John of Charolais
John (French: Jean; 1283 — 1322) was a medieval French nobleman, Lord (seigneur) of Charolais and Saint-Just, who fought in Flanders. He is also known as John of Clermont (Jean de Clermont).
Life[edit]
Lord John was born in 1283 as a son of Robert, Count of Clermont and his wife, Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon.[1] In 1309c., John married Joanna of Dargies and Catheux (daughter of Renaud II of Dargies and Catheux and his spouse, Agnes).
John and his wife had;
- Beatrice of Charolais, who succeeded her father
- Joanna, wife to John I, Count of Auvergne
Burial[edit]
John was buried in Lyon, but his bones were later transferred to Paris.
References[edit]
- ^ Laiou 1972, p. 251.
Sources[edit]
- Laiou, Angeliki E. (1972). Constantinople and the Latins: the foreign policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328. Harvard University Press.