Joan Holland, Duchess of Brittany explained

Lady Joan Holland
Succession:Duchess consort of Brittany
Reign:1366–1384
Consort:yes
Birth Date:1350
House:Holland
Father:Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent
Mother:Joan of Kent

Lady Joan Holland (1350  - October 1384)[1] was Duchess of Brittany as the second wife of John IV, Duke of Brittany. She was the daughter of Joan of Kent and Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent. Her mother's second husband was Edward the Black Prince, and the child of that marriage was King Richard II of England.

Joan Holland's marriage to John IV took place in London in May 1366, but without the approval of King Edward III of England,[2] Joan's step-grandfather, who claimed overlordship of Brittany. The couple had no children.

Joan's death, in her thirties,[3] was politically inexpedient. In 1386, two years afterwards, John IV married Joan of Navarre,[4] later the queen of King Henry IV of England.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jean IV (Duke of Brittany). Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne. Recueil des actes de Jean IV, duc de Bretagne: Supplément. 2001. Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne. 978-2-9505895-5-2. (in French)
  2. Book: The Hundred Years War (Part III): Further Considerations. 25 July 2013. BRILL. 978-90-04-24565-5. 243.
  3. Book: John Bell Henneman. Olivier de Clisson and Political Society in France Under Charles V and Charles VI. January 1996. University of Pennsylvania Press. 978-0-8122-3353-7. 114.
  4. Book: Michael Prestwich. Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles. 2008. Boydell Press. 978-1-84383-374-1. 101.