Joan III, Countess of Burgundy
Joan III of Burgundy (1/2 May 1308 – 10/15 August 1347), also known as Joan of France was a reigning Countess of Burgundy and Artois in 1330–1349, She was also Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy. She was the eldest daughter of King Philip V of France and Countess Joan II of Burgundy. Biography. She was married in 1318 to Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, as part of a settlement between the two men regarding the French succession (Odo had previously supported the right of his niece - and Joan's cousin  - Queen Joan II of Navarre, to inherit the French throne as well); Joan thus became Duchess of Burgundy. In 1330, she became Countess of Burgundy and Artois in her own right, following the death of her mother. Joan and Odo had: Philip predeceased her; her titles therefore passed to her grandson, Philip I of Burgundy upon her death in 1347.