Thomas Strangeways

M, b. circa 1395, d. before 1442
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1395Thomas Strangeways was born circa 1395.
Marriageafter 1415He married Lady Katherine Neville, daughter of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort, after 1415.
Deathbefore 1442Thomas Strangeways died before 1442.

John Beaumont

M, d. 1460
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJohn Beaumont married Lady Katherine Neville, daughter of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort, at her third marriage.
Death1460John Beaumont died in 1460.
DateLocationDescription
Viscount Beaumont.

John Woodville

M, b. circa 1444, d. 12 August 1469
Father*Richard Woodville
Mother*Jacquetta of Luxembourg b. c 1416, d. 30 May 1472
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1444John Woodville was born circa 1444.
He was the son of Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
MarriageJanuary 1465John Woodville married Lady Katherine Neville, daughter of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort, in January 1465 at her fourth marriage.
Death12 August 1469John Woodville died on 12 August 1469.
DateLocationDescription
John Woodville (1444? – August 12, 1469) was the second son, and fourth child, of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

In January 1465, John's sister Elizabeth, Queen Consort to Edward IV, procured his marriage to Catherine Neville, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who was aunt to the powerful Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. As the Duchess was about 68 years of age at the time and John was only 20, the marriage was seen by all, particularly Warwick, as an indecent grasp for money and power by the Woodville family.

In 1469, John and his father accompanied King Edward on a march north, to put down what was thought to be a minor rebellion supporting Edward's brother the Duke of Clarence as the legitimate king. Before they met the rebels both Clarence and Warwick had announced their support for the rebellion; by the time Edward met the rebels, the rebel force was far stronger than his. In a parley, the rebels told Edward that they had no fight with Edward but advised him to distance himself from the Woodvilles. In no position to argue, Edward sent the Woodville party away.

John and Rivers went first to the Rivers' house at Grafton and from there made their way westwards towards Wales. They were captured by Warwick's men on the western bank of the Severn and taken to Warwick in Coventry.

Before leaving Calais to support the uprising, Warwick had published a manifesto citing the Woodvilles in general, and the Earl and John specifically, as his reason for supporting Clarence against the king. The publication of this manifesto was deemed, by Warwick, to justify the execution of Rivers and his son. They were beheaded on August 12, and their heads placed on spikes above the gates of Coventry.

Unsurprisingly, there was no issue from the marriage of John Woodville and the Catherine Neville.1

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodville

Henry Percy

M, b. 25 July 1421, d. 29 March 1461
Father*Henry Percy b. 3 Feb 1394, d. 22 May 1455
Mother*Lady Eleanor Neville b. 1398, d. 1472
Life EventDateDescription
Birth25 July 1421Henry Percy was born on 25 July 1421.
He was the son of Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Neville.
Death29 March 1461Henry Percy died on 29 March 1461 at age 39.
DateLocationDescription
3rd Earl of Northumberland.

Lady Katherine Percy

F, b. 1423, d. 1499
Father*Henry Percy b. 3 Feb 1394, d. 22 May 1455
Mother*Lady Eleanor Neville b. 1398, d. 1472
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationLady Katherine Percy was also known as Catherine.
Married NameHer married name was Grey.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageLady Katherine Percy married Edmund Grey.
Birth1423Lady Katherine Percy was born in 1423.
She was the daughter of Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Neville.
Death1499Lady Katherine Percy died in 1499.

Child of Lady Katherine Percy and Edmund Grey

Edmund Grey

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageEdmund Grey married Lady Katherine Percy, daughter of Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Neville.
DateLocationDescription
1st Earl of Kent.

Child of Edmund Grey and Lady Katherine Percy

Thomas Percy

M, b. 29 November 1422, d. 10 July 1460
Father*Henry Percy b. 3 Feb 1394, d. 22 May 1455
Mother*Lady Eleanor Neville b. 1398, d. 1472
Life EventDateDescription
Birth29 November 1422Thomas Percy was born on 29 November 1422.
He was the son of Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Neville.
Death10 July 1460Thomas Percy died on 10 July 1460 at age 37.
DateLocationDescription
1st Baron Egremont.

Sir Ralph Percy

M, d. 25 April 1464
Father*Henry Percy b. 3 Feb 1394, d. 22 May 1455
Mother*Lady Eleanor Neville b. 1398, d. 1472
Life EventDateDescription
Sir Ralph Percy was the son of Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Neville.
Death25 April 1464Sir Ralph Percy died on 25 April 1464.

Robert Neville

M, b. 1408, d. 1457
Father*Sir Ralph Neville b. c 1364, d. 21 Oct 1425
Mother*Joan Beaufort b. c 1379, d. 13 Nov 1440
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1408Robert Neville was born in 1408.
He was the son of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort.
Death1457Robert Neville died in 1457.
DateLocationDescription
Bishop of Durham.
Robert Neville (1408–1457) was a Bishop of Salisbury and a Bishop of Durham. He was also a Provost of Beverley. He was born at Raby Castle. His father was Ralph Neville and his mother was Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. He was thus a highly-placed member of the English aristocracy

He was nominated Bishop of Salisbury on 9 July 1427, and consecrated on 26 October 1427. He was then translated to Durham on 27 January 1438.[1]

He died on 8 July 1457.[2]

Later in the century, George Neville, of the same great northern house of Neville, brother of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the "Kingmaker" was archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of England.1

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Neville

William Neville

M, b. circa 1410, d. 1463
Father*Sir Ralph Neville b. c 1364, d. 21 Oct 1425
Mother*Joan Beaufort b. c 1379, d. 13 Nov 1440
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationWilliam Neville was also known as Lord Fauconberge.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1410William Neville was born circa 1410.
He was the son of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort.
Marriagebefore 1422William Neville married Joan Fauconberg before 1422.
Death1463William Neville died in 1463.
DateLocationDescription
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent KG (c. 1410–1463) and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier.

Born circa 1410, he was the second son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife, Joan Beaufort.

His mother was the legitimised daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford. John of Gaunt was the third surviving son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. William was therefore a great-grandson of Edward III. However, the terms of the legitimisation of the Beaufort family specifically excluded them or their descendants from succession to the throne.

William was one of a number of the Neville sons to make a good match, marrying the Fauconberg heiress and taking the title Lord Fauconberg — just as his nephew Richard Neville (Warwick the Kingmaker) married the Warwick heiress and became Earl of Warwick. William's marriage took place at some point before 1422. His wife Joan was 4 years older than him, and was described as an idiot from birth. The Fauconberg estates were in North Yorkshire, a centre of power for other members of the Neville family.

He seemingly had a conventional military career during the earlier part of Henry VI's reign. Knighted in May 1426, he was serving on the Scottish Borders in 1435. In 1436 he was serving with Richard, Duke of York, in France — his first contact with a man who was later to receive his allegiance. By 1439 he was a field commander in France, with Lords Talbot and Scales. In 1440 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

By 1443 he was back in England, and on the 7 March he took custody of Roxburgh castle. He was granted £1,000 per annum (around £1,000,000 at 2005 prices) during peace, twice this if at war with Scotland, and until 1448, satisfactory payment was made. However, in 1449 he returned to France as part of a diplomatic mission, and in May 1449 he was captured at Pont l'Arche in Normandy. While in captivity in France, he spent 2 years of his own income supporting the upkeep of the castle. In spite of a grant from Parliament in 1449, by 1451 he was owed £4,109. He was forced to settle for less.

In 1453 he was ransomed (for 8,000 French ecus) and freed from captivity. He still had the custody of Roxburgh castle, but was impoverished by maintaining this and by his captivity in France. By now he was owed £1,000 by the government. He settled this by accepting a grant of 1,000 marks from the customs at Newcastle. Not only was this only worth about two-thirds of the original amount, there was no guarantee that he would ever get the money. As Griffths says

"What is so remarkable about his tale is that the Lancastrian crown could command [his] loyalty"

Until this point, he can be seen as a loyal member of the supporters of the House of Lancaster. However, at some time during the next two years, his allegiance began to change. He was a member of Richard, Duke of York's council during Henry VI's second period of madness. Although he was with the Lancastrian nobility at the first battle of St Albans (1455), after the battle he was appointed by York to be joint Constable of Windsor Castle.

We cannot know why he changed sides. Did York (short of support among the nobility) try to gain Fauconberg's allegiance? As a member of the Neville clan, Fauconberg had good family reasons for siding with York, who was after all, his brother-in-law. Warwick (Fauconberg's nephew) begins his rise to fame after 1455, and Fauconberg would be associated with Warwick for the next five years. His treatment over the custody of Roxburgh Castle must have rankled.

In the years 1455–1460, Fauconberg consolidated his position as a member of the Yorkist camp, and strengthened his position as an ally of Warwick. In 1457 he joined Warwick (appointed Captain of Calais) as his deputy. Warwick used Calais as a base for what was essentially piracy, and Fauconberg seems to have been happy to assist. He was in England in 1458, and in May he was briefly imprisoned in London — but he was bailed by Warwick and returned to Calais.

After the Yorkist disaster at Ludford, he helped Warwick regain control of Calais. In June 1460 he provided the springboard for the Yorkist invasion of England by capturing and holding Sandwich. This port was to be used as a bridgehead, and on 26 June he was joined there by Edward of March (eldest son of Richard of York, and the future Edward IV of England), Salisbury (his elder brother) and Warwick. By early July they were in London, and on 3 July the Yorkist forces, led by Fauconberg and numbering as many as 10,000 men, headed north, meeting Henry VI's army at Northampton on the 10th. As was traditional, the Yorkist army split into 3 “battles,” commanded by Fauconberg, Edward of March and Warwick. Fauconberg led the van (the leading army) and formed the right wing during the attack. Both his bravery and small stature were recorded in a Yorkist ballad — “little Lord Fauconberg, a knight of great reverence”.

After the victory at Northampton, and with Warwick remaining in England, Fauconberg returned to Calais as Lieutenant, thus missing the Yorkist disasters at Wakefield and the second battle of St Albans. Early in 1461 he returned to England, joining the newly crowned Edward IV in London. On 11 March he led the vanguard of the Yorkist army north, and as at Northampton was in the van at the battle of Towton on the 29th. Victory there established the Yorkist supremacy.

The rewards of victory followed. He was made a member of the King's Council, and appointed Lieutenant of the North. On the 1st November he was created Earl of Kent, and appointed Steward of the Royal Household. In July 1462 he was appointed Lord Admiral, and in August that year he was granted 46 manors in the west country.

Edward IV relied on him for both land and naval warfare. Following the victory at Towton, he took part in the gradual establishment of royal control in Northumberland, heading a garrison of 120 men at Newcastle in the summer of 1461, and taking part in the siege of Alnwick in November 1462. Between these dates he was back in Calais, raiding the Breton coast in August 1462, then burning le Conquet near Brest, and raiding the Ile de Re.

He died on 9 January 1463, and was buried at Guisborough Priory, in the heart of his Fauconberg lands. He was survived by his wife, who died in 1490 at the age of 84 (thus living through the reigns of all the kings of the 15th century). He had 3 daughters from his marriage, and one acknowledged illegitimate son, Thomas Neville. Known as the Bastard of Fauconberg, he was to lead a revolt later in Edward IV's reign.

William Nevill is an under-rated figure in the rise to power of the Yorkist regime. More successful as a military leader than the more famous Warwick, his reputation is summed up in Goodman's words:

"No other veteran of the Anglo-French Wars won such distinction in the Wars of the Roses."1
1st Earl of Kent.

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Neville,_1st_Earl_of_Kent.

Joan Fauconberg

F, b. circa 1406
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationJoan Fauconberg was also known as Baroness Fauconberge.
Married Namebefore 1422As of before 1422,her married name was Neville.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1406Joan Fauconberg was born circa 1406.
Marriagebefore 1422She married William Neville, son of Sir Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort, before 1422.

Richard of England

M, b. 1376, d. 5 August 1415
Father*Prince Edward of England b. 5 Jun 1341, d. 1 Aug 1402
Mother*Infanta Isabella of Castille b. c 1355, d. 23 Dec 1392
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationRichard of England was also known as Plantagenet.
Name VariationRichard of England was also known as of Conisburgh.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRichard of England married Anne Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer and Alianore Holland.
Birth1376Richard of England was born in 1376.
He was the son of Prince Edward of England and Infanta Isabella of Castille.
Death5 August 1415Richard of England died on 5 August 1415.
DateLocationDescription
3rd Earl of Cambridge.

Children of Richard of England and Anne Mortimer

Anne Mortimer

F
Father*Roger Mortimer b. 11 Apr 1374, d. 20 Jul 1398
Mother*Alianore Holland
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was of England.
Life EventDateDescription
Anne Mortimer was the daughter of Roger Mortimer and Alianore Holland.
MarriageAnne Mortimer married Richard of England, son of Prince Edward of England and Infanta Isabella of Castille.

Children of Anne Mortimer and Richard of England

Roger Mortimer

M, b. 11 April 1374, d. 20 July 1398
Father*Edmund de Mortimer b. c 1351, d. 27 Dec 1381
Mother*Philippa Plantagenet b. 16 Aug 1355, d. 5 Jan 1382
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRoger Mortimer married Alianore Holland.
Birth11 April 1374Roger Mortimer was born on 11 April 1374.
He was the son of Edmund de Mortimer and Philippa Plantagenet.
Death20 July 1398Roger Mortimer died on 20 July 1398 at age 24.
DateLocationDescription
4th Earl of March.

Child of Roger Mortimer and Alianore Holland

Alianore Holland

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Mortimer.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageAlianore Holland married Roger Mortimer, son of Edmund de Mortimer and Philippa Plantagenet.

Child of Alianore Holland and Roger Mortimer

Hugh Swynford

M, b. 1340, d. 1372
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageHugh Swynford married Katherine De Roet, daughter of (?) De Roet and Catherine De Hainault.
Birth1340Hugh Swynford was born in 1340.
Death1372He died in 1372.

Catherine De Hainault

F, b. 1315, d. 1372
Father*(?) De Hainault
Mother*Jeanne De Valois b. 1294, d. 1342
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was De Roet.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageCatherine De Hainault married (?) De Roet.
Birth1315Catherine De Hainault was born in 1315.
She was the daughter of (?) De Hainault and Jeanne De Valois.
Death1372Catherine De Hainault died in 1372.

Child of Catherine De Hainault and (?) De Roet

(?) De Roet

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) De Roet married Catherine De Hainault, daughter of (?) De Hainault and Jeanne De Valois.

Child of (?) De Roet and Catherine De Hainault

Jeanne De Valois

F, b. 1294, d. 1342
Father*Charles De Valois b. 1270, d. 1325
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was De Hainault.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJeanne De Valois married (?) De Hainault.
Birth1294Jeanne De Valois was born in 1294.
She was the daughter of Charles De Valois.
Death1342Jeanne De Valois died in 1342.

Child of Jeanne De Valois and (?) De Hainault

(?) De Hainault

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) De Hainault married Jeanne De Valois, daughter of Charles De Valois.

Child of (?) De Hainault and Jeanne De Valois

Charles De Valois

M, b. 1270, d. 1325
Father*Philip The Bold de France b. 30 Apr 1245, d. 5 Oct 1285
Mother*Isabella of Aragon b. 1247, d. 28 Jan 1271
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageCharles De Valois married Mahaut of Chatillon.
Birth1270Charles De Valois was born in 1270.
He was the son of Philip The Bold de France and Isabella of Aragon.
Death1325Charles De Valois died in 1325.

Child of Charles De Valois

Children of Charles De Valois and Mahaut of Chatillon

Isabelle De Valois

F, b. 1313, d. 1383
Father*Charles De Valois b. 1270, d. 1325
Mother*Mahaut of Chatillon
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationIsabelle De Valois was also known as Isabella.
Married Name25 January 1336As of 25 January 1336,her married name was De Bourbon.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1313Isabelle De Valois was born in 1313.
She was the daughter of Charles De Valois and Mahaut of Chatillon.
Marriage25 January 1336Isabelle De Valois married Peter I De Bourbon, son of Louis I De Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes, on 25 January 1336.
Death1383Isabelle De Valois died in 1383.
DateLocationDescription
Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon or Isabella of France (1313 – 26 July 1383), was a French noblewoman, and a daughter of Charles of Valois by his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon. She was the wife of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon. One of her daughters, Jeanne of Bourbon became the Queen consort of King Charles V of France, and through her, Isabella was the maternal grandmother of King Charles VI.

Her paternal grandparents were Philip IV of France and Isabella of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol and Marie of Brittany.

She was a sister of Blanche of Valois, who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Blanche's daughter was Katharine of Bohemia. Isabella's other sister was Marie of Valois who married Charles, Duke of Calabria in 1323. Marie was the mother of Joan I of Naples. Isabella had a brother called Louis, he became Count of Chartres, but he died aged ten.

When her father died in 1325 all his titles went to Isabella's older half siblings by his first marriage to Marguerite of Anjou and Maine.

[edit] Marriage and issue
On 25 January 1336 Isabella married Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. Peter and Isabella had only one son, Louis and seven daughters. Her husband died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, and Isabella never remarried. After her husband's death Isabella's son Louis became the Duke of Bourbon. In the same year 1356, Isabella arranged for her daughter Jeanne to marry Charles V of France; as he was at the time the Dauphin of France, Jeanne duly became Dauphine.[1]

Isabella outlived her eldest two daughters. Her husband suffered from madness, so this was passed on to their children. Jeanne and Louis were the only two of the seven children to suffer from the hereditary madness. Nobody realised that Jeanne suffered from insanity until she had a nervous breakdown shortly after the birth of her seventh child Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans. Isabella's grandson Charles VI of France is well known for suffering from the mental disorder. In 1361 Isabella's daughter Blanca was murdered on the orders of her husband Pedro because he had fallen in love with Maria de Padilla, the mother of his four illegitimate children including, Infanta Isabella of Castile and Infanta Constance of Castile, who both eventually married into the English royal family . Blanca was either shot by a crossbowman or she was poisoned. Isabella was grief-stricken when she was informed of the death of her second eldest daughter. She eventually became a nun at the Convent des Cordeliers du Faubourg, Saint-Marceau in Paris.[2]1

Children of Isabelle De Valois and Peter I De Bourbon

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Valois,_Duchess_of_Bourbon.

Peter I De Bourbon

M, d. 1356
Father*Louis I De Bourbon
Mother*Mary of Avesnes
Life EventDateDescription
Peter I De Bourbon was the son of Louis I De Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes.
Marriage25 January 1336Peter I De Bourbon married Isabelle De Valois, daughter of Charles De Valois and Mahaut of Chatillon, on 25 January 1336.
Death1356Peter I De Bourbon died in 1356.

Children of Peter I De Bourbon and Isabelle De Valois

Bonne De Bourbon

F, b. 1340, d. 1402
Father*Peter I De Bourbon d. 1356
Mother*Isabelle De Valois b. 1313, d. 1383
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Savoie.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageBonne De Bourbon married (?) de Savoie.
Birth1340Bonne De Bourbon was born in 1340.
She was the daughter of Peter I De Bourbon and Isabelle De Valois.
Death1402Bonne De Bourbon died in 1402.

Child of Bonne De Bourbon and (?) de Savoie

(?) de Savoie

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) de Savoie married Bonne De Bourbon, daughter of Peter I De Bourbon and Isabelle De Valois.

Child of (?) de Savoie and Bonne De Bourbon

Amédée VII Comte de Savoie

M, b. 1360, d. 1391
Father*(?) de Savoie
Mother*Bonne De Bourbon b. 1340, d. 1402
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1360Amédée VII Comte de Savoie was born in 1360.
He was the son of (?) de Savoie and Bonne De Bourbon.
Death1391Amédée VII Comte de Savoie died in 1391.

Child of Amédée VII Comte de Savoie

Jeanne De Savoy

F, b. 1392, d. 1460
Father*Amédée VII Comte de Savoie b. 1360, d. 1391
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Mar De Montferrat.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJeanne De Savoy married (?) Mar De Montferrat.
Birth1392Jeanne De Savoy was born in 1392.
She was the daughter of Amédée VII Comte de Savoie.
Death1460Jeanne De Savoy died in 1460.

Child of Jeanne De Savoy and (?) Mar De Montferrat

(?) Mar De Montferrat

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) Mar De Montferrat married Jeanne De Savoy, daughter of Amédée VII Comte de Savoie.

Child of (?) Mar De Montferrat and Jeanne De Savoy

Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat

M, b. 1424, d. 1494
Father*(?) Mar De Montferrat
Mother*Jeanne De Savoy b. 1392, d. 1460
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1424Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat was born in 1424.
He was the son of (?) Mar De Montferrat and Jeanne De Savoy.
Death1494Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat died in 1494.

Child of Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat

Adelheid Von Montferrat

F
Father*Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat b. 1424, d. 1494
Life EventDateDescription
Adelheid Von Montferrat was the daughter of Bonifacio Mar De Montferrat.

Edmund Plantagenet

M, b. 1301, d. 1330
Father*King Edward I of England b. 17 Jun 1239, d. 7 Jul 1307
Mother*Margaret of France b. 1279, d. 14 Feb 1318
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationEdmund Plantagenet was also known as Edmund of Woodstock.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1301Edmund Plantagenet was born in 1301.
He was the son of King Edward I of England and Margaret of France.
Marriage1325Edmund Plantagenet married Margaret Wake, daughter of John Wake and Joan de Fiennes, in 1325.
Death1330Edmund Plantagenet died in 1330 at executed for treason.
DateLocationDescription
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (5 August 1301 – 19 March 1330) was a member of the English Royal Family.

He was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the son of Edward I Longshanks, King of England and his second wife, Margaret of France. He was 62 years younger than his father, who died when Edmund of Woodstock was only seven. Reportedly, he enjoyed his father's favour. He was summoned to Parliament by writ of summons on 5 August 1320, by which he is held to have become Baron Woodstock. On 28 July 1321 he was created Earl of Kent.

Kent was married to Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell, daughter of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell by Joan de Fiennes, sometime between October and December in 1325 at Blisworth in Northamptonshire.

In 1327, after the execution and forfeiture of the Earl of Arundel, Kent held the castle and honour (land) of Arundel, although he was never formally invested with the titles appropriate to this barony. He was the father of Joan of Kent, through whom the earldom eventually passed into the Holland family.

Kent was sentenced to death by Sir Robert de Hauville for treason, having supported his half-brother, the deposed King Edward II, by order of the Regents the Earl of March and Queen Isabella, before the outer walls of Winchester Castle. It was said that he believed Edward II to be still alive and had conspired to rescue him from prison. Such was public hostility to the execution that "he had to wait five hours for an executioner, because nobody wanted to do it", until a convicted murderer offered to do the deed in exchange for a pardon.

He was buried on 31 March at the Church of the Dominican Friars in Winchester.

Kent's execution was the beginning of the end for March's regency. Thereafter, in October 1330, King Edward III assumed the full powers of King with the support of Kent's cousin, the powerful Earl of Lancaster. March was executed that same year for, inter alia, having assumed the royal powers. The children and widow of the Earl of Kent were treated as members of Edward III's Royal Household.1

Children of Edmund Plantagenet and Margaret Wake

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_of_Woodstock,_1st_Earl_of_Kent.

Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent

F, b. 29 September 1328, d. 7 August 1385
Father*Edmund Plantagenet b. 1301, d. 1330
Mother*Margaret Wake b. c 1297, d. 29 Sep 1349
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationJoan, The Fair Maid of Kent was also known as Joan Plantagenet.
Married Name1340As of 1340,her married name was De Holand.
Married Name1340As of 1340,her married name was Holland.
Married Name10 October 1361As of 10 October 1361,her married name was of England.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth29 September 1328Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent was born on 29 September 1328.
She was the daughter of Edmund Plantagenet and Margaret Wake.
Marriage1340Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent married Thomas Holland in 1340.
Marriage10 October 1361Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent married Edward, the Black Prince of England, son of King Edward III of England and Philippe de Hainaut, on 10 October 1361.
Death7 August 1385Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent died on 7 August 1385 at age 56.
DateLocationDescription
Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1328 – 7 August 1385), known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first Princess of Wales. The French chronicler Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving." The "fair maid of Kent" appellation does not appear to be contemporary.[1]

Joan was daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. Her paternal grandparents were Edward I of England and his second Queen consort Marguerite of France[2]. Her maternal grandparents were John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell and Joan de Fiennes.

Her father, Edmund, 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. Edmund was executed after Edward II's deposition, and Joan, her mother and her siblings were placed under house-arrest in Arundel Castle when Joan was only two years old.

The Earl’s widow, Margaret Wake, was left with four children. Joan's first cousin, the new King Edward III, took on the responsibility for the family, and looked after them well. His wife, Queen Philippa (who was also Joan's second cousin), was well known for her tender-heartedness[citation needed], and Joan grew up at court, where she became friendly with her cousins, including Edward, the Black Prince.

At the age of twelve (1340), Joan entered into a clandestine marriage with Thomas Holland of Broughton,[3] without first gaining the royal consent necessary for couples of their rank. The following winter (1340 or 1341), while Holland was overseas, her family forced her into a marriage with William Montacute, son and heir of the 1st Earl of Salisbury. Joan later claimed she was afraid that disclosing her previous marriage would lead to Thomas's execution for treason on his return, and so did not disclose it. She may also have become convinced that the earlier marriage was invalid.[4]

Joan is often identified as the countess of Salisbury who, legend says, inspired Edward III's founding of the Order of the Garter.[1] It is equally possible, however, that the woman in the case was her mother-in-law Catherine Montacute, Countess of Salisbury.

Several years later, Thomas Holland returned from the Crusades, having made his fortune, and the full story of his earlier relationship with Joan came out. Thomas appealed to the Pope for the return of his wife and confessed the secret marriage to the king. When the Earl of Salisbury discovered that Joan supported Holland’s case, he kept her a prisoner in her own home.[5]

In 1349, Pope Clement VI annulled Joan’s marriage to the Earl and sent her back to Thomas Holland, with whom she lived for the next eleven years. They had four known children (though some sources list five), before Holland died in 1360. Their children were:

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
Joan Holland, who married John V, Duke of Brittany (1356-1384)
Maud Holland, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1359 - 1391)
Additional children also listed:

Edmund (c. 1354) died young
In the meantime, when the last of Joan's siblings died in 1352, she became Countess of Kent and Lady Wake of Liddell.

Evidence of the affection of Edward, the Black Prince (who was her first cousin once removed) for Joan may be found in the record of his presenting her with a silver cup, part of the booty from one of his early military campaigns. Edward's parents did not, however, favour a marriage between their son and their former ward. Queen Philippa had made a favourite of Joan at first, but both she and the king seem to have been concerned about Joan's reputation. English law was such that Joan's living ex-husband, Salisbury, might have claimed any children of her subsequent marriages as his own. In addition, Edward and Joan were within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity.

The secret marriage they are said to have contracted in 1361[6] would have been invalid because of the consanguinity prohibition. At the King's request, the Pope granted a dispensation allowing the two to be legally married. The official ceremony occurred on 10 October 1361, at Windsor Castle with the King and Queen in attendance. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided.

In 1362 the Black Prince was invested as Prince of Aquitaine, a region of France which belonged to the English Crown since the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. He and Joan moved to Bordeaux, the capital of the principality, where they spent the next nine years. Two sons were born in France to the royal couple. The elder son, named Edward (27 January 1365 - 1372) 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 King Peter 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.1

Children of Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent and Thomas Holland

Children of Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent and Edward, the Black Prince of England

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Kent

Thomas Holland

M, b. circa 1314, d. 26 December 1360
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationThomas Holland was also known as De Holand.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1314Thomas Holland was born circa 1314.
Marriage1340He married Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent, daughter of Edmund Plantagenet and Margaret Wake, in 1340.
Death26 December 1360Thomas Holland died on 26 December 1360.
DateLocationDescription
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1314 – 26 December 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

He was from a gentry family in Holland, Lancashire. He was a son of Robert Holland and Maud la Zouche.

In his early military career, he fought in Flanders. He was engaged, in 1340, in the English expedition into Flanders and sent, two years later, with Sir John D'Artevelle to Bayonne, to defend the Gascon frontier against the French. In 1343, he was again on service in France; and, in the following year, had the honour of being chosen one of the founders of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. In 1346, he attended King Edward III into Normandy in the immediate retinue of the Earl of Warwick; and, at the taking of Caen, the Count of Eu and Guînes, Constable of France, and the Count De Tancarville surrendered themselves to him as prisoners. At the Battle of Crécy, he was one of the principal commanders in the van under the Prince of Wales and he, afterwards, served at the Siege of Calais in 1346-7.

Around the same time as, or before, his first expedition, he secretly married the 12-year-old Joan of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, granddaughter of Edward I and Marguerite of France. However, during his absence on foreign service, Joan, under pressure from her family, contracted another marriage with William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (of whose household Holland had been seneschal). This second marriage was annulled in 1349, when Joan's previous marriage with Holland was proved to the satisfaction of the papal commissioners. Joan was ordered by the Pope to return to her husband and live with him as his lawful wife; this she did, thus producing 4 children by him.

Between 1353 and 1356 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron de Holland.

In 1354 Holland was the king's lieutenant in Brittany during the minority of the Duke of Brittany, and in 1359 co-captain-general for all the English continental possessions.

His brother-in-law John, Earl of Kent, died in 1352, and Holland became Earl of Kent in right of his wife.

He was succeeded as baron by his son Thomas, the earldom still being held by his wife (though the son later became Earl in his own right). Another son, John became Earl of Huntingdon and Duke of Exeter.

Thomas and Joan of Kent had four children:

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
Joan Holland, who married John V, Duke of Brittany
Maud Holland, married Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.1

Children of Thomas Holland and Joan, The Fair Maid of Kent

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holland,_1st_Earl_of_Kent.

Joan De Holand

F, b. 1380, d. 1434
Father*Thomas Holland b. 1350, d. 25 Apr 1397
Mother*Alice Fitzalan b. 1350, d. 1416
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Bromflete.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJoan De Holand married (?) Bromflete.
Birth1380Joan De Holand was born in 1380.
She was the daughter of Thomas Holland and Alice Fitzalan.
Death1434Joan De Holand died in 1434.

Child of Joan De Holand and (?) Bromflete

(?) Bromflete

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) Bromflete married Joan De Holand, daughter of Thomas Holland and Alice Fitzalan.

Child of (?) Bromflete and Joan De Holand

Margaret Bromflete

F, b. 1396, d. 1493
Father*(?) Bromflete
Mother*Joan De Holand b. 1380, d. 1434
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Threlkeld.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMargaret Bromflete married (?) Threlkeld.
Birth1396Margaret Bromflete was born in 1396.
She was the daughter of (?) Bromflete and Joan De Holand.
Death1493Margaret Bromflete died in 1493.

Child of Margaret Bromflete and (?) Threlkeld

(?) Threlkeld

M
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage(?) Threlkeld married Margaret Bromflete, daughter of (?) Bromflete and Joan De Holand.

Child of (?) Threlkeld and Margaret Bromflete

Lancelot Threlkeld

M, b. 1435, d. 1493
Father*(?) Threlkeld
Mother*Margaret Bromflete b. 1396, d. 1493
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1435Lancelot Threlkeld was born in 1435.
He was the son of (?) Threlkeld and Margaret Bromflete.
Death1493Lancelot Threlkeld died in 1493.

Margaret Capet

F, b. 1279, d. 1317
Father*Philip The Bold de France b. 30 Apr 1245, d. 5 Oct 1285
Mother*Maria of Brabant b. 13 May 1254, d. 10 Jan 1321
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationMargaret Capet was also known as De France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1279Margaret Capet was born in 1279.
She was the daughter of Philip The Bold de France and Maria of Brabant.
Death1317Margaret Capet died in 1317.

Blanche Capet

F, b. 1253, d. 1320
Father*Louis IX de France b. 25 Apr 1214, d. 25 Aug 1270
Mother*Marguerite de Provence b. 1221, d. 1295
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationBlanche Capet was also known as de France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1253Blanche Capet was born in 1253.
She was the daughter of Louis IX de France and Marguerite de Provence.
Death1320Blanche Capet died in 1320.

Jeanne De Bourbon

F, b. 3 February 1338, d. 4 February 1378
Father*Peter I De Bourbon d. 1356
Mother*Isabelle De Valois b. 1313, d. 1383
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationJeanne De Bourbon was also known as Joan.
Name VariationJeanne De Bourbon was also known as Joanna.
Married Name8 April 1350As of 8 April 1350,her married name was De Valois.
Married Name8 April 1350As of 8 April 1350,her married name was de France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth3 February 1338Jeanne De Bourbon was born on 3 February 1338.
She was the daughter of Peter I De Bourbon and Isabelle De Valois.
Marriage8 April 1350Jeanne De Bourbon married Charles V de France on 8 April 1350.
Death4 February 1378Jeanne De Bourbon died on 4 February 1378 at age 40.
DateLocationDescription
Joan of Bourbon (French: Jeanne de Bourbon; Vincennes, 3 February 1338 – Paris, 6 February 1378) was consort to Charles V of France. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France as the daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon.

Coronation of JoannaJoan gave birth to nine children but only Charles and Louis survived. Five of her children: Joan, John, Marie, Isabella and Catherine survived infancy but died in childhood. Her maternal aunts were Blanche of Valois and Marie of Valois, Blanche married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and was the mother of Katharine of Bohemia. Marie married Charles, Duke of Calabria and was the mother of Joan I of Naples.

Joan's father, Peter was killed while at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, her mother, Isabella died in 1388, she had outlived Joan by ten years.

Her father, grandfather, and brother were all somewhat mentally unstable, and Joan seems to have inherited this family ailment. She suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the birth of her seventh child. Her eldest surviving son, Charles VI, was famous for his insanity. From her marriage to Charles V of France (1350, Tain-en-Viennois) were born nine children:

Joan (1357–1360)
John (1359–1364)
Bonne (1360)
John (1366)
Charles VI of France (1368–1422) King of France
Marie (1370–1377)
Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1372–1407) Duke of Orleans
Isabelle (1373–1378)
Catherine (1378–1388) married John of Berry.1

Child of Jeanne De Bourbon and Charles V de France

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_of_Bourbon

Charles V de France

M, b. 21 January 1338, d. 16 September 1380
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationCharles V de France was also known as of France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth21 January 1338Charles V de France was born on 21 January 1338.
Marriage8 April 1350He married Jeanne De Bourbon, daughter of Peter I De Bourbon and Isabelle De Valois, on 8 April 1350.
Death16 September 1380Charles V de France died on 16 September 1380 at age 42.
DateLocationDescription
Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Brétigny.

Charles was born in Vincennes, Île-de-France, France, the son of John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. Upon his father's succession to the throne in 1350, Charles became Dauphin of France. He was the first French heir to use the title, which is named for the region of Dauphiné, acquired by Charles' grandfather.1

Child of Charles V de France and Jeanne De Bourbon

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V_of_France

Charles VI de France

M, b. 3 December 1368, d. 21 October 1422
Father*Charles V de France b. 21 Jan 1338, d. 16 Sep 1380
Mother*Jeanne De Bourbon b. 3 Feb 1338, d. 4 Feb 1378
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationCharles VI de France was also known as De Valois.
Name VariationCharles VI de France was also known as of France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth3 December 1368Charles VI de France was born on 3 December 1368.
He was the son of Charles V de France and Jeanne De Bourbon.
Marriage17 July 1385Charles VI de France married Isabeau of Bavaria on 17 July 1385.
Death21 October 1422Charles VI de France died on 21 October 1422 at age 53.
DateLocationDescription
Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), called the Well-loved (French: le Bien-Aimé) and the Mad (French: le Fol or le Fou), was the King of France from 1380 to 1422, as a member of the House of Valois.

The crowning of Charles VIHe was born in Paris, the son of King Charles V and Joan of Bourbon. At the age of eleven, he was crowned King of France in 1380 in the cathedral at Reims. He married Isabeau of Bavaria in 1385. Until he took complete charge as king in 1388, France was ruled primarily by his uncle, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Charles VI was known both as Charles the Well-loved and later as Charles the Mad, since, beginning in his mid-twenties, he experienced bouts of psychosis. These fits of madness would recur for the rest of his life. Based on his symptoms, he probably suffered from schizophrenia.1

Child of Charles VI de France and Isabeau of Bavaria

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI_of_France

Catherine De Valois

F, b. 27 October 1401, d. 3 January 1438
Father*Charles VI de France b. 3 Dec 1368, d. 21 Oct 1422
Mother*Isabeau of Bavaria b. c 1371, d. 24 Sep 1435
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1420As of 1420,her married name was of England.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth27 October 1401Catherine De Valois was born on 27 October 1401.
She was the daughter of Charles VI de France and Isabeau of Bavaria.
Marriage1420Catherine De Valois married King Henry V of England in 1420.
Death3 January 1438Catherine De Valois died on 3 January 1438 at age 36.

Child of Catherine De Valois and King Henry V of England

Blanche D Artois

F, b. 1248, d. 2 May 1302
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationBlanche D Artois was also known as of Artois.
Married NameHer married name was Navarre.
Married Name1276As of 1276,her married name was of England.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageBlanche D Artois married Enrique I Navarre.
Birth1248Blanche D Artois was born in 1248.
Marriage1276She married Edmund Crouchback of England, son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, in 1276.
Death2 May 1302Blanche D Artois died on 2 May 1302.

Child of Blanche D Artois and Enrique I Navarre

Child of Blanche D Artois and Edmund Crouchback of England

Enrique I Navarre

M, b. circa 1244, d. 22 July 1274
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageEnrique I Navarre married Blanche D Artois.
Birthcirca 1244Enrique I Navarre was born circa 1244.
Death22 July 1274He died on 22 July 1274.

Child of Enrique I Navarre and Blanche D Artois

King Henry III of England

M, b. 1 October 1207, d. 16 November 1272
Father*King John of England b. 24 Dec 1166, d. 19 Oct 1216
Mother*Isabella of Angoulême b. 1188, d. 31 May 1246
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageKing Henry III of England married Eleanor of Provence.
Birth1 October 1207King Henry III of England was born on 1 October 1207.
He was the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.
Death16 November 1272King Henry III of England died on 16 November 1272 at age 65.
DateLocationDescription
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready. England prospered during his reign and his greatest monument is Westminster, which he made the seat of his government and where he expanded the abbey as a shrine to Edward the Confessor.

He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal, but the England he inherited had undergone several drastic changes in the reign of his father. He spent much of his reign fighting the barons over the Magna Carta[citation needed] and the royal rights, and was eventually forced to call the first "parliament" in 1264. He was also unsuccessful on the Continent, where he endeavoured to re-establish English control over Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine.

Henry III was born in 1207 at Winchester Castle. He was the son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême. The coronation was a simple affair, attended by only a handful of noblemen and three bishops. In the absence of a crown (the crown had recently been lost with all the rest of his father's treasure in a wreck in East Anglia[1]) a simple golden band was placed on the young boy's head, not by the Archbishop of Canterbury (who was at this time supporting Prince Louis of France, the newly-proclaimed king of France) but by another clergyman—either Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, or Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, the Papal legate. In 1220, a second coronation was ordered by Pope Honorius III who did not consider that the first had been carried out in accordance with church rites. This occurred on 17 May 1220 in Westminster Abbey.[2]

Under John's rule, the barons had supported an invasion by Prince Louis because they disliked the way that John had ruled the country. However, they quickly saw that the young prince was a safer option. Henry's regents immediately declared their intention to rule by Magna Carta, which they proceeded to do during Henry's minority.1

Children of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England

Eleanor of Provence

F, b. circa 1223, d. June 1291
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was of England.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageEleanor of Provence married King Henry III of England, son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.
Birthcirca 1223Eleanor of Provence was born circa 1223.
DeathJune 1291She died in June 1291.

Children of Eleanor of Provence and King Henry III of England

Edmund Crouchback of England

M, b. 1245, d. 1296
Father*King Henry III of England b. 1 Oct 1207, d. 16 Nov 1272
Mother*Eleanor of Provence b. c 1223, d. Jun 1291
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1245Edmund Crouchback of England was born in 1245.
He was the son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.
Marriage1276Edmund Crouchback of England married Blanche D Artois in 1276.
Death1296Edmund Crouchback of England died in 1296.
DateLocationDescription
1st Earl of Lancaster.

Child of Edmund Crouchback of England and Blanche D Artois

Richard de Beaumont

M, b. 1369
Father*Henry de Beaumont b. 4 Apr 1340, d. 17 Jun 1369
Mother*Margaret de Vere b. 1344, d. 1398
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1369Richard de Beaumont was born in 1369.
He was the son of Henry de Beaumont and Margaret de Vere.

Child of Richard de Beaumont