About Jeanne of Hainault
Lived 1323 – 1350 (aged 26–27). Jeanne of Hainault was a French politician.
Jeanne (or Johanna) of Hainault (1323 – December 1350) was ruling Countess of Soissons from 1344 until 1350.
Biography She was a daughter of John of Beaumont, lord of Beaumont and Margaret of Soissons. She succeeded her mother in 1344 as Countess of Soissons.
Jeanne first married Louis II, Count of Blois. Together they had three sons: Louis III, Count of Blois and Soissons John II, Count of Blois Guy II, Count of Blois and Soissons. Louis II died in 1346 at the battle of Crécy and Jeanne remarried to William I, Marquis of Namur. They had no children.
She died in 1350 from the Black Death.
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Who was Jeanne of Hainault?
14th-century French noblewoman
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Jeanne of Hainault was born in 1323.
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Jeanne of Hainault died in 1350.
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Jeanne of Hainault was a politician.
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Jeanne of Hainault was French.
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