About Joan, Countess of Blois
Lived 1258 – 1291 (aged 32–33). Joan, Countess of Blois was a French aristocrat.
Joan of Châtillon (Jeanne de Blois; 1253? – 19 or 29 January 1291) was Countess of Blois from 1280 to 1291, and Lady of Avesnes.
She was the daughter of John I, Count of Blois and Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy.
Joan received the County of Chartres from her father during his life; she later sold these lands to Philip IV of France in 1286. She ceded the lordship of Avesnes to her cousin Hugh before her death. When she died in 1291 the other titles were left to him also.
In 1263, Joanne married Peter of Alençon, a son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. They had: Louis (1272–1273). Philip (1274–1275).
Joan died in 1291, with no living issue. She left the title of Count of Blois and her remaining titles to her cousin Hugh.
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French noble
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Joan, Countess of Blois was born in 1258.
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Joan, Countess of Blois died on 29 January 1291 in Blois.
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Joan, Countess of Blois was an aristocrat.
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Joan, Countess of Blois was French.
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