Joan Plantagenet (The Fair Maid of Kent)
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| Family Name: |
Plantagenet |
Given Names: |
Joan |
| Known As: |
The Fair Maid of Kent |
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Titles:
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Countess of Kent (1321 cr - 4th) |
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| Born: |
29 Sep 1328
Unknown place
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Died: |
7 Aug 1385
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
(Age 56, Natural Causes)
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English/Scottish Royal Blood: 50% [?] |
Buried: |
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
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| Father: |
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (son of King Edward I)
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5 Aug 1301 - 19 Mar 1330
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| Mother: |
Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake of Lydell
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About 1299 - 29 Sep 1349
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Marriage:
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Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent
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? - 28 Dec 1360
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Date: About 1346 |
His Age: Unknown |
Her Age: 17 |
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Place:
Unknown place
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Offspring:
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+7
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Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
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1350 - 25 Apr 1397
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+5
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John Holland, Duke of Exeter (half-brother of Richard II)
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After 1350 - 9 Feb 1400
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+0
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Matilda Holland (daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kent)
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Unknown birth/death dates
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+0
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Joan Holland (daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kent)
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? - After 25 Dec 1384
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(1 other not in database) |
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Marriage:
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William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
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19 Jun 1328 - 3 Jun 1397
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Date: Before 15 Oct 1348 |
His Age: 20 |
Her Age: 20 |
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Place:
Unknown place
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Annulled: 13 Nov 1349
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Offspring:
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None listed |
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Marriage:
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Edward Plantagenet (The Black Prince)
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15 Jun 1330 - 8 Jun 1376
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Date: 10 Oct 1361 |
His Age: 31 |
Her Age: 33 |
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Place:
Windsor, Berkshire, England
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Offspring:
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+0
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Edward Plantagenet (son of The Black Prince)
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27 Jan 1365 - 1372
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King Richard II
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6 Jan 1367 - 14 Feb 1400
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| Notes: |
Joan's marriage to William was annulled by Papal Bull, on the grounds that she had already been contracted to Thomas (to whom she appears to have been betrothed in 1346).
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