Joan of Kent 
Joan of was born on September 29th, 1328 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. Joan of's father was Edmund of Woodstock and her mother was Margaret Wake. Her paternal grandparents were Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet of England and Margaret of France; her maternal grandfather was John Wake. She had a brother named John. She died at the age of 68 on April 25th, 1397 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England. She was buried about 1385 in Church of Grey Friars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.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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He [William de Montagu] married, 1stly, Joan, suo jure COUNTESS OF KENT, BARONESS WOODSTOCK and BARONESS WAKE, sister and heir of John, EARL of KENT, and daughter of Edmund, EARL OF KENT, younger son of EDWARD I by his 2nd wife Margaret, daughter of PHILIP III, KING OF FRANCE (a). [Complete Peerage XI:388-90, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(a) The marriage presumably took place before 10 Feb 1340/1, when the Earl of Salisbury [William's father] had lic. to settle Mold upon William, son of William de Montagu, and Joan his wife; certainly before the date in 1343, when the Bishop of Exeter (Grandison) wrote that his nephew, son and heir of the Earl of Salisbury, had m. the niece of Thomas Wake (Lord Wake of Liddell). Sir Thomas Holand (later Earl of Kent) afterwards proved that he had m. Joan (about 1339, when she would have been 11), and alleged that, in his absence in Prussia, she was m. to William de Montagu. William and Joan were still living as husband and wife, 15 Oct 1348. They were divorced in or before Oct 1349. The pope ordered the re-establishment of the 1st marriage, 17 Nov 1349. The papal commission to the archbishop, concerning the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Countess Joan, 7 Sep 1361, confirmed by another Bull, 11 Dec following, records that the Earl of Salisbury acquiesced in the definitive sentence (pronounced in 1349) and m. another lady, whom he thenceforth possessed, and still possesses, as his lawful wife.
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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, Sarthe, France d.1189 in Chinon Castle, Indre-et-Loire, Anjou, France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Neward, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1122 in Chateau de Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.10 Oct 1206 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, London, England
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charebte-Maritime, France d.1218 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
- b.~ 1187 in Angouleme, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1160 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.1218 in France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jun 1307 in Burgh on Sands, Cumbria, England
- b.BET 1177 AND 1180 in Barcelona, Spain d.FEB 1208/09
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-la-Chapelle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Preussen
- b.~ 1180 in Forcalquier, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1217 AND 1223 in Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, England
- b.20 May 1177 in Savoie, France d.1 MAR 1232/33
- b.BET 1198 AND 1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.BET DEC 1266 AND 1267 in France
- b.~ 1180 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.13 Apr in Pierre Chatel, Isere, France
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.~ 1330 in Executed
- b.1187 in Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Chateau De Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France
- b.1215 in Chateau de Poissy, Poissy, Yvelines, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Carthage or near Tunis, Tunisia, Barbary Corsair
- b.MAR 1187/88 in Chateauxpalencia, Valencia, Spain d.BET 27 NOV 1252 AND 1253 in Palais du Louvre, Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Yvelines, France d.05 Dec 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-la-Chapelle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Preussen
- b.1221 in Saint-Maime Bredin, Forcalquier, d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Ville-de-Paris, France
- b.BET 1198 AND 1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.BET DEC 1266 AND 1267 in France
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- b.BET 1176 AND 1185 in Aragon, Spain d.BET 12 AND 13 SEP 1213 in battle at Murat Castle, Moulins, Bourbonnais, France
- b.1 FEB 1207/08 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.BET 25 AND 27 JUL 1276 in Monasterio Ciste, Algerica, Aragon, Spain
- b.BET 1175 AND 1185 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.1219
- b.BET 1243 AND 1247 in Montpellier, Herault, France d.BET 28 AND 29 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
- b.1176 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.1235
- b.BET 1215 AND 1219 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hangary d.BET 9 AND 12 OCT 1251
- b.BET 1194 AND 1200 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.BET 1232 AND 1233
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1268 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1292 AND 1299 in Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Buckingshamshire, England d.UNKNOWN
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Joan of and Thomas were married in a religious ceremony before 1339. They had two sons named John and Thomas.
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Children
Thomas De Holand
Thomas was born about 1354 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. He died on April 25th, 1397 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England.
Joan of and Edward "The Black Prince" were married in a religious ceremony on October 10th, 1361. They had a son named Richard II Plantagenet of.
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Children
Richard II Plantagenet of England
Richard II Plantagenet of was born in Bordeaux, France. He died in Murdered.
Joan of and William were married in a religious ceremony. They were divorced before October 1349. They had a son named William.
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