Catherine of Vendôme

Catherine of Vendôme
Catherine of Vendôme
	Countess of la Marche
	Catherine and John I
Born	1354
Died	1412
Spouse(s)	John I, Count of La Marche
	Issue James II, Count of La Marche; Isabelle of La Marche; Louis, Count of Vendôme; John, Lord of Carency; Anne, Countess of Montpensier; Marie, Lady of Croix; Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
Father	John VI of Vendôme
Mother	Jeanne of Ponthieu

Catherine de Vendôme (1354 – 1 April 1412) was a ruling countess of Vendôme and of Castres from 1372 until 1403.

Life

She was the daughter of John VI of Vendôme and Jeanne of Ponthieu.^[1] She married John I, Count of La Marche, in 1364.^[2]

In 1372 inherited Vendôme on the death of her niece Jeanne and administered it jointly with her husband, then (after his death) with her second son Louis until 1403.

Issue

James II, Count of La Marche and Castres (1370–1438)
Isabelle (born 1373), a nun at Poissy
Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376–1446)
John, Lord of Carency (1378–1457), married c. 1416 Catherine, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, without issue, married in 1420 at Le Mans, his mistress Jeanne de Vendômois, with whom he had issue
Anne (c. 1380 – September 1408, Paris), married in 1401 John of Berry, Count of Montpensier (d. 1401), married in Paris in 1402 Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria
Marie (1386 – aft. 11 September 1463), Lady of Brehencourt, married Jean de Baynes, Lord of Croix
Charlotte (1388 – 15 January 1422), married in 1411 at Nicosia King Janus of Cyprus

Ancestry

Ancestors of Catherine of Vendôme

16. Bouchard V de Vendôme

8. Jean V de Vendôme

17. Marie de Roye

4. Bouchard VI de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme

18. Philippe II de Montfort-L'Amaury

9. Eleanore de Montfort-L'Amaury

19. Jeanne de Levis

2. John VI of Vendôme

20. John II, Duke of Brittany

10. Arthur II, Duke of Brittany

21. Beatrice of England

5. Alix of Brittany

22. Robert IV of Dreux

11. Yolande de Dreux

23. Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury

1. Catherine of Vendôme

24. Ferdinand of Castile, Count of Aumale

12. Jean I de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale

25. Laure de Montfort

6. Jean II de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale

26. Amaury de Meullent, Seigneur de La Queue

13. Ide de Meullent

27. Marguerite de Beaumont-le-Roger

3. Jeanne de Pontieu

28. Robert II of Artois

14. Philip of Artois

29. Amice de Courtenay

7. Catherine d'Artois

30. John II, Duke of Brittany = 20

15. Blanche de Dreux

31. Beatrice of England = 21

Notes

↑ Broad, Jacqueline and Karen Green, Virtue, liberty, and toleration: political ideas of European women, 1400-1800, (Springer, 2007), 13.
↑ Broad, 13.

References

Broad, Jacqueline and Karen Green, Virtue, liberty, and toleration: political ideas of European women, 1400-1800, (Springer, 2007)

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[1] Broad, Jacqueline and Karen Green, Virtue, liberty, and toleration: political ideas of European women, 1400-1800, (Springer, 2007), 13.

[2] Broad, 13.