Joan Of Kent, Countess Of Kent

Joan Of Kent, Countess Of Kent

Female 1328 - 1385  (56 years)


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  • Name Joan Of Kent 
    Title Countess Of Kent 
    Birth 29 Sep 1328  Kentshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Burial 29 Jan 1385  Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 8 Aug 1385  Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I8045  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Edmund Woodstock, 1st Earl Of Kent ,   b. 5 Aug 1301, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1330, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake Of Liddell ,   b. 1299, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1349, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1312 
    Family ID F4529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas Holland, 1st Earl Of Kent ,   b. 5 May 1314, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1360, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 1340  Kentshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl Of Kent ,   b. 2 Jul 1350, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1397, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. John de Holland,   b. 1352, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1400, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Henry Holland,   b. 1360, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F7620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family 2   
    Marriage 10 Oct 1361  Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Princess of Wales, and one of the two women after which the Order of th e G a r t e r apparently may have been named. Joan's father, Edmund of Woods to c k , e a rl of Kent, was the half-brother of Edward II. Edmund was wrong f u l l y b eheaded due to a plot by Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabelle in 13 3 0 . J o a n and her mother were imprisoned at Salisbury Castle for nine mo n t h s . J oan spent her childhood under the care of William Montague (firs t e a r l o f S alisbury)and Catherine/Katharine Montague, along with two of h e r t h r e e future husbands, Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), a n d W i l l iam Montague . When she was 12 years old she secretly married he r f i r s t h usband, Thomas Holand. However, Holand left for military servi ce i n F r a n ce (or Prussia), and Joan's guardian, Catherine/Katharine Mon tag ue , m a r ried her to William Montague in 1340; Upon returning, Thomas p e t it i o ned Pope Clement VI to annul the marriage, which he did in 1349 b y a d i r e c t papal bull; Joan had five children with Holand . Three month s af t e r H o land died in 1360 , she secretly married Edward (the Black Pr inc e , h e r s econd cousin), with whom she had two children. Her son Richa rd b e c a m e king Richard II of England in 1377. She became known as a pea cee m a k e r and was a patron of John Wycliffe,founder of the Lollards. The s t o r y o f t he founding of the Order of the Garter has been retold many ti m e s , a n d apparently with relish. Costain provides a modern version of t h e s t o r y of the founding of the Order of the Garter . Although Froissar t d e c l a red her to be "the most beautiful woman in the whole realm of En gl a n d , a nd the most attractive".

  • Sources 
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