Individual Details

Jeanne de Dammartin

(1220 - 16 Mar 1279)

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Jeanne d'Aumale, Comtesse de Ponthieu1
F, #104856, d. 16 March 1279
Last Edited=12 Jan 2007
Jeanne d'Aumale, Comtesse de Ponthieu was the daughter of Simon de Dammartin, Comte de Ponthieu et Aumale and Marie de Ponthieu.2 She married Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y León, son of Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León and Berengaria de Castilla, in 1237.3 She died on 16 March 1279.
She gained the title of Comtesse de Ponthieu.
Children of Jeanne d'Aumale, Comtesse de Ponthieu and Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y León

Fernando de Castilla, Comte d'Aumale+3 d. c 1260
Eleanor de Castilla, Comtesse de Ponthieu+1 b. c 1244, d. 28 Nov 1290

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 170. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 81. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 47. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

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Birth: 1220
Death: Mar. 16, 1279

French Nobility. Countess of Ponthieu and Aumale in her own right and Queen of Castile and Leon by marriage. Born the eldest daughter of Simon de Dammartin and Marie de Ponthieu. She married Ferdinand III of Castile in 1235 and bore him five children, including Eleonore, later Queen of England. She succeeded her father as Countess of Aumale in 1239 and her mother as Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil in 1251. After Ferdinands death she quarreled with her stepson Alfonso X of Castile over the lands and income she should have received as dowager queen. Due to her strained relations with Alfonso she returned to Ponthieu where she married Jean de Nesle in 1261.


Family links:
Parents:
Simon de Dammartin (1180 - 1239)
Marie de Ponthieu (1199 - 1250)

Spouse:
Ferdinand of Castile (1201 - 1252)*

Children:
Eleanor of Castile (1241 - 1290)*
Juan de Castilla y León (1246 - 1246)*

Sibling:
Jeanne de Dammartin (1220 - 1279)
Philippa de Dammartin (1223 - 1278)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Abbey of Valloires
Argoules
Departement de la Somme
Picardie, France

Created by: Lutetia
Record added: Dec 26, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102643365

Events

Birth1220
Marriage1235Saint Ferdinand of Castile, III
Death16 Mar 1279
Alt nameJeanne d'Aumale
BurialAbbey of Valloires, Argoules, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Title (Nobility)Countess of Ponthieu and Aumale, France

Families

SpouseSaint Ferdinand of Castile, III (1201 - 1252)
ChildEleanor of Castile (1241 - 1290)
FatherSimon de Dammartin ( - 1239)
MotherMarie de Ponthieu (1195 - 1251)