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A young noblewoman who inherits rich provinces endures orphanhood, political captivity at the French court, and a politically arranged marriage to an adventurous foreign prince whose later imprisonment triggers national crises. She confronts familial and ecclesiastical scandal when her sister marries a man under holy orders, faces a popular uprising fueled by an impostor claiming to be her presumed-dead father, and seeks royal aid to restore order. After the prince's return and death, she devotes herself to governance, charitable foundations, restraining feudal abuses, and pious retirement, leaving a legacy commemorated by contemporaries and religious communities.

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Title: Jeanne de Constantinople: Comtesse de Flandre et de Hainaut

Author: Edward Le Glay

Release date: February 27, 2016 [eBook #51312]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: French

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JEANNE
DE CONSTANTINOPLE

In-8o 3e série.


Sceau de la Comtesse Jeanne.

EDWARD LE GLAY

JEANNE

DE

CONSTANTINOPLE

COMTESSE DE FLANDRE ET DE HAINAUT

LIBRAIRIE DE J. LEFORT

IMPRIMEUR ÉDITEUR

LILLE PARIS
rue Charles de Muyssart, 24 rue des Saints-Pères, 30

1879

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