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John, 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).

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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]


References

  1. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry, Vol. V. p. 422.
  2. Hughes 2007, p. 525.
  3. Matthieu, Ernest (1877). Histoire de la ville d'Enghien (in French). Dequesne-Masquillier. p. 103. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

Sources

  • Hughes, David (2007). The British Chronicles. Vol. 2. Heritage books.
  • de Wavrin, Jean (2012). Hardy, William (ed.). Recueil Des Chroniques Et Anchiennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne (in French). Vol. 3: From A.D. 1422 to A.D. 1431. Cambridge University Press.

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