John_of_Luxembourg,_Lord_of_Beauvoir
John, Lord of Beauvoir
Lord of Beauvoir and Richebourg as John I
John of Luxembourg (Jean de Luxembourg) (c. 1370 – bef. 2 July 1397, Italy[1]), was Lord of Beauvoir (or Beaurevoir) and Richebourg, and also (as John II) Count of Brienne and Conversano (iure uxoris).
He was a member of the French branch of the House of Luxembourg, the son of Guy I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol.[2]
John married around 1387 with Margaret, Countess of Brienne, daughter of Louis of Enghien,[3] suo jure heiress of the counties of Brienne and of Conversano, and the Lordship of Enghien.
They had five children:[4]
- Peter I of Luxembourg (1390 – 31 August 1433), Count of Saint-Pol and Count of Brienne[3]
- John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1392 – 5 January 1441),[3] inherited the title of Beauvoir from his father, and the title of Ligny from his aunt, Jeanne of Luxembourg.
- Louis of Luxembourg (died 18 September 1443). He was a statesman and a high-ranking churchman.
- Catherine of Luxembourg (born c. 1393)
- Jeanne of Luxembourg (died 1420), married firstly, on 8 September 1415, Louis, Seigneur de Ghistelles (killed at the Battle of Agincourt); she married secondly on 28 October 1419, Jean IV, Viscount of Melun, Constable of Flanders.