Historical People Who Have Been Called Simply Jeanne
- Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English)
- Queen Jeanne I of Navarre
- Queen Jeanne II of Navarre
- Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, also called Jeanne d'Albret
- Jeanne de Flandre (Joanna of Flanders in English)
- Jeanne de Dreux, also called Jeanne de Penthièvre (Joanna of Dreux in English)
- Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
- Jeanne of Angoulême
- Queen Jeanne II of Naples (Joanna II of Naples)
- Jeanne de Laval
- Jeanne Du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV of France
- Several princesses of France, Navarre, and Valois
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