John The Fearless - Family

Family

John and Margaret of Bavaria had the following children:

  • Catherine (1391–1414, Ghent)
  • Marie of Burgundy (1393 – 30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar). She married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
  • Margaret of Burgundy (1394 – 2 February 1441, Paris), married on 30 August 1404 Louis of Valois the Dauphin (heir of king Charles VI of France), then on 10 October 1422 Arthur de Richemont, the future Duke of Brittany
  • Philip the Good (1396–1467)
  • Isabelle (d. 18 September 1412, Rouvres), married at Arras on 22 July 1406 to Olivier de Châtillon-Blois, Count of Penthièvre and Périgord
  • Joan (b. 1399, Bouvres), d. young
  • Anne of Burgundy (1404 – 14 November 1432, Paris), married John, Duke of Bedford
  • Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476, Château de Moulins), married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

John also had several illegitimate children, including John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai, by his mistress Agnes de Croy, daughter of Jean I de Croÿ.

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