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Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent 1328–1385 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Sep 1328

Birth Location: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 8 Aug 1385

Death Location: Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Edmund Kent

Mother: Margaret Kent

Spouse(s): Edward Garter, Thomas Kent

Children(s): Richard issueless, Edward Angoulême, John Huntingdon, Joan Brittany, Thomas Kent

The story of Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent began in 1328 in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England. Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent married Edward The Black Prince Plantagenet Knight Of The Garter, Thomas Holland 1St Earl Of Kent, and had children including Edward Of Angouleme, Joan Holland Duchess Of Brittany, John Holland 1St Duke Of Exeter Earl Of Huntingdon, Richard Ii Shakespeare S Richard Ii Plantagenet King Of England Deposed In 1399 By John Gaunt S Son Henry Bolingbroke 1381 Peasants Revolt Issueless, Thomas Holland 2Nd Earl Of Kent. Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent passed away in 1385 in Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent began in 1328 in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent married Edward The Black Prince Plantagenet Knight Of The Garter, Thomas Holland 1St Earl Of Kent, and had children including Edward Of Angouleme, Joan Holland Duchess Of Brittany, John Holland 1St Duke Of Exeter Earl Of Huntingdon, Richard Ii Shakespeare S Richard Ii Plantagenet King Of England Deposed In 1399 By John Gaunt S Son Henry Bolingbroke 1381 Peasants Revolt Issueless, Thomas Holland 2Nd Earl Of Kent.
  • Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent passed away in 1385 in Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Kent
1301–1330
Birth Location: Woodstock, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
EK
Margaret Kent
1299–1349
Birth Location: Liddel, Cumberlandshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Edward Garter
1330–1376
Birth Location: Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire
EG
Thomas Kent
1314–1360
Birth Location: Upholland, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Richard issueless
1367–1400
Birth Location: Bordeaux, Departement de la Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Ri
Edward Angoulême
1365–1372
Birth Location: Angouleme, Departement de la Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
EA
John Huntingdon
1352–1400
Birth Location: Upholand, Lancashire, England
JH
Joan Brittany
1352–1400
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Kent
1348–1408
Birth Location: Upholland, Lancashire, England
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Joan Kent's Ancestors

Self
Joan Kent
1328–1385
Birth Place: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock, Earl of Kent
1301–1330
Woodstock, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Margaret (Wake (Woodstock), 3rd Baroness of Wake, Duchess of) Kent
1299–1349
Liddel, Cumberlandshire, England
Grandparents
King (Edward I ' Longshanks' Plantagenet, 'Hammer of the Scots', Parliament formed; expeled) Jews
1239–1307
Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
Margaret (of France Capet, Queen) consort
1279–1318
Paris, France
Sir (John Wake or le Wake, 1st Baron\Lord Wake of) Liddell
1268–1300
Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England
Joan (de Fiennes ( FitzBernard), Baroness of) Wake
1270–1309
Wendover Manor, Buckin or Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry o
1207–1272
Eleanor Provence
1217–1291
Philip father,
1245–1285
Marie France
1254–1321
Guillaume Tingry
1245–1302
Blanche Tingry
1246–1302
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Arthur
1166–1216
Isabella Fo
1187–1246
Ramon Provence
1198–1245
Beatrice Provence
1198–1267
Louis Crusade
1214–1270
Margarethe Provence
1221–1295
Henry Duke
1230–1261
Adelheid Burgund
1233–1273
William baron
1160–1241
Jean France
1225–1296
Jeanne Chateaudun
1227–1265

Joan Kent's Descendants

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Joan ('The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of) Kent (29 Sep 1328–8 Aug 1385) m. Edward ("The Black Prince" Plantagenet, Knight of the) Garter (15 Jun 1330–8 Jun 1376) m. Thomas (Holland, 1st Earl of) Kent (5 August 1314–26 Dec 1360)
  1. 1. Richard (II 'Shakespeare's Richard II' Plantagenet, King of England, deposed in 1399 by John Gaunt's son, Henry Bolingbroke , 1381 Peasants' Revolt,) issueless 1367–1400 m. Isabella (of Valois, Queen consort of) England 1389–1409 m. Anna (van) Luxemburg-Bohemen 1366–1394
  2. 2. Edward (of) Angoulême 1365–1372
  3. 3. John (Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of) Huntingdon 1352–1400 m. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1363–1426
    1. 1. John (Holand Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon; captured by the French at the Battle of Baugé 4 years as) prisoner 1395–1447 m. Brites (Beatrice of Portugal) (fitzAlan) 1386–1439 m. Lady (Anne de Stafford, Countess of March, Duchess of Huntington and) Exeter –1432
      1. 1. Anne Holand 1410–1486 m. James ((cousin) Douglas, 9th Earl of) Douglas 1426–1488 m. Sir (John Neville, knight, Lord of, War of the) Roses 1410–1461
        1. 1. Sir (Ralph de Neville, Knight of Bath, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Lord) Neville 1456–1498 m. Lady (Isabel Margaret) Booth 1457–1485
    2. 2. Constance (de Holland) (Grey) 1387–1437 m. Sir (Thomas de) Mowbray 1385–1405
      1. 1. Reginald Grey –1485
    3. 3. Richard (Holland, 2nd Earl of) Huntingdon 1386–1400
    4. 4. Sir (Edward de) Holand 1399–1413
    5. 5. Elizabeth (de Holand) Holland 1389–1449 m. Sir (Roger de Fiennes, Knight of Shire for Sussex, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex, Constable of Portchester, Treasurer of Household for King Henry) VI 1384–1449
      1. 1. Sir (Richard Fynnes) Fiennes 1415–1483 m. Lady (Joan de Dacre, 7th Baroness of Dacre, Baroness of Gilsland, Baroness of) Clifford 1418–1485
        1. 1. Sir (John) Fiennes 1449–1483
        2. 2. Elizabeth Fiennes 1452–1485
        3. 3. Margaret (Sculton de Burdeles De Fiennes, Baroness) Abergavenny 1444–1485
        4. 4. Thomas FIENNES 1450–1526
      2. 2. Margaret (de) Fiennes 1420–1483 m. Nicholas Carew 1405–1458 m. Henry (I) Scarborough 1423–1477
        1. 1. John (Henry II) Scarburgh 1440–1472
        2. 2. Sir (James) Carew 1430–1492 m. Alinor (Alianor Hoo, Lady of) Hoo 1449–
  4. 4. Joan (Holland Duchess of) Brittany 1352–1400
  5. 5. Thomas (Holland, 2nd Earl of) Kent 1348–1408 m. Mary (de) Bohun 1368–1394 m. Alice (Fitz Alan, Countess of) Kent 1352–1415
    1. 1. Margaret (De) Holand 1385–1439
    2. 2. Thomas (De) Holand 1371–1421
    3. 3. Edmund (De Holand, 4th Earl of) Kent 1382–1408 m. Constance (of York, Princess of) England 1374–1416
      1. 1. Isabel (Le) Despenser 1390–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Holland 1394–1421
    5. 5. Joan (De Holand Duchess of York, Lady Scrope of) Masham 1380–1434 m. Edmund (Plantagenet of Langley, 1st Duke of) York 1341–1402 m. Henry (le Scrope 3rd Baron of Masham,) K.G. 1370–1415
      1. 1. Richard (Plantagenet of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of) Cambridge 1375–1415 m. Anne (De Mortimer, Countess of) Cambridge 1390–1411
        1. 1. Sir (Richard II Plantagenet, K.G., 3rd Duke of York, Prince of Wales, Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI, War of the Roses-House of) York 1411–1460 m. Cecily ("Proud Cis" de Neville, Duchess of York &) Cornwall, 1415–1495
        2. 2. Isabel (of) Cambridge 1411–1484 m. Thomas (VI van Werke, Lord) Grey 1400–1440 m. Henry (Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Earl of Essex, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier,) KG 1415–1474
    6. 6. Eleanor (De) Holand 1376–1405
    7. 7. Margaret ("The Poet's Muse" de Holand, Countess of) Somerset 1385–1440 m. John (Beaufort, K.G., Marquis of Dorset & 1st Earl of Somerset, Teutonic Knights, Admiral of the Irish) fleet 1371–1410
      1. 1. Joan Beaufort 1406–1445 m. James (Stewart, The Black Knight of) Lorn 1399–1451 m. James (I Stewart, King of) Scots 1394–1437
        1. 1. James (Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchon, Lord) Auchterhouse 1439–1499 m. Margaret Ogilvy 1444–1500 m. Margaret (Murray) (mistress) 1446–1486
        2. 2. Margaret (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Dauphine of) France 1424–1445 m. Louis (XI the Prudent de Valois, King of) France 1423–1483
        3. 3. Isabella (Elizabeth Stewart Princess of Scotland, Duchess of) Brittany 1426–1494
        4. 4. Eleanor (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Archduchess Consort of) Austria 1427–1480
        5. 5. Andrew (Stewart, Bishop of) Moray 1437–1501
        6. 6. Lady (Joan 'the mute lady of Dalkeith' Stuart, Princess of Scotland, Countess Morton, Lady of) Dalkeith 1428–1486 m. James (Douglas, Earl of) Morton 1431–1493 m. Sir (James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus; no) issue 1426–1446
        7. 7. John (I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of) Scotland 1439–1512 m. Beatrix (Margaret 'The Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas, Countess of) Douglas 1430–1473 m. Eleanor (Sinclair ( St Clair), Countess of) Nithsdale 1457–1519
        8. 8. James (II Stewart, King of) Scots 1430–1460 m. Mary (Guelders, Queen Consort of) Scotland 1433–1463
        9. 9. Annabella (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Countess of) Huntley 1432–1509 m. George (Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of) Scotland 1434–1501
      2. 2. Sir (Edmund Beaufort of Lancastrians, K.G., Count of Mortain, 1st Duke of Somerset, War of the Roses: First Battle of St) Albans 1406–1455 m. Lady (Eleanor Alianore Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset, Baroness de) Ros 1407–1467
        1. 1. Lady (Joan) Beaufort 1433–1518 m. Sir (Richard William Fry,) knight 1445–1504
        2. 2. 1443–1496 m. Sir (William) Paston 1434–1496
        3. 3. Henry (Beaufort of Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of Somerset, 5th Earl of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, 2nd Earl of Dorset, wounded at Battle of St) Albans 1436–1464 m. Joan Hill 1436–1493
        4. 4. Lady (Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Somerset &) Wiltshire 1434–1501 m. Sir (Robert Spencer, knight, 1st) Baron 1430–1510 m. Sir (James Butler, Knight of the Garder, 5th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, War of the Roses: his head was afterwards displayed on) London 1420–1461
        5. 5. Thomas Beaufort 1442–1517
        6. 6. Margaret (Beaufort, Countess of) Stafford 1437–1474 m. Sir (Humphrey Stafford, Earl of) Stafford 1425–1458
      3. 3. Cardinal (Henry) Beaufort 1375–1447
      4. 4. Thomas Beaufort 1376–1426
      5. 5. John (Beaufort, K.G., 1st Duke of) Somerset 1404–1444 m. Margaret (Beauchamp, Baroness of Bletso, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of) Kendal 1405–1482
        1. 1. Margaret DeBeaufort 1443–1509 m. Edmund (Tudor 1st Earl of) Richmond 1431–1456 m. Lord (Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, titular King of Mann; his failure to aid of King Richard III at Bosworth battle led to defeat,) Shakespeare's 1435–1504 m. Sir (Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, switched his allegiance to the House of York, Battle of) Towton 1425–1471 m. Sir (John de La Pole, 2nd Duke of) Suffolk 1442–1492
      6. 6. Anne Beaufort 1402– m. Robert Spencer 1400–
        1. 1. William Spencer 1430– m. Katherine Churchill 1430–
        2. 2. Robert Spencer 1430–1502
      7. 7. Margaret (Beaufort, Countess of) Devon 1409–1482
    8. 8. Alianor (Eleanor de Holland, Countess of) March 1373–1405 m. Roger (de Mortimer, Earl of Ulster, 4th Earl of) March 1374–1398 m. Sir (Edward Cherleton, K.G., 5th Lord) Cherleton 1371–1421
      1. 1. Lady (Joan De Cherleton, Countess of Tancarville (Avery, Stringer, Littleton, Thornes), Baroness) Powis 1400–1425 m. John (Grey, K.G., 1st Earl of Tankerville, 6th Lord of Powys, 100 Years War: Battle of) Agincourt 1386–1421
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of) Tankerville 1419–1450 m. Antigone Lancaster 1428–1450
        2. 2. Joan (De) Grey 1416–
      2. 2. Anne (De Mortimer, Countess of) Cambridge 1390–1411 m. Richard (Plantagenet of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of) Cambridge 1375–1415
      3. 3. Anne (Mortimer, Countess of) Cambridge 1390–1411
      4. 4. Roger Mortimer 1393–1409
      5. 5. Edmund (Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, a friend of the Lancastrian king Henry) V 1391–1424
      6. 6. Joyce Cherleton 1403–1446 m. Sir (John Tiptoft Tipedeau, Earl of Worcester, Treasurer of the Exchequer, KS,) MP 1400–1443
        1. 1. Philippa (Tiptoft, Baroness de) Ros 1427–1485 m. Sir (Thomas de Ros, 9th Lord, 1st Lord) Burgh 1427–1464 m. Sir (Thomas) Wingfield 1438–1475
        2. 2. Joyce (de) Tiptoft 1439–1470 m. Edmund (Sutton K.G., 1st Lord of) Dudley 1421–1483
        3. 3. Joan (Tiptoft, Lady of Borough Green () Inglesthorpe) 1425–1470 m. Sir (Edmund Ingaldesthorpe,) Knight 1409–1456
        4. 4. Sir (John 'Butcher of England' Tiptoft, K.G., 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, he beheaded & quartered many) Lancastrians 1427–1470 m. Cecille (Cecily de Neville, 1st Duchess of) Warwick 1426–1450 m. Elizabeth Greyndour 1420–1452 m. Elizabeth (de) Hopton 1427–1498
        5. 5. Edward Tibetot 1425–1485
    9. 9. Elizabeth Holland 1388–1424 m. John (De Neville, accompanied the King to France in 1417 and was present at the sieges of Caen and) Rouen 1387–1420
      1. 1. Ralph (Neville, Earl van) Westmoreland 1406–1484
      2. 2. Sir (John Neville, knight, Lord of, War of the) Roses 1410–1461 m. Anne Holand 1410–1486
    10. 10. Eleanor (de) Holand 1386–1413 m. Thomas (Montagu ( Montacute), 4th Earl of Salisbury; 100 Years War: key commander killed at Siege of) Orleans 1388–1428
      1. 1. Alice (Montagu ( Montacute), 5th Countess of) Salisbury 1400–1462 m. Sir (Richard de Neville (Yorkist), K.G., 5th Earl of Salisbur, War of the) Roses 1400–1460
        1. 1. Richard ("The Kingmaker" Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick & Salisbury, KG, War of the Roses Yorkist: St Albans, Towton, Barnet) battles 1428–1471 m. Anne (Isabel Beauchamp, 16th Countess of) Warwick" 1426–1492
        2. 2. Lady (Alice de Neville de Montagu, 5th Countess of Salisbury 7th & 4th) Baroness 1430–1503 m. Henry (Fitzhugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh of) Ravensworth 1424–1472
        3. 3. Joan (Neville (FitzAlan), Countess of) Arundel 1423–1462 m. William (Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, Battle of St) Albans 1417–1487
        4. 4. Margaret (Neville, Countess of) Oxford 1423–1464
        5. 5. Sir (John 'kingmaker' de Neville, KG, Earl of Northumberland, 1st and Last Marquis of) Montagu 1431–1471 m. Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Ingaldesthorpe, Countess of) Northumberland 1435–1476
        6. 6. Katharine (de Neville, Baroness of Harington and) Hastings, 1442–1503 m. William (Hastings, Lord of Hastings, Sheriff of) Northampton 1431–1483
        7. 7. Eleanor (de Neville, Countess of) Derby 1436–1504
        8. 8. Cecille (Cecily de Neville, 1st Duchess of) Warwick 1426–1450 m. Henry (de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of) Warwick 1425–1446 m. Sir (John 'Butcher of England' Tiptoft, K.G., 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, he beheaded & quartered many) Lancastrians 1427–1470
        9. 9. George (de Neville, Archbishop of York and Chancellor of) England 1432–1476
        10. 10. Sir (Thomas De) Neville 1443–1460
        11. 11. Margaret Neville 1438–1464
    11. 11. Thomas (de Holand, K.G., 1st Duke of Surrey, plotted to kill King Henry IV "Epiphany Rising"; no) issue 1374–1400 m. Joan (de) Stafford 1378–1442

Joan Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1328
29 Sep 1328
Birth of Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1385
8 Aug 1385
Age 57
Death of Joan 'The Fair Maid of Kent' 4th Countess of Kent in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1328
    Event Place: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1385
    Event Place: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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