John II, Count of Dreux

Arms of the Counts of Dreux

John II of Dreux (1265–1309), called John the Good, Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert IV of Dreux and Beatrice, Countess of Montfort.

Robert fought with Philip IV of France in his wars in Flanders, including the sieges of Veurne, Cassel, de Bergues and Lille in 1297. He was at the Battle of the Golden Spurs (fought near Cambrai), where the French forces under Robert II of Artois suffered an unexpected defeat. In 1304, he fought at the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle and served at the siege of Lille. He was chosen as one of the French ambassadors who negotiated an end to the war.

His first marriage to Jeanne of Montpensier (?–1308) produced four sons and a daughter. Three of the sons, Robert, John and Peter were successively Counts of Dreux. His second marriage to Perrenelle of Sully in 1308 produced one child, Joan, the last Capetian ruler of the county.

Ancestry

Family of John II, Count of Dreux

16. Robert II, Count of Dreux 8. Robert III, Count of Dreux 17. Youlande de Coucy 4. John I, Count of Dreux 18. Thomas de Saint-Valéry 9. Aenor of Saint-Valéry 19. Adela de Ponthieu, Dame de Saint-Aubin 2. Robert IV, Count of Dreux 20. Guy II de Dampierre 10. Archambaud VIII of Bourbon 21. Matilda I of Bourbon 5. Marie of Bourbon 22. Archambaud de Montluçon 11. Béatrice de Montluçon 1. John II, Count of Dreux 24. Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester 12. Amaury VI de Montfort 25. Alix de Montmorency 6. Jean I de Montfort 26. André Guigues VI, Dauphin of Viennois 13. Beatrice of Burgundy 27. Beatrix de Sabran 3. Beatrice, Countess of Montfort 28. Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Chateaudun 14. Geoffrey VI, Viscount de Chateaudun 29. Alix de Fréteval 7. Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun 30. William des Roches, Seneschal of Anjou 15. Clémence des Roches 31. Marguerite de Sablé