Bonne of Armagnac
Duchess of Orléans
Marriage of Charles and Bonne at theChateau de Dourdan – from theTrès Riches Heures du duc de Berry
Born	19 February 1399 Lavardens
Died	1430–35 Castelnau-de-Montmiral
Spouse	Charles, Duke of Orléans (m. 1410)
House	Armagnac
Father	Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Mother	Bonne of Berry

Bonne of Armagnac (19 February 1399 – 1430/35) was the eldest daughter ofBernard VII, Count of Armagnac andConstable of France, and his wifeBonne of Berry.

On 15 April 1410 at the age of 11, she marriedCharles, Duke of Orléans (left an orphan by his father Louis'sassassination in 1407).^[1] This marriage made the constable not only Charles's father-in-law but also his natural defender. TheOrléans party, left without a leader by Louis's death, thus became the Armagnac party, the name it held up to the treaty of Arras in 1435.^[1]

Following the French defeat at theBattle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, Charles was taken prisoner by the English. Bonne had not borne any children prior to his imprisonment. She died sometime between 1430 and 1435 while her husband was still in captivity.

Bonne appears in the critically acclaimed historical novelHet woud der verwachting (1949) byHella Haasse, (translated into English in 1989 under the title "In a Dark Wood Wandering"). The novel portrays the life of Bonne's husband Charles.

Charles and Bonne's marriage at theChateau de Dourdan may be depicted in the elaborateilluminated manuscript entitledTrès Riches Heures du duc de Berry (Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry) in the illustration for April.

• Neillands, Robin (2001).The Hundred Years War. London: Routledge.ISBN 0-415-26131-7.

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