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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: OCT 1349

Death Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Wake,

Mother: Lady Wake

Spouse(s): Edmund Plantagenet, John Forbes

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

The story of Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent began in 1297 in Liddel, Cumberland, England. Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent married Edmund Plantagenet, John De Forbes, and had children including Edmund Of Woodstock, Edmund Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, John Prince Of England, Margaret Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet Of Kent, Robert Plantagenet, Sir John With The Black Lips Forbes, Thomas Plantagenet. Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent passed away in 1349 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent began in 1297 in Liddel, Cumberland, England.
  • Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent married Edmund Plantagenet, John De Forbes, and had children including Edmund Of Woodstock, Edmund Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, John Prince Of England, Margaret Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet Of Kent, Robert Plantagenet, Sir John With The Black Lips Forbes, Thomas Plantagenet.
  • Margaret Wake, Countess Of Kent passed away in 1349 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Kent's Ancestors

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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–OCT 1349) m. Edmund Plantagenet (5 AUG 1301–31 MAR 1330) m. John (de) Forbes (1302–1361)
  1. 1. Edmund Plantagenet, 1326–1331
  2. 2. Robert Plantagenet 1327–1331
  3. 3. Margaret (Plantagenet of) Kent 1327–1352 m. Arnaud-Amanieu (Vill) (d'Albret) 1325– m. Amanco 1325– m. Amanco 1325–
  4. 4. Thomas Plantagenet 1329–
  5. 5. John (Prince Of) England 1330–1352 m. Elizabeth 1330–
  6. 6. Edmund (of) Woodstock 1330–
  7. 7. Margaret Plantagenet 1331–
  8. 8. Sir (John with the Black Lips) Forbes 1332–1406 m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Kennedy 1336–1385
    1. 1. Alexander Forbes 1380–1448 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Douglas 1402–1460
      1. 1. Annabella Forbes 1424–1514 m. Patrick Gray 1419–1464
        1. 1. Andrew Grey 1446–1513 m. Elizabeth (Lennox) Stewart 1465–1529
        2. 2. Patrick Gray 1448–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Gray 1448–
        4. 4. Annabelle Grey 1452–
        5. 5. Janet Gray 1454–
      2. 2. James Forbes 1415–1460 m. Egidia ("Gille") Keith 1424–1473
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Marion) Forbes 1417–1460 m. Alexander Irvine 1415–
        1. 1. Alexander Irvine 1446–1527 m. Elizabeth Keith 1436– m. Janet Keith 1455–
      4. 4. Barbara Forbes 1418– m. Alexander Meldrum 1389–1448
      5. 5. John Forbes 1420–
      6. 6. Susanna Forbes 1422–1500 m. William Urquhart 1410–
      7. 7. Richard Forbes 1425–
      8. 8. Alaster Forbes 1426– m. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas 1432–
      9. 9. William Forbes 1427–1478
      10. 10. Margaret Forbes 1428–1460 m. Alexander Meldrum 1389–1448 m. Alexander Meldrum 1406–1468
      11. 11. Thomas Forbes 1430–
    2. 2. Duncan (Evil) Forbes 1360–1406
    3. 3. William Forbes 1377–1448 m. Agnes Fraser 1388– m. Elizabeth Douglas 1385–1460
    4. 4. John Forbes 1384–1454 m. Mariote Preston 1395–
    5. 5. Alaster (Cam) Forbes 1384–1466 m. Katharine Cameron 1395–
  9. 9. Edmund Plantagenet 1341–1402 m. Isabella 1355–1391
    1. 1. Richard (Plantagenet of) Conisburgh, 1375–1415
      1. 1. Henry ("of York") Plantagenet 1413–1415
    2. 2. Edward Norwich 1373–1415
    3. 3. Constance (of) York 1374–1416
  10. 10. Joan Plantagenet 1328–1386 m. William Montacute 1328–1397

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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