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ENGLAND, Joan of

ENGLAND, Joan of

Female 1272 - 1307  (35 years)

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  • Name ENGLAND, Joan of  [1, 2] 
    Birth Apr 1272  Yerushalayim, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Books About Daughters of Edward I 
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    Royalty & Nobility English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile. 
    Name Plantagenet; Joan of Acre 
    Death 7 Apr 1307  Clare Manor, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10293  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father ENGLAND, Edward I of,   b. 17 Jun 1239   d. 7 Jul 1307 (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother CASTILE, Queen Consort of England, Coronation date Eleanor of,   b. 1241, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1290 (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 CLARE, Gilbert,   b. 2 Sep 1242, Christchurch, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1290  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. DE CLARE, Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall Margaret,   b. 12 Oct 1293   d. 9 Apr 1342, Tunbrige Castle, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F7324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 DE MONTHERMER, Ralph,   b. 1270   d. 5 Apr 1325 (Age 55 years) 
    Children 
    +1. DE MONTHERMER, Thomas,   b. 4 Oct 1301, Stoke, Ham, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1340 (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Apr 1272 - Yerushalayim, Israel Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Apr 1290 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Apr 1307 - Clare Manor, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
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    Documents
    Edward I of England - Wikipedia    		Edward I of England - Wikipedia

  • Notes 
    • Joan of Acre (April 1272 - 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile.[2] The name "Acre" derives from her birthplace in the Holy Land while her parents were on a crusade.

      Joan is most notable for the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave, and for the multiple references to her in literature.

      Joan’s burial place has been the cause of some interest and debate. She is interred in the Augustinian priory at Clare, which had been founded by her first husband's ancestors and where many of them were also buried. Allegedly, in 1357, Joan’s daughter, Elizabeth De Burgh, claimed to have “inspected her mother's body and found the corpse to be intact”,[32] which in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church is an indication of sanctity. This claim was only recorded in a fifteenth-century chronicle, however, and its details are uncertain, especially the statement that her corpse was in such a state of preservation that "when her paps [breasts] were pressed with hands, they rose up again." Some sources further claim that miracles took place at Joan's tomb,[32] but no cause for her beatification or canonization has ever been introduced.

      Joan of Acre makes an appearance in Virginia Henley's historical romance Infamous. In the book, Joan, known as Joanna, is described as a promiscuous young princess, vain, shallow and spoiled. In the novel she is only given one daughter, when she historically had eight children. There is no evidence that supports this picture of Joan.[33]

      In The Love Knot by Vanessa Alexander, Joan of Acre is an important character. The author portrays a completely different view of the princess from the one in Henley’s novel. The Love Knot tells the story of the love affair between Ralph de Monthermer and Joan of Acre through the discovery of a series of letters the two had written to each other.[34]

      Between historians and novelists, Joan has appeared in various texts as either an independent and spirited woman or a spoiled brat. In Lives of the Princesses of England by Mary Anne Everett Green, Joan is portrayed as a “giddy princess” and neglectful mother.[35] Many have agreed to this characterization; however, some authors think there is little evidence to support the assumption that Joan of Acre was a neglectful or uncaring mother

  • Sources 
    1. [S1802] WikiTree, Record of Joan of England (Plantagenet) de Clare (1272 - 1307).
      https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Plantagenet-181

    2. [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Edward I of England.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England
      Edward I of England - Wikipedia      		 Edward I of England - Wikipedia



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