Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet , Princess of England 
Joan "of Acre" was born in 1272 in Acre, Hazafon, Palestine. Joan "of Acre"'s father was Edward I Plantagenet "Longshanks" King O England and her mother was Eleanor Princess of Castile. Her paternal grandparents were Henry III Plantagenet King of England and Eleanor of Provence; her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & Castile and Joan de Dammartin , of Ponthieu. She had a brother and three sisters, named Edward II Plantagenet King of, Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth. She was the second oldest of the five children. She had two half-brothers named Thomas de and Edmund. She died at the age of 35 on April 23rd, 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England. She was buried on April 26th, 1307 in Austins Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England.General Notes
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, d. 23 Apr 1307, daughter of Edward I, King of England, by Eleanor of Castile; widow of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford; m. (2) 1297 Sir Ralph de Monthermer, styled Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the life of his wife, created Lord Monthermer 1308, d. 5 Apr 1325. [Magna Charta Sureties]
------------------------------------
Gilbert de Clare was not young when he married the fiery-spirited, sloe-eyed Joanna and took her to live at his country retreat in Clerkenwell not far from the Tower, where the king and queen were again in residence. She left for her new home with great fanfare, laden with royal gifts. After being a widow a year, she secretly married a completely unknown squire in her husbands retinue, Ralph de Monthermer. Through this marriage he became possessed in his own right of the earldoms of Gloucester & Hertford. The fact that a royal princess had dared to marry this obscure fellow became a cause celebrÈ which for a time separated her from the affection of her father. It proved to be a marriage, however, leading ultimately to a firm friendship between the new son-in-law and Edward.
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, Normandy, France
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.FEB 1102/03 in London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, France
- b.~ 1105 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.AFT MAR 1130/31
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1120 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.07 Aug 1178 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
- b.~ 1120 in Turenne, Correze, Limousin, France d.> 1201
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.~ 1125 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.1183 in Palestine
- b.~ 1170 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.~ 1130 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-The-Sand near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.04 Apr 1152 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Barcelona, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Roussillon, France
- b.1177 in Barcelona, Spain d.FEB 1208/09 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio de Jaen, Jaen, Spain
- b.1198 in Aragon, Spain d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
- b.1154 in Sabran, Gard, Languedoc France d.1224
- b.~ 1180 in Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France d.1223 in (as a nun)
- b.~ 1156 in Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France d.> 1193
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.25 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.01 Aug 1136 in Savoy, France d.4 MAR 1188/89 in France
- b.20 May 1171 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.1 MAR 1232/33 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.~ 1138 in Vienne, Isere, Lyonnais/Rhone-Alpes, France d.1184
- b.~ 1198 in Chambery, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.Dec 1266 in Aragon, Spain
- b.1130 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.1226
- b.~ 1180 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.13 Apr 1236 in Pierre-Chatel, Isere, France
- b.1138 in Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
- b.1272 in Acre, Hazafon, Palestine d.23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.1137 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.22 Aug 1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.25 Jul 1109 in Villa de Guimar, Brag, Spain d.06 Dec 1185 in Coimbra, Portugal
- b.~ 1149 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1178 in Villadoiid, Spain
- b.1125 in Chambery, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.04 Nov 1157
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1135 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Coimbra, Portugal d.06 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile, Spain
- b.1133 in Pampina, Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158
- b.~Jun 1180 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine d.08 Nov 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.13 Oct 1161 in Domfront, Normandy, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Brugos, Spain
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, France
- b.1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1110 in Dammartine, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.> 1181 in Norton, Stow, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1138 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1115 in France d.< 1147
- b.~ 1172 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1085 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France d.1162 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1145 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France d.Oct 1200 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1115 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.AFT 20 JAN 1182/83 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.1216 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.15 MAR 1278/79 in Abbeville, France
- b.~ 1140 in Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France d.1191 in Acre, Palestine
- b.1179 in Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France d.04 Oct 1221 in Abbeville, Somme, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1155 in St. Pol, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d.> 1204
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.Sep 1250 in Normandy, France
- b.1121 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1170 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.1220 in Castile, Spain
- b.~ 1144 in Castile, Spain d.04 Oct 1160 in (in child birth)
-
Joan "of Acre" and Gilbert de were married in a religious ceremony on April 30th, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. They had three daughters named Margaret de, Alianore de and Elizabeth de.
-
Children
Margaret de Clare , Countess of Gloucester
Margaret de was born in October 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Kent, England.. She died at the age of 49 on April 9th, 1342 in France.
Alianore de Clare
Alianore de was born in October 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales. She died at the age of 44 on June 30th, 1337.
Elizabeth de Clare
Elizabeth de was born on September 14th, 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. She died at the age of 65 on November 4th, 1360 in St Mary's Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
Joan "of Acre" and Ralph 1st Baron de were married in a religious ceremony in 1297 in 2nd husband. They had a son named Thomas 2nd Baron de.
-
Children
Thomas 2nd Baron de Monthermer , Sir
Thomas 2nd Baron de was born on October 4th, 1301 in Stoke, Ham, Wiltshire, England. He died at the age of 38 on June 24th, 1340 in Killed at sea fighting French at battle of Sluys.
Page last modified