 1467 and was buried next to her husband Olivier de Blois in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Nicolas in Avesnes-sur-Helpe under a mausoleum.
Olivier de Blois, Count of Penthièvre, son of Jean de Blois and Marguerite de Clisson; grandson of the duchess Jeanne de Penthièvre and Charles de Blois.
Jean V of Brittany had made peace with the counts of Penthièvre, including Olivier de Blois (†1433), but they had not given up their right to reign over Brittany. Invited to a party they were giving in Champtoceaux in 1420, he went there, was arrested on the orders of Margot de Clisson (Dowager Countess of Penthièvre), detained and threatened with death. This unprecedented kidnapping moved the European princes, but did not provoke any intervention from the French court. But the action of his wife, the duchess Jeanne de France, and the Breton barons allowed him to recover his freedom.
Olivier de Blois, pursued by his enemies, withdrew to his viscounty of Limoges and from there hoped to reach Hainaut, but he was stopped on the way by the Marquis of Baden and only recovered his freedom by paying a ransom of 30,000 gold crowns; he thus arrived on his lands of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

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