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Encyclopedia > Jean de Touraine

Jean de Touraine (August 31, 1398April 5, 1417) was the fourth son and ninth child of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. He was born in Paris. After his three elder brothers died, he became dauphin in 1415. In 1406 he married Jacqueline, heiress of the County of Hainaut, Holland, Zealand, and Frisia. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... Isabeau de Bavière (also Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; ca. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... For other uses, see Dauphin (disambiguation). ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. ... Jacoba or Jacqueline of Wittelsbach (1401 – 1436, Dutch: Jacoba van Beieren, French: Jacqueline de Bavière) was Countess of Hainaut and Holland from 1417 to 1432. ... The virtually independent county of Hainaut emerged from chaotic conditions at the end of the 9th century as a semi-independent state, at first a vassal of the crown of Lotharingia. ... The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. ... Frisia (known in German and Dutch as Friesland) is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea. ...


Jean held the titles of Duke of Touraine, Duke of Berry, and Count of Poitiers and Ponthieu. He lived away from the tumultuous French court, closer to his father-in-law William IV of Hainaut, often at the castle of Le Quesnoy; this was for his own protection, and so that he might be an asset to the families of Bavaria and Burgundy into which he had married. The title of Duc de Berry in the French nobility was frequently created for junior members of the French royal family. ... Among the men who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (or Poitou, in what is now France but in the Middle Ages became part of the Aquitaine) are: Guerin (or Warin[us]) (638-677) Renaud (795-843) Bernard I (815-844) Ranulph I (835-875) Ranulph II (855... The County of Ponthieu was a province of Normandy centered on the mouth of the Somme, and its counts played an important role in the early history of Normandy. ... Le Quesnoy is a commune of the Nord département in northern France. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ...


He died on April 5, 1417 at the age of eighteen. He was buried in Compiegne's Saint-Corneille abbey. His younger brother Charles became dauphin and eventually king. Compi gne is a commune in the Oise d partement of France, of which it is a sous-pr fecture. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...

Preceded by:
New Creation
Count of Ponthieu
c. 1410–1417
Succeeded by:
to royal domain
Duke of Touraine
1401–1416
Duke of Berry
1416–1417
Count of Poitiers
1416–1417


 

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