KENT, Lady of the Garter Joan of

1326 - 1385  (58 years)

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• Name	KENT, Joan of  [1]
  Title	Lady of the Garter
  Birth	29 Sep 1326  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Books About	A Triple Knot: A Novel
  		Joan of Kent
  Books About	The First Princess of Wales: A Novel
  		Joan of Kent 2
  Royalty & Nobility	4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell
  Name	The Fair Maiden of Kent
  Death	7 Aug 1385
  Person ID	I17347	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	WOODSTOCK, Edmund of,   b. 5 Aug 1301   d. 19 Mar 1330 (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	WAKE, Margaret,   b. 1297   d. 19 Sep 1349 (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HOLLAND, Thomas,   b. 1314   d. 26 Dec 1360 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	secretly married the 12-year-old Joan of Kent, dau
  Children	+ 1. HOLLAND, Thomas,   b. 1350, Upholland, Lancashire, England d. 25 Apr 1397, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	PRINCE, Edward the Black   d. 1367
  Children	1. RICHARD, II,   b. 6 Jan 1367   d. 14 Feb 1400 (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving", the appellation "Fair Maid of Kent" does not appear to be contemporary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1801] Wikipedia, Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holland,_1st_Earl_of_Kent [S1801] Wikipedia, Joan of Kent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Kent