 She returned with her son Walter VI to France, though her retainers continued to possess Argos and Nauplia under Walter of Foucherolles.In April 1318, Joanna and her father sent a request to the Republic of Venice seeking money and ships for knights and infantry to Negroponte or Nauplia.The request, however, was refused, as the Briennist vassals in Greece had turned to the Catalans in the meanwhile.