Joan of France Duchess of Berry

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Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France Jeanne de Valois; (23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII in between the death of her brother King Charles VIII and the annulment of her marriage. After that she retired to her domain where she soon founded the monastic Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary.

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beatified by

Pope Benedict XIV

beatified date

1742-06-18

beatified place

Rome, Papal States

birth date

1464-04-23

birth place

Nogent-le-Roi, Counts of Dreux, France

canonized by

Pope Pius XII

canonized date

1950-05-28

canonized place

Vatican City

death date

1505-02-04

death place

Bourges, France, Duke of Berry

title

Nun and religious foundress

venerated in

Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Church