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John, Duke of Berry

John of Berry or John the Magnificent (French: Jean de Berry, Latin: Johannes de Bituria; 30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. His brothers were King Charles V of France, Duke Louis I of Anjou and Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. He was Regent of France from 1380 to 1388 during the minority of his nephew Charles VI.

John

1382-1388

Charles VI

Philippe II, Duke of Burgundy (1382-1388)
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1382-1388)

30 November 1340
Château de Vincennes

15 June 1416(1416-06-15) (aged 75)
Paris

Joan of Armagnac
Joan II, Countess of Auvergne

Jean de Valois, Count of Montpensier
Bonne, Viscountess of Carlat
Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Valois

John II of France

Bonne of Bohemia

John is primarily remembered as a collector of the important illuminated manuscripts and other works of art commissioned by him, such as the Très Riches Heures. His personal motto was Le temps venra ("the time will come").[1]

(1367–1435), who succeeded him as Viscountess of Carlat and married first Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy,[7] and then Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac.

Bonne of Berry

Charles of Berry, (1371–1383)

Count of Montpensier

Jeanne of Berry (1373–1375)

Beatrice of Berry (April 1374)

(1375–1434), who succeeded him as Duchess of Auvergne and married first Louis III of Châtillon, then Philip of Artois, Count of Eu and finally John I, Duke of Bourbon.

Marie of Berry

(1375/1376–1397), first married Catherine of France, daughter of Charles V, King of France; and later married Anne de Bourbon.

John de Valois, Count of Montpensier

Louis of Berry (1383, died young)

Emmerson, Richard K. (2013). . Routledge. ISBN 978-1136775185.

Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia

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Stein, Wendy A. . In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (May 2009)

"Patronage of Jean de Berry (1340–1416)"

, ed. (1911). "Berry, John" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Chisholm, Hugh