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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 ...
Apr 10, 2012 · Shaw, Amy Catherine. Master of Arts, History, (2002) Abstract: Historically, few historians have examined Joan of Kent, the wife of the Black Prince and the mother of Richard II, in a serious or systematic fashion. Instead, she is seen as a romantic figure and the heroine of various legends.
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Mar 16, 2016 · An English noblewoman with a controversial marital history, Joan of Kent (1328–85) was an unconventional bride for a future king of England. Penny Lawne examines the life of the medieval princess… Published: March 16, 2016 at 2:02 PM.
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views 2,251,503 updated. 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 of Kent primary name: Joan of Kent ... The Fair Maid of Kent, Edward III picked up her garter founding the Order of the Garter. 1 related objects.
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 ].
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 ...
