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Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent 1297 – 1349 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 APR 1297

Birth Location: Liddel, Cumberland, England

Death Date: 29 SEP 1349

Death Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Wake,

Mother: Lady Wake

Spouse(s): John Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet

Children(s): Sir Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet,, Margaret Kent, Robert Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, John England, Edmund Woodstock, Margaret Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet

Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent was born in 1297 in Liddel, Cumberland, England, the child of John Wake, and Lady Joan DeFiennes Baroness of Wake. Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent married John de Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet, and had children including Sir John with the Black Lips Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet,, Margaret Plantagenet of Kent, Robert Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, John Prince Of England, Edmund of Woodstock, Margaret Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet. Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent passed away in 1349 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent was born in 1297 in Liddel, Cumberland, England, the child of John Wake, and Lady Joan DeFiennes Baroness of Wake.
  • Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent married John de Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet, and had children including Sir John with the Black Lips Forbes, Edmund Plantagenet,, Margaret Plantagenet of Kent, Robert Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, John Prince Of England, Edmund of Woodstock, Margaret Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet.
  • Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent passed away in 1349 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Wake,
1268 – 1300
Birth Location: Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Wake
1272 – 1309
Birth Location: Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England
LW

Spouses(s)

John Forbes
1302 – 1361
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JF
Edmund Plantagenet
1301 – 1330
Birth Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir Forbes
1332 – 1406
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Edmund Plantagenet,
1326 – 1331
Birth Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Kent
1327 – 1352
Birth Location: Woodstock, Kent, England
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Robert Plantagenet
1327 – 1331
Birth Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Joan Plantagenet
1328 – 1385
Birth Location: Woodstock House, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
JP
Thomas Plantagenet
1329 –
Birth Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
TP
John England
1330 – 1352
Birth Location: Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
JE
Edmund Woodstock
1330 –
Birth Location: West, Sussex, England
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Margaret Plantagenet
1331 –
Birth Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Edmund Plantagenet
1341 – 1402
Birth Location: King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England
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Margaret Kent's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Kent
1297 – 1349
Birth Place: Liddel, Cumberland, England
Parents
John Wake,
1268 – 1300
Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Joan DeFiennes Baroness of) Wake
1272 – 1309
Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
William (Ii de) Fiennes
1245 – 1302
Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Blanche (De) Brienne
1245 – 1302
Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Kent's Descendants

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Margaret (Wake, Countess Of) Kent (9 APR 1297 – 29 SEP 1349) m. John (de) Forbes (1302 – 1361) m. Edmund Plantagenet (5 AUG 1301 – 19 MAR 1330)
  1. 1. Sir (John with the Black Lips) Forbes (1332 – 20 NOV 1406) m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Kennedy (1336 – 1385)
    1. 1. Duncan (Evil) Forbes (1360 – 20 NOV 1406)
    2. 2. William Forbes (20 JUN 1377 – 16 OCT 1448) m. Agnes Fraser (1388 – ) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1385 – 1460)
    3. 3. Alexander Forbes (ABT 1380 – 1448) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Douglas (ABT 1402 – 1460)
      1. 1. James Forbes (1415 – 30 SEP 1460) m. Egidia ("Gille") Keith (ABT 1424 – AFT 14 AUG 1473) m. James Forbes (STILLBORN – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Marion) Forbes (ABT 1417 – 1460) m. Alexander Irvine (1415 – )
        1. 1. Alexander Irvine (1446 – 4 DEC 1527) m. Elizabeth Keith (<1436> – ) m. Janet Keith (1455 – )
      3. 3. Barbara Forbes (ABT 1418 – ) m. Alexander Meldrum (ABT 1389 – 1448)
      4. 4. John Forbes (ABT 1420 – ) m. Eqidia Keith
      5. 5. Susanna Forbes (ABT 1422 – ABT 1500) m. William Urquhart (ABT 1410 – )
      6. 6. Annabella Forbes (ABT 1424 – FEB 1514) m. Patrick Gray (1419 – 1 SEP 1464)
        1. 1. Andrew Grey (APR 1446 – FEB 1513) m. Elizabeth (Lennox) Stewart (9 APR 1465 – 9 DEC 1529)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Gray (1448 – )
        3. 3. Patrick Gray (ABT 1448 – )
        4. 4. Annabelle Grey (ABT 1452 – ) m. Collace
        5. 5. Janet Gray (1454 – )
      7. 7. Richard Forbes (ABT 1425 – )
      8. 8. Alaster Forbes (ABT 1426 – ) m. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas (ABT 1432 – )
      9. 9. William Forbes (ABT 1427 – 2 OCT 1478)
      10. 10. Margaret Forbes (8 FEB 1428 – 1460) m. Alexander Meldrum (ABT 1389 – 1448) m. Alexander Meldrum (6 OCT 1406 – 8 APR 1468)
      11. 11. Thomas Forbes (1430 – )
    4. 4. Alaster (Cam) Forbes (ABT 1384 – 1466) m. Katharine Cameron (ABT 1395 – )
    5. 5. John Forbes (ABT 1384 – ABT 1454) m. Mariote Preston (ABT 1395 – )
  2. 2. Edmund Plantagenet, (ABT 1326 – 5 OCT 1331)
  3. 3. Margaret (Plantagenet of) Kent (1327 – BEF 1352) m. Arnaud-Amanieu (Vill) (d'Albret) (ABT 1325 or 1297-1357 – ) m. Amanco (ABT 1325 – ) m. Amanco (ABT 1325 – )
  4. 4. Robert Plantagenet (ABT 1327 – 5 OCT 1331)
  5. 5. Joan Plantagenet (29 SEP 1328 – 8 AUG 1385) m. William (De Montagu () Montacute) m. William Montacute (20 JUN 1328 – 3 JUN 1397)
  6. 6. Thomas Plantagenet (ABT 1329 – )
  7. 7. John (Prince Of) England (7 APR 1330 – 26 DEC 1352) m. Elizabeth (ABT 1330 – )
  8. 8. Edmund (of) Woodstock (7 APR 1330 – )
  9. 9. Margaret Plantagenet (ABT 1331 – UNKNOWN)
  10. 10. Edmund Plantagenet (5 JUN 1341 – 1 AUG 1402) m. Isabella (1355 – 31 DEC 1391)
    1. 1. Edward Norwich (1373 – 25 OCT 1415)
    2. 2. Constance (of) York (ABT 1374 – 28 NOV 1416)
    3. 3. Richard (Plantagenet of) Conisburgh, (20 JUL 1375 – 5 AUG 1415)
      1. 1. Henry ("of York") Plantagenet (1413 – 1415)

Margaret Kent's Timeline

3 Records

1297
9 APR 1297
Birth of Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent in Liddel, Cumberland, England
Liddel, Cumberland, England
1349
29 SEP 1349
Age 52
Death of Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
1349
OCT 1349
Age 52
Burial of Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 APR 1297
    Event Place: Liddel, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 SEP 1349
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: OCT 1349
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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