Joan "Fair Maid" PLANTAGENET

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Joan, Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales (September 29, 1328 - August 1385) is known to history as "The Fair Maid of Kent", and was the wife of Edward, the Black Prince. Family history Joan was daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake. Her paternal grandparents were Edward I of England and his second Queen consort Marguerite of France. Her father was a younger half-brother of Edward II of England. Edmund's support of the King placed him in conflict with the Queen, Isabella of France and her lover Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. When Edward II was deposed, Joan's father was executed. Early life The Earl’s widow, Margaret Wake, was left with four children. Her younger daughter, Joan, was only two years old. Joan's cousin, the new King Edward III, took on the responsibility for the family, and looked after them well. His wife, Queen Philippa, was well known for her tender-heartedness, and Joan grew up at court, where she became friendly with her cousins, including Edward, the Black Prince. Marriage(s) and legendary beauty At the age of twelve, Joan entered into a clandestine marriage with Thomas de Holand (Holland) of Broughton. The following year, while de Holand was overseas, her family forced her into a marriage with William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. As Countess of Salisbury, Joan moved in the highest society. Some historians identify her as the mystery woman who appeared at a banquet in Calais and attracted the attention of every man present. Allegedly, while dancing with the King, the lady lost her blue velvet garter, and this was the origin of the Order of the Garter. It is more likely that Joan's mother-in-law was the woman involved. It was not for several years that Thomas de Holand returned from crusade, having made his fortune, and the full story of his earlier relationship with Joan came out. He appealed to the Pope for the return of his wife. When the Earl of Salisbury discovered that Joan supported de Holand’s case, he kept her a virtual prisoner in her own home. In 1349, Pope Clement VI annulled Joan’s marriage to the Earl and sent her back to Thomas de Holand (Holland), with whom she lived for the next eleven years. They had four children, then de Holand died in 1360. Their children were: Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter Joan Holland, who married -Duke John V of Brittany -Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault Maud Holland, married Waleran of St.Pol Joan, now widowed but only thirty-two, was a catch by anyone else’s standards. When her brother died in 1352, she had succeeded him as Countess of Kent and Lady Wake. She was strikingly beautiful, with perfect features, auburn hair that reached to her waist, and dark eyes, and was regarded as one of the most desirable women in the country. The Black Prince had been in love with her for years, but his father and mother disapproved. Queen Philippa might have made a favourite of Joan at first, but as her son grew older, she had become concerned about the budding romance between the two cousins, and set herself against it. Marriage again, and life in France The Archbishop of Canterbury warned the Prince that there could be doubts cast on the legitimacy of any children Joan might bear him, in view of the fact that one of her previous husbands, the Earl of Salisbury, was still alive, but the marriage went ahead with an assurance of absolution from the Pope. They were married in 1361, and almost immediately set sail for France, since the Black Prince was also the Prince of Aquitaine, a region of France which belonged to the English Crown. Two children were born in France, both of them sons. The elder son, named Edward after his father and grandfather, died at the age of six. Around the time of the birth of their younger son, Richard, the prince was lured into a war on behalf of Pedro the Cruel, ruler of Castile. The ensuing battle was one of the Black Prince’s greatest victories, but King Pedro was later killed, and there was no money to pay the troops. In the meantime, the Princess was forced to raise another army, because the Prince’s enemies were threatening Aquitaine in his absence. Husband's death and son's coronation By 1371, the Black Prince was no longer able to perform his duties as Prince of Aquitaine, and returned to England, where plague was wreaking havoc. In 1372, he forced himself to attempt one final, abortive campaign in the hope of saving his father’s French possessions. His health was now completely shattered. Later the same year, a week before his forty-sixth birthday, he died in his bed at Westminster. Joan’s son, Richard, was now the heir to the throne, and became King on his grandfather's death in the following year. Early in his reign, the young King faced the challenge of the Peasants' Revolt. The Lollards, religious reformers led by John Wycliff, had enjoyed the protection of Joan of Kent, but the violent climax of the popular movement for reform reduced the feisty Joan to a state of terror, whilst leaving the King with an improved reputation. But for Joan, worse was to come. In 1385, Sir John Holland, an adult son of her first marriage, was campaigning with the King in Scotland, when a quarrel broke out between him and Lord Stafford, a favourite of the new Queen. Stafford was killed, and John Holland sought sanctuary at the shrine of St John of Beverley. On the King’s return, Holland was condemned to death. Joan pleaded with her son for four days to spare his half-brother. On the fifth day, (the exact date in August is not known), she died, at Wallingford Castle. Richard, of course, relented, and pardoned Holand, but the damage was done. Joan was buried at Stamford in Lincolnshire. Sir John Holand was sent on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. http://en.wikipedia.org

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