Joan, Countess of Chiny explained

Joan (c. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the Countess of Chiny.^[1] Joan was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married Arnold IV, Count of Loon,^[2] son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.

Joan and Arnold had the following children:

• John I, Count of Chiny and Loon
• Arnaul II (died 1273), Bishop of Châlons (1272–73)
• Henry, Seigneur d’Agimont
• Gerard (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
• Elisabeth (died before 1251), married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
• Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
• Juliana, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
• Louis V, Count of Chiny
• Margaret (died 1292)?, married William IV, Lord of Horn

She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband, Arnold II, Count of Chiny.

Notes and References

1. Arlette Laret-Kayser, Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300. Bruxelles (Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire), 1986.
2. Thonissen, J. J., Arnold IV, Royal Academy of Belgium, National Biography. Vol. 1, 1866.