Joan of France, Duchess of Berry

Saint Joan of Valois OAnnM
Portrait by Jean Perréal (before 1530)
Born	23 April 1464 Nogent-le-Roi, County of Dreux
Died	4 February 1505(1505-02-04) (aged 40) Bourges, Duchy of Berry
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	18 June 1742, Rome by Pope Benedict XIV
Canonized	28 May 1950, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
Feast	4 February

Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of her marriage. After that, she retired to her domain, where she soon founded the monastic Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where she served as abbess. From this Order later sprang the religious congregation of the Apostolic Sisters of the Annunciation, founded in 1787 to teach the children of the poor. She was canonized on 28 May 1950.^[1]