NOBLEMAN

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry

1464 - 1505

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Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505), sometimes called Joan the Lame (French: Jeanne la boiteuse), was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of her marriage. After that, she retired to her domain, where she soon founded the monastic Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where she served as abbess. From this Order later sprang the religious congregation of the Apostolic Sisters of the Annunciation, founded in 1787 to teach the children of the poor. She was canonized on 28 May 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan of France, Duchess of Berry is the 177th most popular nobleman (down from 91st in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from France (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Nobleman.

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry was a daughter of King Charles VI of France and Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. She was the wife of John II, Duke of Burgundy. Joan is most famous for being the mother of Charles, Duke of Orléans, who was the father of King Louis XII of France.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 177 out of 1,415Before her are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Maria Goretti, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Isabella d'Este, Jobst of Moravia, and Setnakhte. After her are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Beatrice d'Este, Leotychidas, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1464, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 1After her are Dayan Khan, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Barbara of Brandenburg, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Sonni Ali, Philippa of Guelders, and Hayır Bey. Among people deceased in 1505, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 3Before her are Ivan III of Russia, and Hongzhi Emperor. After her are Al-Suyuti, Jacob Obrecht, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Elizabeth of Austria, Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, Gülbahar Hatun, Johannes Widmann, and Jean Hey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 817 out of 6,770Before her are Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Maurice Blanchot (1907), François Ravaillac (1578), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Guy Debord (1931), and Isabella of Hainault (1170). After her are Maurice Denis (1870), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Edme Mariotte (1620), Gabriel Tarde (1843), Jacques Charles (1763), and Eugène Sue (1804).

Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 28Before her are Madeleine of Valois (1520), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Chlodomer (495), Judith of Bavaria (797), and Hugh the Great (898). After her are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Robert Curthose (1054), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Bertrada of Laon (720), Germaine of Foix (1488), and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753).