Bonne of Berry

Bonne of Berry
Countess of Savoy Countess of Armagnac
Born	1362 or 1365
Died	30 December 1435 (aged 69–70) Carlat
Spouse	Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Issue	Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy Bonne of Savoy Joan of Savoy John IV, Count of Armagnac Bonne, Duchess of Orléans Barnard, Count of Pardiac Anne, Countess of Dreux Jeanne of Armagnac Béatrix of Armagnac
House	House of Valois
Father	John, Duke of Berry
Mother	Joanna of Armagnac

Bonne of Berry (1362/1365 – 30 December 1435) was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and Joanna of Armagnac. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of John II of France.

First marriage

Her first marriage was to Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. Their marriage contract is dated 7 May 1372 and they married on 18 January 1377, but she wouldn't arrive in Savoy until 1381. They had the following children:

• Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383 – 1439); married Mary of Burgundy.
• Bonne of Savoy (1388 – 1432); married Louis of Piedmont.
• Joan of Savoy (posthumously 1392 – 1460); married Giangiacomo Paleologo, marquis of Montferrat.

After Amadeus' death in 1391, a regency dispute over their son Amadeus VIII ensued after her husband passed over Bonne in favor of his mother Bonne of Bourbon. This conflict would only be resolved by an agreement, signed on 8 May 1393.

Second marriage

Her second marriage was to Bernard VII of Armagnac. Their marriage contract is dated on 2 December 1393. They had the following children:

• Bonne of Armagnac (1395 – 1435); married Charles, Duke of Orléans.
• John IV of Armagnac (1396 – 1450); married (1) Blanche of Brittany (2) Isabella d' Évreux
• Marie of Armagnac (1397 – died young).
• Bernard of Armagnac (1400 – 1462), Count of Pardiac; married Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche.
• Anne of Armagnac (1402 – bef. 1473); married Charles II of Albret.
• Joan of Armagnac (1403 – died young).
• Beatrice of Armagnac (1406 – died young).

Ancestry

Family of Bonne of Berry

16. Charles of Valois 8. Philip VI of France 17. Marguerite of Anjou and Maine 4. John II of France 18. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 9. Joan of Burgundy 19. Agnes of France 2. John, Duke of Berry 20. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor 10. John I of Bohemia 21. Margaret of Brabant 5. Bonne of Bohemia 22. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia 11. Elisabeth of Bohemia 23. Judith of Habsburg 1. Bonne of Berry 24. Geraud VI of Armagnac 12. Bernard VI of Armagnac 25. Mathe de Béarn 6. John I of Armagnac 26. Henri II, Comte de Rodez 13. Cecile de Rodez 27. Mascarose de Comminges 3. Joanna of Armagnac 28. Robert, Count of Clermont 14. Jean de Clermont 29. Beatrice of Burgundy 7. Beatrice of Clermont 30. Renaud, Seigneur de Dargies 15. Jeanne de Dargies

Sources

• Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State, Boydell Press, 2002.
• Un Seigneur Auvergnat a la Cour de Bourgogne: Renaud II, Vicomte de Murat (1405-1420), Bertrand Schnerb, Annuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France nuaire-Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France, 2005.