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Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/1327 – 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.
Mar 16, 2016 · His description has proved remarkably enduring, and it is by her posthumously bestowed sobriquet of the ‘Fair Maid of Kent’ that Joan is best known. As Princess of Wales, Joan set a standard of behaviour for others to admire and emulate. She was, in many ways, the perfect princess.
- Ellie Cawthorne
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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.
Jun 4, 2017 · Joan of Kent, granddaughter of Edward I of England, made impetuous and secret marriages that kept her in the center of controversy and power. She was the mother of King Richard II of England.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
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.
JOAN (1328-1385), the 'Fair Maid of Kent,' wife of Edward, prince of Wales, 'the Black Prince', and mother of Richard II, born in 1328, was probably the younger daughter and third child of Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent, sixth son of Edward I, who was beheaded 19 March 1330, and Margaret Wake [daughter of Lord Thomas Wake of Liddell ].
Joan plantagenet, widely acclaimed as the ‘Fair Maid’ for her great beauty, was born in a century marred by domestic and foreign upheavals and by dynastic struggles. It was moreover a time of persistent, deeply entrenched attitudes towards women, their natures and their roles.
