Jeanne de Bar | |
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suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons suo jure Dame d'Oisy suo jure Viscountess of Meaux Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano | |
Born | 1415 France |
Died | 14 May 1462 France | (aged 46–47)
Noble family | House of Montbéliard |
Spouse(s) | Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, of Ligny, and Conversano |
Issue | John of Luxembourg, Count of Marle and Soissons Jacqueline of Luxembourg Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons Helene of Luxembourg Charles of Luxembourg, Bishop of Laon Anthony I, Count of Ligny, Brienne and Roussy Philippe of Luxembourg |
Father | Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d'Oisy (1390 – 25 October 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt) |
Mother | Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux (died late 1450) |
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 at the Battle of Agincourt when she was a baby, leaving her the sole heiress to his titles and estates. In 1430, at the age of fifteen, Jeanne was one of the three women placed in charge of Joan of Arc when the latter was a prisoner in the castle of John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, Jeanne's stepfather.
She was the first wife of Louis of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France.