Bonne of Artois

Bonne of Artois (1396 – 17 September 1425, Dijon) was Countess consort of Nevers by marriage to Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. She served as regent of the County of Nevers during the minority of her son from 1415 until 1424.[1]

Bonne of Artois
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Tenure	1424–1425
Born	1396
Died	17 September 1425 (28–29) Dijon
Spouse	Philip II, Count of Nevers ​ ​ (m. 1413; died 1415)​ Philip III, Duke of Burgundy ​ ​ (m. 1424)​
Issue	Charles I, Count of Nevers John II, Count of Nevers
House	Artois
Father	Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
Mother	Marie of Berry

Life

She was the daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie of Berry, daughter of John, Duke of Berry.

Countess of Nevers

She married first at Beaumont-en-Artois on 20 June 1413, to Philip II, Count of Nevers.[2] He was son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.

Philip was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, against the English king Henry V, who won the battle against Charles d'Albret and Charles VI of France.

Regent

Their eldest son Charles succeeded as Count of Nevers. However, due to the child's minority, Bonne acted as regent from 1415 until 1424.[1] She succeeded her aunt Jeanne d'Artois as Mademoiselle de Dreux and as Dame de Houdain.

Duchess of Burgundy

After Philip's death, Bonne married his nephew Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, on 30 November 1424 at Moulins-les-Engelbert.[3] His first marriage to Michelle of Valois had produced no surviving issue and she had died young, so Philip married Bonne.

Bonne is sometimes confused with Philip's biological aunt, also named Bonne of Burgundy (1379–1399) in part due to the papal dispensation required for the marriage which made no distinction between a marital aunt and a biological aunt.

The marriage of Bonne and Philip lasted little over a year and produced no surviving children.[3] Bonne died on 15 September 1425 in Dijon.[3]

Issue

She had two sons:

• Charles I, Count of Nevers. He married with Marie d'Albret, without descendants. [2]
• John II, Count of Nevers. He married three times and had three children. He was an ancestor of Anne of Cleves.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Bonne of Artois
Robert III of Artois John of Artois, Count of Eu Joan of Valois Philip of Artois, Count of Eu John of Melun Isabeau of Melun Isabella of Melun Bonne of Artois John II of France John, Duke of Berry Bonne of Bohemia Marie, Duchess of Auvergne John I of Armagnac Joanna of Armagnac Beatrice of Clermont

References

1. Anne Curry, The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations, (The Boydell Press, 2002), 344.
2. Jules Michelet, Louis XI Et Charles Le Téméraire, ed. E. Renault, (Clarendon Press, 1907), 104.
3. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy, (The Boydell Press, 2010), 8.