Biette de Cassinel

Biette Cassinel (c.1320-1380) was the official mistress of Charles V of France from 1360 until 1363.[1][lower-alpha 1]

She was the daughter of the François Cassinel, sergent d'armes of John II of France, and Alix Deschamps.[3] She was the sister of Ferry Cassinel, bishop of Lodève and Auxerre and eventually archbishop of Rheims.[3] She married Gérard de Montagu in 1336[3] and became the mother of Jean de Montagu, later chancellor, and Gerard, later bishop of Paris. It is said by some that Jean (born around 1350[3]) was her son by Charles V,[lower-alpha 2] with some other obscure sources saying Oudard d'Attainville was as well.

Notes
  1. "Although Biette Cassinel has been attached occasionally to Charles V, no concrete evidence for a relationship exists."[2]
  2. Merlet states that Charles V was 12 or 13 at the time of Jean's birth.[3]

References
  1. Champion, Chez H. (1884). Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France (Tome XI ed.). Paris. p. 220.
  2. Adams & Adams 2020, p. 27.
  3. Merlet 1852, p. 252.

Sources
  • Adams, Tracy; Adams, Christine (2020). The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry. The Pennsylvania State University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Merlet, Lucien (1852). "Biographie de Jean de Montagu, grand maître de France (1350-1409)". Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes Année. 13: 248-284.
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