Jeanne of Valois (c. 1304–?)

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Jeanne of Valois (c. 1304–?)

Countess of Beaumont. Name variations: Jeanne de Valois. Born around 1304; daughter of Catherine de Courtenay (d. 1307) and Charles of Valois also known as Charles I (1270–1325), count of Valois (son of Philip III the Bold, king of France); half-sister of Philip VI of Valois (1293–1350), king of France (r. 1328–1350), and Jeanne of Valois (c. 1294–1342, mother of Philippa of Hainault ); married Robert III of Artois, count of Beaumont.

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