Edmund Plantagenet 
Edmund was born on August 5th, 1301 in England. Edmund's father was Edward I Plantagenet and his mother is Marguerite of France. His paternal grandparents were Henry III Plantagenet and Eleanor Berenger De Provence. He had five half-brothers and eight half-sisters, named John, Henry, Alphonso, Berengaria, Edward II, Eleanor, Joan, Isabel, Mary, Alice, Elizabeth, Beatrice and Blanche.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Edmund of /Woodstock/
REFN: 9055AN
Edmund Plantagenet, or Edmund of Woodstock (August 5, 1301 – March 19, 133
0) was Earl of Kent from July 28, 1321 (1st creation).
He was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, the son of King Edward I of Engla
nd by his second Queen consort Marguerite of France. As the youngest of t
he six princes he enjoyed his father's favour. Woodstock was married to Ma
rgaret Wake, the daughter of Baron John Wake by Joan, sometime between Oct
ober and December in 1325 at Blisworth in Northamptonshire, England.
He was from 1327 'after the execution and forfeiture of John FitzAlan, 7
th Earl of Arundel' for the three remaining years of his life to hold t
he castle and honour of Arundel, although he was never formally invested w
ith the titles appropriate to his barony. He was the father of Joan of Ken
t, through whom the earldom eventually passed into the Holland family.
Edmund was executed for treason, having supported his half-brother, the de
posed King Edward II, by order of the 'Regents Roger Mortimer, 1st Ea
rl of March and Queen Isabella of France', before the outer walls of Winch
ester Castle. It was said that he had conspired to rescue King Edward fr
om prison. Such was public hostility to the execution that "he had to wa
it five hours for an executioner, because nobody wanted to do it".
Woodstock was buried on March 31 at the Church of the Dominican Fria
rs in Winchester, England.
Woodstock's execution would appear a retaliation for Edward I's crushing d
efeat against Simon De Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and beca
use the king had treated his rebellious cousins with such great savager
y, pursuing the surviving members of the De Montfort family relentlessly.
The children of Edmund Plantagenet by Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake of Lyde
ll, were:
Edmund Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Kent About 1326 - Before 5 October 1331
Margaret Plantagenet (b bfr 1327-d 1352). Married Arnaud-Amanieu VIII d'Al
bret, viscount of Tartas.
Joan Plantagenet ("The Fair Maid of Kent") b 28 September 1328 - d 7 Augu
st 1385. Married Edward, the Black Prince son of Edward III
John Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Kent 7 Apr 1330 - About 27 December 1352
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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.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Luoir, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.05 Aug 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1099 in Toulouse, France d.19 Apr 1137 in Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1103 in Aquitaine, France d.> 1130 in Talmont, France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St Edmund, Suffolk, England
- b.06 Apr 1118 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro, France
- b.~ 1135
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1140
- b.~ 1163 in Courtenay, Calinois, France d.~14 Sep 1211 in France
- b.~ 1141
- b.18 Jun 1239 in Westiminister, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.<25 Mar 1157 in Huesca, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Pyrbenbees-Orientales, France
- b.1174 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.Feb 1209 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio De Jaen, Jaen, Spain
- b.1198 in Aix-En-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.~ 1154 in Sabran, Gard, France d.1224
- b.~ 1180 in Forcalquiers, Basses-Alpes, France d.> 1222 in France
- b.~ 1155 in Forcalquier, Alpes-De-Haute-Provence, France
- b.1218 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.20 May 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoie, France d.01 Mar 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.1198 in Savoy, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.~ 1152 in Geneva, Switzerland
- b.~ 1178 in Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre Chatel, Isere, France
- b.~ 1155 in Faucigny, France
- b.05 Aug 1301 in England
- b.1282 in France
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They had a daughter named Joan.
Family Notes
REFNMR5792
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Children
Joan Plantagenet
Joan was born on September 28th, 1328 in Palace Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. She died at the age of 56 on August 8th, 1385 in Castle Wallingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.
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