Countess Joan Plantagenet Of Kent 
Joan was born on September 29th, 1328 in Woodstock Palace,Oxfordshire,England.1 Joan's father was Earl Edmund Plantagenet Of Kent and her mother was Margaret Wake. Her paternal grandparents were King Edward I (Longshanks) Plantagenet Of England and Princess Marguerite Capet Of France. She had a brother and a sister, named John and Margaret. She was the second oldest of the three children. She died at the age of 56 on August 8th, 1385 in Wallingford Castle,Berkshire,England.2 General Notes
Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent" later (after her cohabitation/marriage with William de Montagu) married as her 3rd husband the Black Prince, was mother of Richard II and may well have been the lady who inspired the naming of the Order of the Garter. [Burke's Peerage]
Joan, Countess of Kent and Baroness Wake, both in her own right; married 1st by 1339 Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, of Broughton, Bucks, considered to be Earl of Kent in right of his wife. Joan, Countess of Kent, married 2nd 10 Oct 1361 Edward, (The Black Prince), Prince of Wales (dvp 3 June 1376), eldest son of Edward III, and died 8 Aug 1385, leaving by him [Richard II King of England; deposed 30 Sep 1399, murdered 14 Feb 1399/1400], with an elder son (died at age seven). [Burke's Peerage]
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First Female holder of Order of the Garter, "a great beauty".
She was described as the most beautiful and most amorous lady in the whole kingdom of her time. Born the youngest child of Edmund of Woodstock, created Earl of Kent by his father, King Edward I. She was only 2 when he was executed for plotting against the regency of Queen Isabella (who, with the help of her lover Roger Mortimer, had deposed her husband Edward II in favor of her son Edward III). Although the granddaughter of a king, she had few material prospects, and that would indicate that her marriage to Sir Thomas was a love match.
Thomas de Holand fought at the Battle of Crecy, 26 Aug 1346. During his absence abroad, Joan his wife went through a form of marriage (possibly under compulsion) with William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (d. June 3, 1397), KG. On 17 Nov 1349 the Pope ordered that Joan be restored to her lawful husband.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans,Anjou d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle,France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace,Oxford,England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle,Newark,Nottinghamshire,England
- b.1122 in Chateau de Berlin,France d.01 Apr 1204 in Poitiers or Fontervrault,France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in WINCHESTER PALACE,WINCHESTER,ENGLAND d.16 Nov 1272 in BURY,ST.EDMONS,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
- b.1187 in ANGOULEME,AQUITAINE,FRANCE d.31 May 1246 in FONTREVRAULT,FRANCE
- b.17 Jun 1239 d.01 Jul 1307
- b.1180 in Aragon d.FEB 1208/1209
- b.1198 in Provence d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1181
- b.1223 d.1291
- b.20 MAR 1176/1177 in Carbonierres,Savoy,France d.20 JAN 1232/1233 in France
- b.1201 in Savoy,France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1180 in Geneva,Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre Chatel,Isere,France
- b.05 Aug 1301 d.19 Mar 1329
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris,France d.08 Nov 1226 in Auvergne,France
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Poissy,France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis,Africa; of the plague
- b.4 MAR 1186/1187 in Palencia,Castile d.12 Nov 1252 in Paris,France
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,France
- b.1198 in Provence d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1221 in St Maime,France d.20 Dec 1295 in Paris,France
- b.1201 in Savoy,France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1279 d.14 Feb 1318
- b.1226 d.28 Feb 1260
- b.1250 d.12 Jan 1320
- b.9 MAR 1212/1213 in Burgundy,France d.27 Oct 1272 in Villaines-en-Duismois
- b.1231 d.23 Oct 1273
- b.1212 d.1248
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace,Oxfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle,Berkshire,England
- b.1299 d.29 Sep 1349
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Joan and Thomas II were married in a religious ceremony before 1339.3 They had two sons and two daughters, named John, Thomas III, Jane and Maud.
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Children
Duke John De Holland Of Exeter
John was born in 1350 in Upholland,Lancashire,England.4 He died at the age of 49 on January 10th, 1399 in Executed at Castle Pleshey,Essex,England.5
Earl Thomas III De Holland Of Kent
Thomas III was born in 1350 in Upholland,Lancashire,England.6 He died at the age of 47 on April 25th, 1397 in Woodstock,Kent,England.6
Joan and William were married in a religious ceremony on October 15th, 1348 in dissolved by Pope 17 Nov 1349.
Joan and The Black Prince were married in a religious ceremony on October 10th, 1361.7 They had two sons named Edward and Richard II.
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Children
Edward Plantagenet Of Angouleme
Edward was born on January 27th, 1364. He died at the age of 8 in 1372.
King Richard II Plantagenet Of England
Richard II was born in Bordeaux,France.8 He died in 1399 in Imprisoned & Murdered By Cousin,Henry VI At Pontefract Castile. He was buried in Westminster Abbey,Middlesex,England.8
1 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 115-6
2 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 90-7
3 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 115-6
4 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 47c-32
5 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 47c-32
6 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 90-8
7 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 236-12
8 Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Richard II
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2904
2 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 90-7
3 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 115-6
4 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 47c-32
5 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 47c-32
6 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 90-8
7 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 236-12
8 Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Richard II
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2904
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