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Female Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" Plantagenet Click to view Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" Plantagenet in the family tree

Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" was born on September 29th, 1328 in of Woodstock,Kent,England.1   Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent"'s father was Edmund, Prince of England and her mother was Margaret Wake Lady.  Her paternal grandparents were Edward I, "Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England and Marguerite Princess Of France; her maternal grandparents were John Wake [Sir Knight] and Joan Fitzbernard. She had six brothers and two sisters, named Edmund , 2nd Earl of Kent, Edmund Prince of, Robert, Thomas, John , 3rd Earl of Kent, John Prince of, Margaret and Joan Princess of.  She was the fifth oldest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 56 on August 8th, 1385 in Wallingford Castle,Wallingford,Berkshire,England.  She was buried in Grey Friars Church,Stamford,Lincolnshire,England.1 1 


Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent"'s first family with Thomas I d'Holland Earl of Kent

‌Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" and Thomas I were married in a religious ceremony about May 1340.2   They had three sons and two daughters, named Thomas II, Edmund, John , 2st Duke of Exeter, Joan and Maud.


Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent"'s second family with William III de Montacute

‌Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" and William III were married in a religious ceremony about 1341.9   Their marriage was annulled.


Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent"'s third family with Edward , the Black Prince Plantagenet

‌Joan , "Fair Maid of Kent" and Edward , the Black Prince were married in a religious ceremony on October 10th, 1361 in Windsor,Berkshire,England.5   They had two sons named Edward of Angoulême and Richard II, King of England.

1 Ancestral File™ v4.19 @ AFN:8XHW-V8
2 Who's Who in Late Medieval England
3 Ancestral File™ v4.19 @ AFN:8J5H-S3
4 Automated Family Pedigrees - #1
5 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
6 Ancestral File™ v4.19 @ AFN:G8BM-P9
7 Ancestral File™ v4.19 @ AFN:G8BM-RM
8 Ancestral File™ v4.19 @ AFN:G8BM-T0
9 Who's Who in Late Medieval England, Michael Hicks, Shepheard-Walwyn, 1991.
10 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data @ Richard II
Further source/citation:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 372, Montacute, Barons Montacute, Earls of Salisbury

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