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Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/1327 [1] – 7 August 1385), known as the Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, son and heir apparent of King Edward III. Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm ...
Jun 4, 2017 · Updated on June 04, 2017. Known for: Joan of Kent was known for her relationships with several important royal figures of medieval England, and for her impetuous clandestine marriages, and for her beauty. She's less well known for her military leadership in Aquitaine in her husband's absence, and for her involvement with the religious movement ...
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Mar 16, 2016 · As Princess of Wales, Joan set a standard of behaviour for others to admire and emulate. She was, in many ways, the perfect princess. Penny Lawne is author of Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales (Amberley, 2015). An English noblewoman with a controversial marital history, Joan of Kent (1328–85) was an unconventional bride for a future ...
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Joan of Kent (1328–1385)English noblewoman, famous for her beauty, who married Edward, prince of Wales (the Black Prince), was the mother of Richard II, king of England, and left her own her mark on history. Name variations: Princess of Wales; Fair Maid of Kent; Joan, countess of Kent; Joan Plantagenet.
29 September 1328 - 7 August 1385. Joan Plantagenet, known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent was born on 29 September, 1328. She was the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. Joan's father was the second son of King Edward I and his second wife, Margaret of France. Joan's father ...
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May 18, 2018 · Joan of Kent, princess of Wales ( c. 1328–85). Joan was a daughter of Edmund, earl of Kent (d. 1330), and succeeded as countess in 1353. While considerably under age, she secretly married Thomas Holand. In his absence in Prussia, she soon contracted a second marriage with the earl of Salisbury; this was annulled nine years later, in 1349.
Apr 22, 2016 · Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales. By Penny Lawne. Amberley Publishing, 2016 ISBN: 9781445655277. Immortalised by the chronicler Froissart as the most beautiful woman in England and the most loved, Joan was the wife of the Black Prince and the mother of Richard II, the first Princess of Wales and the only woman ever to be Princess of Aquitaine.
