Joan, Countess of Chiny
Joan was the Countess of Chiny. Joan was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father’s death on 7 October 1226. She married Arnold IV, Count of Loon, son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.
Joan and Arnold had the following children:
- John I, Count of Chiny and Loon
- Arnaul II, Bishop of Châlons
- Henry, Seigneur d’Agimont
- Gerard, Seigneur de Chauvency le-Château, married Marguerite de Meurs
- Elisabeth, married Thomas III of Coucy, Seigneur of Vervins, and Albert, Seigneur of Voorne
- Adelaide, married to Thierry II, Seigneur of Valkenburg
- Juliana, married to Nicolas, Seigneur of Quiévrain
- Louis V, Count of Chiny
- Margaret ?, married William IV, Lord of Horn
She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband, Arnold II, Count of Chiny.
