Joanna of Burgundy

Who is Joanna of Burgundy?

Joanna of Burgundy was a daughter of Reginald of Burgundy and his wife, Guillemette of Neufchâtel.

She married three times:

With Ulrich III of Pfirt. They had two daughters:

Joanna, married Albert II, Duke of Austria

Ursula, married Hugo of Hohenberg

With Rudolf Hesso of Baden-Baden, she had two more daughters:

Margaret, married her second cousin Frederick III of Baden-Baden

Adelaide, married her second cousin Margrave Rudolf V of Baden-Pforzheim and later Count Walram IV of Tierstein

With William of Katzenelnbogen; this marriage remained childless.

When her brother Othenin, Count of Montbéliard died childless in 1339, she and her second husband Rudolf Hesso inherited the Lordships of Belfort and Héricourt.

After the death of her third husband, she divided her possessions amongst her four daughters. Margaret received Héricourt; Adelaide and Ursula shared Belfort.

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Dutch Wikipedia.