Johanna

duchess of Brabant

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In Brabant
When Johanna, the daughter of John III, and her husband, Duke Wenceslas of Luxembourg, acceded to the duchy of Brabant, they granted the charter of rights known as the Joyeuse Entrée (q.v.; Jan. 3, 1356). This great constitutional charter gave Brabant an exceptional position among the…
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In Joyeuse Entrée
… (in the Low Countries) by Johanna, daughter and heiress of Brabant’s Duke John III (d. 1355), and her husband Wenceslas, duke of Luxembourg, brother of the Holy Roman emperor Charles IV. The occasion was the fear of the Brabançons that Wenceslas, a foreigner, might ignore their traditional liberties. The charter…
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