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Joan (or Joanna, as she is sometimes called) of Acre was born in the spring of 1272 in the Kingdom of Acre, Outremer, now in modern Israel, while her parents, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, were on crusade. [3] . At the time of Joan's birth, her grandfather, Henry III, was still alive and thus her father was not yet king of England.
Edward and Eleanor left the Holy Land in September 1272, taking Joan with them. Edward’s father Henry III died in England in November 1272, but the new king did not rush home. While in France, Eleanor gave birth to a son, Alfonso. Edward and Eleanor finally arrived in England in August 1274.
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May 16, 2017 · Joan of Acre was called by that name because she was born while her parents were in Acre at the end of the Ninth Crusade, during the year before Edward returned to England to be crowned as Edward I on his father's death. A sister, Juliana, had been born and died the year before at Acre.
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Joan was a daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile and was born at Acre in the spring of 1272. Marriage. On the 30th April 1290 Joan was married to Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in Westminster Abbey. Burial. She died on 23rd April 1307 and was buried at Clare Priory in Suffolk.
4 days ago · After spending the winter in Sicily, the couple moved on to Acre in Palestine, arriving in May 1271 during the Ninth Crusade. Whilst here, Eleanor gave birth to a daughter, known as ‘Joan of Acre’ after her birthplace.
May 21, 2015 · In Eleanor’s presence, the Archbishop admitted Joanna to the Order of Fontevraud. Joanna was too weak to stand and died shortly after the ceremony; her son, Richard, was born a few minutes later and lived only long enough to be baptised. She died on 4 September 1199, a month short of her 34th birthday.
She gave birth to 15 in all, but in an age of high infant mortality, only six—Eleanor Plantagenet (1264–1297), Joan of Acre (1272–1307), Margaret (1275–1318), Mary (1278–1332), Elizabeth Plantagenet (1282–1316), and Edward (1284–1327)—survived her.
