John, Lord of Beauvoir
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| John of Luxembourg | |
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| Lord of Beauvoir and Richebourg as John I | |
| Reign | 1387–1397 |
| Predecessor | Waleran III |
| Successor | John II |
| Count of Brienne and Conversano, Lord of Enghien as John II | |
| Reign | 1394–1397 with Margaret, Countess of Brienne |
| Predecessor | Louis, Count of Enghien |
| Successor | Peter I of Luxembourg |
| Born | c. 1370 |
| Died | bef. 2 July 1397 Italy |
| Spouse | Margaret, Countess of Brienne (1387–1397) |
| Issue | Peter I of Luxembourg John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny Louis of Luxembourg Catherine of Luxembourg Jeanne of Luxembourg |
| House | House of Luxembourg |
| Father | Guy I of Luxembourg |
| Mother | Mahaut of Châtillon |
John of Luxembourg (Jean de Luxembourg) (c. 1370 – bef. 2 July 1397, Italy[1]), was Lord of Beauvoir (or Beaurevoir) and Richebourg, and also (as John II) Count of Brienne and Conversano (iure uxoris).
He was a member of the French branch of the House of Luxembourg, the son of Guy I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol.[2] Blessed Pierre de Luxembourg was his brother.
John married around 1387 with Margaret, Countess of Brienne, daughter of Louis of Enghien,[3] suo jure heiress of the counties of Brienne and of Conversano, and the Lordship of Enghien.
They had five children:[4]
- Peter I of Luxembourg (1390 – 31 August 1433), Count of Saint-Pol and Count of Brienne[3]
- John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1392 – 5 January 1441),[3] inherited the title of Beauvoir from his father, and the title of Ligny from his aunt, Jeanne of Luxembourg.
- Louis of Luxembourg (died 18 September 1443). He was a statesman and a high-ranking churchman.
- Catherine of Luxembourg (born c. 1393)
- Jeanne of Luxembourg (died 1420), married firstly, on 8 September 1415, Louis, Seigneur de Ghistelles (killed at the Battle of Agincourt); she married secondly on 28 October 1419, Jean IV, Viscount of Melun, Constable of Flanders.
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry, Vol. V. p. 422.
- ^ Hughes 2007, p. 525.
- ^ a b c de Wavrin 2012, p. 137.
- ^ Matthieu, Ernest (1877). Histoire de la ville d'Enghien (in French). Dequesne-Masquillier. p. 103. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Hughes, David (2007). The British Chronicles. Vol. 2. Heritage books.
- de Wavrin, Jean (2012). Hardy, William (ed.). Recueil Des Chroniques Et Anchiennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne (in French). Vol. 3: From A.D. 1422 to A.D. 1431. Cambridge University Press.
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