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1224–1318 · French chronicler

Also known as: Jean de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne, Jean, Sire de Joinville, Johann von Joinville, Lord Jean de Joinville, Жан де Жуанвиль, جان دي جوانفيل

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Known works

Chronicles of the Crusades (1963)
Histoire de s. Louis (1888)
Memoires de Messire Iean, Sire de Ionville, seneschal de Champagne
Jean, sire de Joinville (1874)
Storia di San Luigi