Fascinating: a case of intermarriage in the XIIIth century!
I don't know how much Google can give you in English, so here is:
Bankrupted noble Frenchman Havet "Havon" de Divion, from one of the highest ranking families of his area, marries Sara(h) Louchard, the daughter of a rich Jewish banker of Arras. The Louchard family was a Jewish banking dynasty, dating back at least to the XIIth century, and called the Bankers of the French Kings. Other similar families were the Crespin and the Lanstier. These families still exist today, in the same city, but aren't Jewish anymore since the XVth century.
Their daughter and heiress Jeanne/Jehanne de Divion, born around 1293, marries knight Pierre de Broyes. Like her mother, she is into witchcraft, astrology, and all that jazz. In 1316 she becomes the mistress of the city bishop, Thierry Larchier d'Hirson, ends up leaving her husband and moving in openly with him.
He dies in 1328, leaving her as his heiress, but his aunt, the countess Mathilde "Mahault" of Burgundy, breaks the will.
As a revenge she contacts the go-getter nephew of Mahault, Robert III d'Artois, and forges fake documents allowing him to pretend his aunt stole his land.
The forgery is discovered and the Parlement condemns Jeanne to be burned alive in 1331 on the Place des Pourceaux (Swine Place).
Hmmmm.
Side note: Jeanne leaves a brother, Antoine, whose descendants won't stop changing religion over time, though never back to Jewish. His descendancy ends in 1765. And a sister, Catherine, whom I can't find anything about except that she died one year after her sister.
Bankrupted noble Frenchman Havet "Havon" de Divion, from one of the highest ranking families of his area, marries Sara(h) Louchard, the daughter of a rich Jewish banker of Arras. The Louchard family was a Jewish banking dynasty, dating back at least to the XIIth century, and called the Bankers of the French Kings. Other similar families were the Crespin and the Lanstier. These families still exist today, in the same city, but aren't Jewish anymore since the XVth century.
Their daughter and heiress Jeanne/Jehanne de Divion, born around 1293, marries knight Pierre de Broyes. Like her mother, she is into witchcraft, astrology, and all that jazz. In 1316 she becomes the mistress of the city bishop, Thierry Larchier d'Hirson, ends up leaving her husband and moving in openly with him.
He dies in 1328, leaving her as his heiress, but his aunt, the countess Mathilde "Mahault" of Burgundy, breaks the will.
As a revenge she contacts the go-getter nephew of Mahault, Robert III d'Artois, and forges fake documents allowing him to pretend his aunt stole his land.
The forgery is discovered and the Parlement condemns Jeanne to be burned alive in 1331 on the Place des Pourceaux (Swine Place).
Hmmmm.
Side note: Jeanne leaves a brother, Antoine, whose descendants won't stop changing religion over time, though never back to Jewish. His descendancy ends in 1765. And a sister, Catherine, whom I can't find anything about except that she died one year after her sister.