Person:John VI of Vendôme (1)

Name	Jean VI de Vendôme, comte de Vendôme
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1320	Vendôme, Paris, FranceHouse of Montoire
Marriage	Bef 1345	to Joan of Ponthieu, Countess of Vendôme
Military^[1]	1356	Poitiers, Vienne, France Combatant of Poitiers
Alt Death^[2]	Feb 1364
Death^[1]	22 Feb 1365/66	Montpellier, Hérault, France
Reference Number`^?`		Q3174911^?

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John VI de Vendôme (died 1365), Count of Vendôme and Castres (1354–1365) was a member of the House of Montoire and was the son of Bouchard VI (1290–1354) and Alix de Bretagne (1297–1377).

He lived mostly in Castres and fought at Poitiers (1356) where he was captured. In 1362, a troop of Gascon and English took the city and imprisoned Countess Jeanne de Ponthieu. Several attempts to deliver the city by force failed, and John VI had to be resolved to pay a ransom for the city.

In 1342, he married Jeanne de Ponthieu, they had two children:

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