Jeanne was born in the palace of the royal court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France[REF][REF] at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528,[REF][REF] the daughter of famed author Marguerite of Angoulême and her second husband, Henry II of Navarre.
Four years later, after the duke signed an agreement with Charles V to end his alliance with France in return for the duchy of Guelders, the marriage was annulled on the grounds that it had not been consummated and that Jeanne had to be forcibly married against her will [REF].