John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers (known as Jean de Clamecy, prior to acquiring title of "Count of Nevers"; 1415–1491) was a French noble.

John II
Count of Nevers
John II, Count of Nevers
Born	before 20 October 1415 Clamecy, Nievre
Died	25 September 1491(1491-09-25) (aged 75) Nevers
Noble family	Valois-Burgundy-Nevers
Spouse(s)	Jacqueline d'Ailly Pauline de Brosse Marie d'Albret
Father	Philip II, Count of Nevers
Mother	Bonne of Artois

Life

Coat-of-arms of John II, Count of Nevers.

John was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers and Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu. His father was the youngest son of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. John's elder brother, Charles I, Count of Nevers and Rethel, had no legitimate children, and so on his death in 1464 his titles passed to John. In 1472, his uncle Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, died, and having no legitimate children, his title also passed to John.

John fought in the army of his stepfather Philip the Good and was active in Picardy (1434), Calais (1436), Luxembourg (1443), and Flanders (1453). But he clashed with Philip's successor, Charles the Bold, and he defected to King Louis XI of France.

He fought alongside Louis XI in the War of the Public Weal and became Lieutenant General of Normandy.

Family

John was first married on 24 November 1435 in Amiens, to Jacqueline d'Ailly, Dame d'Ingelmunster (died 1470), they had two children:

• Elizabeth (c. 1439 – 21 June 1483), who married John I, Duke of Cleves.
• Philip (1446–1452).

Upon Jacqueline's death in 1470 he married secondly on 30 August 1471, in Château de Boussac, to Pauline de Brosse (c. 1450-1479), daughter of Jean II de Brosse. They had one child:

• Charlotte, Countess of Rethel (c. 1472 – 23 August 1500), who married John d'Albret (died 1524; he was a grandson of Charles II of Albret and his wife Anne of Armagnac, and a great-grandson of Marie I, Countess of Auvergne) and had a daughter, Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel.

John's final marriage was on 11 March 1480, in the château de Châlus-Chabrol (Limousin), to Marie d'Albret (c. 1454-1521).

Ancestors

Ancestors of John II, Count of Nevers

16. Philip VI of France 8. John II of France (= 28) 17. Joan the Lame 4. Philip the Bold 18. John I of Bohemia 9. Bonne of Bohemia (= 29) 19. Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330) 2. Philip II, Count of Nevers 20. Louis I of Flanders 10. Louis II of Flanders 21. Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy 5. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 22. John III, Duke of Brabant 11. Margaret of Brabant 23. Marie d'Évreux 1. John II, Count of Nevers 24. Robert III of Artois 12. John of Artois, Count of Eu 25. Joan of Valois 6. Philip of Artois, Count of Eu 26. John I of Melun 13. Isabeau of Melun 27. Isabeau d'Antoing 3. Bonne of Artois 28. John II of France (= 8) 14. John, Duke of Berry 29. Bonne of Bohemia (= 9) 7. Marie, Duchess of Auvergne 30. John I of Armagnac 15. Joan of Armagnac 31. Beatrice of Clermont

Sources

• Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600) (in French). Librairie Droz S.A.
• de Mandrot, B. (1907). "Jean de Bourgogne, Duc de Brabant, Comte de Nevers, et le Proces de sa Succession (1415–1525)". Revue Historique (in French). T. 93, Fasc. 1.
• Nash, Susie (1999). Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens. University of Toronto Press.
• Vaughan, Richard (2010). Philip the Good. The Boydell Press.