Catherine of Vendôme

Catherine of Vendôme
Countess of la Marche
Catherine and John I
Born	1354
Died	1412
Spouse(s)	John I, Count of La Marche
Issue	James II, Count of La Marche Isabelle of La Marche Louis, Count of Vendôme John, Lord of Carency Anne, Countess of Montpensier Marie, Lady of Croix Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
Father	John VI of Vendôme
Mother	Jeanne of Ponthieu

Catherine de Vendôme (1354 – 1 April 1412) was a ruling countess of Vendôme and of Castres from 1372 until 1403.

Life

She was the daughter of John VI of Vendôme and Jeanne of Ponthieu. She married John I, Count of La Marche, in 1364.

In 1372 inherited Vendôme on the death of her niece Jeanne and administered it jointly with her husband, then (after his death) with her second son Louis until 1403.

Issue

• James II, Count of La Marche and Castres (1370–1438)
• Isabelle (born 1373), a nun at Poissy
• Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376–1446)
• John, Lord of Carency (1378–1457), married c. 1416 Catherine, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, without issue, married in 1420 at Le Mans, his mistress Jeanne de Vendômois, with whom he had issue
• Anne (c. 1380 – September 1408, Paris), married in 1401 John of Berry, Count of Montpensier (d. 1401), married in Paris in 1402 Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria
• Marie (1386 – aft. 11 September 1463), Lady of Brehencourt, married Jean de Baynes, Lord of Croix
• Charlotte (1388 – 15 January 1422), married in 1411 at Nicosia King Janus of Cyprus

Ancestry

Ancestors of Catherine of Vendôme

16. Bouchard V de Vendôme 8. Jean V de Vendôme 17. Marie de Roye 4. Bouchard VI de Vendôme, Count of Vendôme 18. Philippe II de Montfort-L'Amaury 9. Eleanore de Montfort-L'Amaury 19. Jeanne de Levis 2. John VI of Vendôme 20. John II, Duke of Brittany 10. Arthur II, Duke of Brittany 21. Beatrice of England 5. Alix of Brittany 22. Robert IV of Dreux 11. Yolande de Dreux 23. Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury 1. Catherine of Vendôme 24. Ferdinand of Castile, Count of Aumale 12. Jean I de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale 25. Laure de Montfort 6. Jean II de Ponthieu, Count of Aumale 26. Amaury de Meullent, Seigneur de La Queue 13. Ide de Meullent 27. Marguerite de Beaumont-le-Roger 3. Jeanne de Pontieu 28. Robert II of Artois 14. Philip of Artois 29. Amice de Courtenay 7. Catherine d'Artois 30. John II, Duke of Brittany = 20 15. Blanche de Dreux 31. Beatrice of England = 21

References

• Broad, Jacqueline and Karen Green, Virtue, liberty, and toleration: political ideas of European women, 1400-1800, (Springer, 2007)