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, Duchess of Berry, (born 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was a wife of King Louis XII. She was queen of France from the death of her brother, King Charles VIII in April 1498 and the annulment of her marriage in December 1498. After that, she retired to her domain in Bourges. She founded the monastic Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary. She served as abbess. She was made a Saint in 1950.