Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon

Joan of Ponthieu
suo jure Dame d'Épernon
Countess of Vendôme and of Castres
Bornbefore 1336
France
Died30 May 1376
Noble familyIvrea
Spouse(s)Jean VI de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme and of Castres
IssueBouchard VII de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme and of Castres
Catherine de Vendôme
FatherJean II de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale
MotherCatherine d'Artois
The ruins of the medieval castle of Vendôme, home of the Counts of Vendôme

Jeanne de Ponthieu, dame d'Épernon, Countess of Vendôme and of Castres, (Jeanne de Ponthieu, dame d'Épernon, comtesse de Vendôme et de Castres, before 1336 – 30 May 1376) better known in English as Joan of Ponthieu, was a French vassal; she was Dame d'Épernon suo jure by inheritance from 1343 to 1376. She was the youngest daughter of Jean II de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale. She was Countess of Vendôme and of Castres as the wife of Jean VI de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme and of Castres. She acted as regent for her infant granddaughter Jeanne, suo jure Countess of Vendôme from 1371 until the child's premature death in 1372.