John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir

Who was John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir?

John of Luxembourg, was Lord of Beauvoir and Richebourg, and also Count of Brienne and Conversano.

He was a son of Guy I of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Mahaut de Châtillon, Countess of Saint-Pol.

John married around 1387 with Margaret, Countess of Brienne, daughter of Louis of Enghien, suo jure heiress of the counties of Brienne and of Conversano, and the Lordship of Enghien.

They had five children:

Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Count of Brienne.

John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, inherited the title of Beauvoir from his father, and the title of Ligny from his aunt, Jeanne of Luxembourg.

Louis of Luxembourg. He was a statesman and a high-ranking churchman.

Catherine of Luxembourg

Jeanne of Luxembourg, married firstly, on 8 September 1415, Louis, Seigneur de Ghistelles; she married secondly on 28 October 1419, Jean IV, Viscount of Melun, Constable of Flanders.