Thomas, Count of Flanders
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Thomas II was the Lord of Piedmont from 1233 to his death, Count of Flanders jure uxoris from 1237 to 1244, and regent of the County of Savoy from 1253 to his death, while his nephew Boniface was figh
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The tomb of Thomas II de Savoie at Aosta Cathedral
Joan, Countess of Flanders
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Joan, often called Joan of Constantinople, was the countess of Flanders and Hainaut from 1205 until her death. She was the elder daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Cha
Thomas, Count of Flanders
…over the new queen, and so dismissed all who came with her before the couple even reached Paris. At the urging of Louis IX of France, Thomas married Joanna, Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, widow of Ferdinand, Count of Flanders and daughter of the Latin Emperor Baldwin I, in 1237. His loyalties as Count…
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Joan's personal seal. She chose a round seal – as men had – and is represented on horseback, a hawk in hand, in an aristocratic pose.
King Philip II bringing Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, and Renaud, Count of Boulogne, as prisoners at the battle of Bouvines. Grandes Chroniques de France, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris 14th century. MF 2813, f° 253 v°.
Joan with her imprisoned husband Ferdinand after the Battle of Bouvines. 14th century, Grandes Chroniques de France, Bibliothèque municipale, Castres.