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Birth:          ABT 1242 Fougeres, Brittany
Death:          1274 
Burial:         Savigny

Notes
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Jeanne de Fougères, suo jure Lady of Fougères, Countess of La Marche and 
Angoulême (died after 1273), was a Breton noblewoman and heiress. She was the wife 
of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême. Jeanne was 
responsible for the later additions and fortifications of the Chateau of Fougères which 
provided a greater stability for the town.
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Jeanne was born at the Chateau of Fougères, in Brittany on an unknown date, the 
only daughter and surviving child of Raoul III, seigneur of Fougères and Isabelle de 
Craon (born 1212). Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey, seigneur of Fougères 
and Mathilde de Porhoet, and her maternal grandparents were Amaury I, seigneur of 
Craon (1175–1226) and Jeanne des Roches (c. 1195- 28 September 1238), daughter 
of Guillaume des Roches, seneschal of Anjou, and Marguerite de Sablé.[citation 
needed]

Jeanne had a brother Jean de Fougères, but he died immediately after his birth on 6 
December 1230. As no more sons were born to her mother, Jeanne became the 
heiress to her father's lordship of Fougères, which she inherited suo jure upon the 
death of her father on 24 February 1256. She thereafter held the title of Dame de 
Fougères. That same year 1256, she issued orders for the expansion of the chateau of 
Fougères, adding the Melusine and Gobelin towers as well as fortifying the ramparts 
and gates. Her efforts provided a greater stability for the town.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue[edit]

On 29 January 1254, Jeanne was married to Hugh XII de Lusignan, seigneur of 
Lusignan, Couhe, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Angoulême. She became the 
Countess of La Marche and Angoulême upon her marriage, which was recorded in the 
Chronicon Savigniacense on 4 February 1254.

Hugh and Jeanne together had six children:
Yolande de Lusignan (24 March 1257- 30 September 1314), suo jure Countess of La 
Marche, Heiress of Fougères, married firstly Helie-Rudel, seigneur of Pons, by whom 
she had issue; and secondly Robert, seigneur of Mathe.
Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angoulême (25 June 1259- 1 
November 1303), on 1 April 1276 married Beatrice of Burgundy. Their marriage was 
childless.
Guy I de Lusignan (died 1308), Count of La Marche and Angoulême, died unmarried 
and without legitimate issue.
Jeanne of Lusignan (1260- 13 April 1323), married firstly Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret, 
by whom she had two daughters; she married secondly Sir Piers de Geneville of Trim 
and Ludlow, by whom she had another three daughters, including the eldest Joan de 
Geneville, who in her turn married Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
Isabelle de Lusignan (died 1309), before 1288 in Cognac married Jean de Vesci. She 
later became a nun at Fontevrault Abbey
Marie de Lusignan (died 1322), in 1288 married Etienne II, Count of Sancerre.

Shortly after 25 August 1270, Jeanne became a widow when her husband Hugh was 
killed while on Crusade with King Louis IX of France. Jeanne was granted the 
wardship of her minor children in Nov. 1271. She died on an unknown date after 1273. 
She left a will dated 20 May 1269. She was buried in Savigny.

Upon Jeanne's death, her eldest daughter Yolanda became the Heiress of Fougères.

Parents
DE FOUGERES Raoul III (ABT 1210 - 24 Feb 1256)
DE CRAON Isabelle (1212 - )

Siblings
DE FOUGERES Jeanne (ABT 1242 - 1274)

Marriage To DE LUSIGNAN Hugh XII (ABT 1240 - AFT 25 Aug 1270)
    m. 29 Jan 1254 Fougeres, France

Notes

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh XI (1221 - 6 Apr 1250)
OF BRITTANY Yolande (1218 - 10 Oct 1272)

Children by DE LUSIGNAN Hugh XII ABT 1240 - AFT 25 Aug 1270
DE LUSIGNAN Joan (ABT 1262 - 14 Apr 1323)

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