Joanna of Brabant Joanna Duchess of Brabant

Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322 - 1406) was the heiress of Duke John III, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. The famous document, the foundation of the rule of law in Brabant called the "Blijde Inkomst" ("Joyous Entry"), was arrived at in January 1355/6, in order to assure Joanna and her consort Wenceslaus of Luxemburg peacable entry into their capital and to settle the inheritance of the Duchy of Brabant on her "natural heirs", who were Joanna's sisters, …