ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Joan of Kent
1326 - 1385

Joan of Kent
  • Born Sun, 29 September 1326
  • Woodstock Palace, Woodstock
  • Died Sun, 7 August 1385
  • Wallingford Castle, Wallingford
  • Buried
  • Greyfriars, Stamford
Details
Parents
  • Joan
  • Lived 58 years, 10 months, 9 days

Known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent. The French chronicler Jean Froissart called her the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving. Joan inherited the titles 4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell after the death of her brother, John, 3rd Earl of Kent, in 1352.

father

  • Edmund of Woodstock
  • 1301 - 1330

mother

  • Margaret Wake
  • 1297 - 1349
Family

Husband

Thomas Holland
  • Thomas Holland
  • 1314 - 1360
  • Married Tuesday, 1 July 1338
  • Groom was 24 Bride was 11
  • Marriage lasted 22 years, 5 months, 25 days
  • Ended on death of Husband

Son

Thomas Holland
  • Thomas Holland
  • 1350 - 1397

Daughter

Joan Holland
  • Joan Holland
  • 1350 - 1384

Son

John Holland
  • John Holland
  • 1352 - 1400
Family

Husband

Edward the Black Prince
  • Edward the Black Prince
  • 1330 - 1376
  • Married Saturday, 10 October 1361
  • at Windsor Castle, Windsor
  • Windsor Castle, Windsor
  • Groom was 31 Bride was 35
  • Marriage lasted 14 years, 7 months, 29 days
  • Ended on death of Husband

Son

Edward of Angoulême
  • Edward of Angoulême
  • 1365 - 1370

Son

Richard II
  • Richard II
  • 1367 - 1400