# Joan, Countess of Chiny

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**Joan** (c. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the [Countess of Chiny](/source/Countess_of_Chiny) and last descendant of the male line of the [Carolingian dynasty](/source/Carolingian_dynasty).[1] Joan was the daughter of [Louis IV, Count of Chiny](/source/Louis_IV,_Count_of_Chiny), and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married [Arnold IV, Count of Loon](/source/Arnold_IV,_Count_of_Loon),[2] son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.

Joan and Arnold had the following children:

- [John I](/source/John_I,_Count_of_Looz), Count of Chiny and Loon
- Arnaul II (died 1273), [Bishop of Châlons](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ch%C3%A2lons) (1272–73)
- Henry, Seigneur d’Agimont
- Gerard (died after April 1284), Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
- Elisabeth (died before 1251), married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
- Adelaide (died after 1268), married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
- Juliana, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
- [Louis V, Count of Chiny](/source/Louis_V,_Count_of_Chiny)
- Margaret (died 1292)?, married William IV, Lord of Horn

She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband, Arnold II, Count of Chiny.

## References

1. Arlette Laret-Kayser, *Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300*. Bruxelles (*Crédit Communal*, *Collection Histoire*), 1986.

1. Thonissen, J. J., *Arnold IV*, *Royal Academy of Belgium*, *National Biography*. Vol. 1, 1866.

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