Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
| Joan II | |
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| Countess of Burgundy | |
| Reign | 1315–1330 |
| Predecessor | Robert |
| Successor | Joan III |
| Countess of Artois | |
| Reign | 1329–1330 |
| Predecessor | Matilda |
| Successor | Joan III |
| Queen consort of France and Navarre | |
| Reign | 1316–1322 |
| Born | 15 January 1292 |
| Died | 21 January 1330 (aged 38) Roye-en-Artois |
| Burial | Saint Denis Basilica |
| Spouse | Philip V of France |
| Issue |
Joan III, Countess of Burgundy Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy Isabelle, Dauphine of Viennois Blanche of France |
| House | Ivrea |
| Father | Otto IV, Count of Burgundy |
| Mother | Mahaut, Countess of Artois |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (French: Jeanne; 15 January 1292 – 21 January 1330), was the eldest daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois, and was Queen of France as the wife of Philip V of France.
In the beginning of 1314, Joan's sister Blanche and her sister-in-law Margaret were convicted of adultery with two knights, upon the testimony of their sister-in-law, Isabella in the Tour de Nesle Affair. Joan was thought to have known of the affairs, and was placed under house arrest at Dourdan as punishment. She continued to protest her innocence, as did her husband, who had refused to repudiate her, and by 1315 – through the influence of her mother and husband – her name had been cleared by the Paris Parlement, and she was allowed to return to court.
With the death of King John I of France, her husband became King Philip V of France; Joan became queen consort. She was crowned with her husband at Reims on 9 January 1317.
Her father, the Count of Burgundy, died in 1302, and his titles were inherited by his only legitimate son, Robert. Upon Robert's death in 1315, the County of Burgundy was inherited by Joan. In 1329, she inherited her mother's County of Artois.
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