Joan, Countess of Saint-Pol and Ligny (died 18 September 1430,
Avignon
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), called the Demoiselle de Luxembourg, was the ruling Count of Saint Pol and Count of Ligny in 1430.
She was the daughter of
Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – 23 August 1371) was Count of Saint-Pol (1360–1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364–1371).
He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.
Guy participated in the ...
and
Mahaut of Châtillon, Countess of Saint-Pol. She did not marry, and had no children.
At the death of
Philip I, Duke of Brabant, she was his nearest living relative on the Saint-Pol side and inherited Saint-Pol and Ligny upon his death on 14 August 1430. She was living at the time at
Beaurevoir, which belonged to her favourite nephew
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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.
At this time, John held
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...
, whom he had captured, as a prisoner. The Demoiselle de Luxembourg showed kindness to her and pleaded with her nephew not to sell Joan to the English, giving him a promise to make him her heir if he did not.
[Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon., The maid and the queen: the secret history of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2011]
The Demoiselle died shortly thereafter; her fiefs were divided between her senior nephew, the
Count of Brienne
The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château.
Counts of Brienne
* Engelbert I
* Engelbert II
* Engelbert III
* Engelbert IV
* Walter I (? – c. 1090)
* Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?)
* Walter ...
, who received Saint-Pol, and John, her favourite, who received Ligny.
Fiction
The Demoiselle is a character in
Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is '' The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Rom ...
's 2011 historical novel ''
The Lady of the Rivers
''The Lady of the Rivers'' is a 2011 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, part of her series '' The Cousins' War''. The story is narrated by Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of Elizabeth Woodville, and covers the reign of the Lancastrian King He ...
'', which centres on her great-niece
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Countess Rivers (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, bro ...
.
References
Jeanne of Luxembourg at "Jeanne-darc.dk"
Luxembourg, Jeanne of
Luxemburg, Jeanne of
Luxemburg, Jeanne of
St Pol, Countess of, Jeanne of Luxembourg
Year of birth unknown
15th-century French people
15th-century French women
15th-century women rulers
Joan of Arc
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