m. 20 Sep 1293
Facts and Events
Joan of Bar (died in 1361, London) was a daughter of Henry III, Count of Bar and Princess Eleanor of England, and niece of Edward II of England. She was unhappily married to John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey. In 1345, Joan became the regent of Bar for her great-nephew Robert.
Joan was close in age to her older brother, Edward I, Count of Bar.
After four unhappy years of marriage, Surrey alleged in 1314 that the union was unlawful because Joan was related to him in the third and fourth degree, and because he had been "precontracted" to Maud of Nerford, his longtime mistress and the mother of his children, before marrying Joan. Despite his claims, a divorce was never granted.
In 1353, she returned to England. When John II of France was captured and imprisoned in London, she was allowed to visit him and is said, however unlikely the notion, to have become his mistress, at 56 years old.
Joan died in 1361 in London.