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  1. Joan, Lady of Wales facts for kids. Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Quick facts for kids. Joan. Lady of Wales. Detail of Joan's sarcophagus in St Mary's and St Nicholas's Church, Beaumaris. Born. c. 1191. Died. 2 February 1237 (aged 45–46) Spouse. Llywelyn the Great. Issue.

  2. JOAN (SIWAN) (died 1237), princess and diplomat. Joan is the only known illegitimate daughter of King John of England (c. 1167-1216) by an unknown mother who is identified in the Tewkesbury annals as 'queen Clemencia'. Though many claims as to who Joan's mother was remain unsubstantiated, the closest contender continues to be Clemence de Verdun ...

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  4. Apr 22, 2016 · 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. The contemporary consensus was that she admirably ...

  5. Sep 24, 2015 · Posted on September 24, 2015. Joan was the natural daughter of King John. She is known as Joanna, Joan of Wales, Lady of Wales or Siwan to the Welsh. She was born in about 1191 but history isn’t entirely sure who her mother was.

  6. This informative fact file will help your child learn about the main events in the life and history of Princess Joan. It can be used to introduce Welsh history and to encourage them to explore the Age of the Princes further. Who was Princess Joan? Joan was King John's daughter and she married Llywelyn the Great.

  7. Jun 15, 2016 · Joan was known as the Lady of Wales. It was her son who first used the title Prince of Wales. She died in 1237, and her husband’s grief was great, despite the problems of 1230. He founded a Franciscan friary in her honour, which unfortunately was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries. Her stone coffin survives, luckily.

  8. From the time her hand was promised in marriage as the result of the first Welsh-English alliance in 1201 to the end of her life, Joan’s place in the political wranglings between England and the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd was a fundamental one. As the first woman to be designated Lady of Wales, her role as one a political diplomat in early ...

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