Joan the Lame of Burgundy

Here is an improved memorial biography for Joan the Lame of Burgundy, refined to include only well-supported facts:

Joan the Lame of Burgundy (French: Jeanne la Boiteuse) was born around 1293 to Duke Robert II of Burgundy and his wife Agnes of France, and died of plague on 12 December 1349 in Paris. She became Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip VI, reigning as queen consort from her coronation on 29 May 1328 until her death. (en.wikipedia.org)

Through her marriage to Philip of Valois in July 1313, Joan became Countess of Maine (from 1314 to 1328), and from 1325 onward also held the titles of Countess of Valois and Anjou. When her husband ascended as King Philip VI in 1328, she was crowned queen consort. (en.wikipedia.org)

Queen Joan was granted extraordinary authority during the early years of the Hundred Years' War. In August 1338, Philip VI formally invested her with the power of attorney to govern in his absence, giving her control over state finances, judicial decisions—including verdicts and pardons—and other royal duties, except directing warfare. She acted repeatedly as regent during military campaigns in 1340, 1345–1346, and 1347. (en.wikipedia.org)

Joan was also remembered for her scholarly interests and patronage of learning. She commissioned the translation into French of important works for her son, including Vincent de Beauvais's Miroir historial and Jacques de Cessoles’s Jeu d’échecs moralisés, carried out by Jean de Vignay. (en.wikipedia.org)

After a reign that saw both political influence and cultural engagement, Joan succumbed to the Black Death on 12 December 1349. She was buried at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. (en.wikipedia.org)