Joan (c. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the
Countess of Chiny. Joan was the daughter of
Louis IV, Count of Chiny
Louis IV the Young (1173 – 7 October 1226), count of Chiny from 1189 to 1226, son of Louis III, count of Chiny, and Sophie. Louis was the last of the first dynasty of counts of Chiny. Having no son, he prepared his eldest daughter Jeanne as his ...
, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married
Arnold IV, Count of Loon
Arnold IV of Loon (Looz) (died between November 1272 and October 1273; most likely on February 22, 1273), was Count of Loon from 1227 to 1273 and Count of Chiny (as Arnold II) from 1228 to 1268. He was the son of Gérard III, Count of Rieneck ...
,
[Thonissen, J. J., ''Arnold IV'', ''Royal Academy of Belgium'', ''National Biography''. Vol. 1, 1866.] son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.
Joan and Arnold had the following children:
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John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I o ...
, Count of Chiny and Loon
*Arnaul II (died 1273),
Bishop of Châlons
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
(1272–73)
*Henry, Seigneur d’Agimont
*Gerard (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
*Elisabeth (died before 1251), married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
*Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
*Juliana, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
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Louis V, Count of Chiny Louis V (1235–1299), Count of Chiny from 1268–1299, the youngest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny. He became Count of Chiny in 1268 when his parents entrusted him with the county before their death.
In ...
*Margaret (died 1292)?, married William IV, Lord of Horn
She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband, Arnold II, Count of Chiny.
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1205 births
1271 deaths
Counts of Chiny