Joanna of Bourbon - Family

Family

Joanna gave birth to nine children but only Charles and Louis survived to adulthood.

Joanna's father, Peter was killed while at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, her mother, Isabella died in 1388, having outlived Joanna by ten years.

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