Joanna of Hainaut

Joanna of Hainault
Born	1315
Died	1374
Noble family	House of Avesnes
Spouse(s)	William V, Duke of Jülich
Issue	Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, William II, Duke of Jülich, others
Father	William I, Count of Hainaut
Mother	Joan of Valois

Joanna of Hainault (c. 1312–1374)[1] was a Duchess of Jülich by marriage to William V, Duke of Jülich. She was the third daughter[1][2] of William I, "The Good" Count of Hainaut, and Joan of Valois.[3] She was a younger sister of Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England, and Margaret II, Countess of Hainault.[4]

Life

After her marriage, Joanna visited her mother Joan of Valois in January or February to May 1326, and the mother and daughter visited Joanna's sister Philipa, Queen of England, in 1329.[1]

Marriage and issue

Joanna married William V, Duke of Jülich on 26 February 1324[1] in Cologne.[5] Their children were as follows:

• Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, married Margaret of Ravensberg, heiress of Berg and Ravensberg.[6] Grandfather of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves.
• William II, Duke of Jülich, married Maria of Guelders.[6]
• Richardis of Jülich, married Count Engelbert III of the Mark.
• Philippa of Jülich, married Godfrey II of Heinsberg.[6]
• Reinold of Jülich.
• Joanna of Jülich, married William I, Count of Isenburg-Wied.
• Isabella of Jülich, married firstly John Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Kent and secondly Eustace d'Aubrichecourt.[7]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Joanna of Hainaut
8. John I of Avesnes 4. John II, Count of Holland 9. Adelaide of Holland 2. William I, Count of Hainaut 10. Henry V of Luxembourg 5. Philippa of Luxembourg 11. Margaret of Bar 1. Joanna of Hainault 12. Philip III of France 6. Charles of Valois 13. Isabella of Aragon 3. Joanna of Valois 14. Charles II of Naples 7. Margaret of Naples 15. Maria of Hungary

References

1. Warner, Kathryn (2019-10-15). "The Hainault Family". Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-6280-0.
2. Strickland, Agnes (1852). Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest. Lea and Blanchard. p. 173.
3. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 4
4. Leese, Thelma Anna (1996). Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066-1399 : the Normans and Plantagenets. Heritage Books. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-7884-0525-9.
5. Warner, Kathryn (2017-06-29). Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II. The History Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-7509-8327-3.
6. Stein, Robert (2017). Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States: The Unification of the Burgundian Netherlands, 1380-1480. Oxford University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-19-875710-8.
7. Turner, Marion (2020-09-22). Chaucer: A European Life. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-691-21015-5.