Biography of Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328-1385
Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
Descendants Family Tree: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328-1385
1330 Execution of Edmund of Woodstock
1348-1350 Black Death Plague Outbreak
1361 Marriage of Edward "The Black Prince" and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent"
1376 Creation of Garter Knights
1376 Death of the Black Prince
1382 Marriage of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia and her Coronation
Around 1312 John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 18) and [her mother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 14) were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1325 [her father] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 23) and [her mother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edward I of England and [her grandmother] Margaret of France Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 29 Sep 1328 Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales was born to Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 27) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 31) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 19 Mar 1330 the King's uncle [her father] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 28) was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. The executioner was a convicted latrine cleaner who was also facing the death penalty; no-one else would undertake the task of executing a member of the Royal family. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 42) to entrap Edmund. [her future father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 17) was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Around Mar 1340 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 11) were married in secret. It isn't clear whether the marriage was canonical given the secrecy; there were no witnesses. She twelve years old. A subsequent investigation by papal commissioners confirmed it as valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 42). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around Nov 1340 William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 12) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 12) were married. She was already married albeit secretly to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26). The subsequent investigation found her marriage to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent to be valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 43). He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 39) and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 36). She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 23 Apr 1344. The date somewhat unclear; it may have been before. [her future father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 31) formed the Order of the Garter. The first reliable record occurs in autumn of 1348 when the King's wardrobe account shows Garter habits being issued. The Order may have been formed before then with some traditions such as the mantle, and the garter and motto, possibly being introduced later. The Garter refers to an event at Wark Castle, Northumberland [Map] at which King Edward III of England picked up the Countess of Salisbury's fallen garter and saying to the crowd "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ie Shame on him who thinks badly of it, or possibly, he brings shame on himself who thinks badly of it. The Countess of Salisbury could refer to his future daughter-in-law Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 15) or her former mother-in-law [her mother-in-law] Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 40). The event has also been drescribed as taking place at Calais [Map].
Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury: Around 1304 she was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashford, Herefordshire. Around 1320 William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu. On 23 Nov 1349 Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury died at Bisham Abbey.
On 11 Jun 1349 [her father-in-law] William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 48) died. His son [her husband] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury, 4th Baron Montagu. Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 20) by marriage Countess Salisbury.
On 29 Sep 1349 [her mother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) died of plague. Her son [her brother] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 19) succeeded 4th Baron Wake of Liddell and inherited her dower lands and the estates she had inherited from her brother [her uncle] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.
In 1350 [her son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent was born to [her husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 36) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 21). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1350 [her daughter] Joan Holland Duchess Brittany was born to [her husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 36) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 21). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Before 1352 Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March (age 23) and [her sister-in-law] Philippa Montagu Countess March (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess March. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and [her mother-in-law] Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury. He the son of Edmund Mortimer and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton (age 38). He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1352 [her son] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter was born to [her husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 38) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 23). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 26 Dec 1352 [her brother] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 22) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church, Winchester [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. His sister Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 24) succeeded 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell. Some source suggest she also succeeded as 4th Countess of Kent but this is inconsistent with 1. her husband being created Earl of Kent as a new creation, and 2. her son not succeeding to the original Earldom?
In 1359 [her daughter] Maud Holland was born to [her husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 45) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 30). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 26 Dec 1360 [her husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 46) died. He was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map]. His son [her son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.
On 10 Oct 1361 Edward "Black Prince" (age 31) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 33) were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. His first wife, her second (or third depending on how you count them) husband. She had four children already. They had known each other since childhood. Thirty-one and thirty-three respectively. A curious choice for the heir to the throne; foreign princesses were usual. They were married nearly fifteen years and had two children. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward III of England (age 48) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 47). They were half first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 10 Apr 1362 Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 22) died. Her sister Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 20) succeeded 6th Countess of Leicester. [her brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 22) by marriage Earl of Leicester adding a fourth Earldom to the ones he already held: Earl Richmond, Earl Lancaster and Earl Derby.
On 28 May 1363 John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington (age 35) died at Gleaston Castle [Map]. His son Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Harington. Given his young age Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington became a ward of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 50) who granted his wardship to his daughter [her sister-in-law] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 30) and her husband Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 23).
On 05 Sep 1363 [her son-in-law] Hugh Courtenay (age 18) and [her daughter] Maud Holland (age 4) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 34). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27 Jan 1364 [her son] Edward Plantagenet was born to [her husband] Edward "Black Prince" (age 33) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 35) at Château d'Angoulême, Angoulême. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.42%.
On 27 Jul 1365 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 25) and [her sister-in-law] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 33) were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 52) and [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 51).
In 1366 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 26) was created 1st Earl Bedford. [her sister-in-law] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 33) by marriage Countess Bedford.
In May 1366 [her son-in-law] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 27) and [her daughter] Joan Holland Duchess Brittany (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of [her former husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 37). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1367 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 27) was created 1st Count Soissons 1367. [her sister-in-law] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 34) by marriage Countess Soissons 1367.
On 06 Jan 1367 [her son] King Richard II of England was born to [her husband] Edward "Black Prince" (age 36) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 38) at Bordeaux [Map]. He became the Heir to the Throne of England. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.42%.
On 03 Apr 1367 the forces of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile (age 32) commanded by [her husband] Edward "Black Prince" (age 36) defeated the army of Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 33) at the Battle of Nájera at Nájera [Map]. The English forces included [her brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 27), William Scrope, Peter Courtenay (age 21), John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 30), John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 42), Bernard Brocas (age 37) and Thomas Banastre (age 33).
The forces of Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile included Bertrand Geusclin (age 47). The battle achieved little since Bertrand Geusclin escaped.
John Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 36) was killed. His son Robert Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 9) succeeded 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. Margaret Despencer Baroness Ferrers of Chartley by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
Edward "Black Prince" thereafter returned home, taking Peter's daughters Constance (age 13) and Isabella (age 12) as hostages to ensure Peter would pay the money owed to Edward. Constance married John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster, Isabella married [her grandson-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 25).
In Jun 1368 [her brother-in-law] Lionel Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence (age 29) and Violante Visconti (age 14) were married in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan [Map]. The wedding festivities were lavish and ostentatious. The banquet, held outside, included 30 courses of meat and fish presented fully gilded. Between the courses the guests were given gifts such as suits of armor, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs. Among the guests were Geoffrey Chaucer (age 25), Petrarch, Jean Froissart and John Hawkwood. He the son of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 55) and [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 53).
On 07 Oct 1368 [her brother-in-law] Lionel Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence (age 29) died from poisoning at Alba [Map]. Duke Clarence extinct. He was buried at the St Pietro Ciel d'Oro Church, Pavia [Map].
There was strong speculation he had been poisoned by his wife's (age 14) father (age 48).
On 15 Aug 1369 [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 55) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. Her husband [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 56) and youngest son [her brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 14) were present. She was given a state funeral six months later on 09 Jan 1370 at which she was interred at on the northeast side of the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her alabaster effigy was executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.
Before 13 Oct 1370 [her son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 64) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of [her former husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 42). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 21 Sep 1371 [her brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 31) and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster (age 17) were married at Roquefort, Landes. She by marriage Duchess Lancaster. His younger brother [her grandson-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 30) married Constance's sister in July 1372. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 58) and [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England.
On 11 Jul 1372 [her grandson-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 31) and Isabella of Castile Duchess York (age 17) were married at Wallingford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cambridge. She being the younger sister of Constance (age 18) who had married Edmund's older brother [her brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 32) a year before. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 59) and [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England.
On 16 Jan 1373 Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 31) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 7), wife of [her brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Mary Bohun (age 5), wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (age 5), the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
In 1374 [her brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 27). He the son of [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 61) and [her mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1376 [her brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 20) was created 1st Earl Essex. Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 10) by marriage Countess Essex.
On 23 Apr 1376 [her father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 63) created a number of new Garter Knights ...
54th [her son-in-law] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 37).
55th Thomas Banastre (age 42).
56th William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 37).
57th Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford (age 40).
58th [her son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 26). He the son of Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 47) whose second husband was Edward III's son [her husband] Edward "Black Prince" (age 45).
59th Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 33) was appointed 59th. He the son of Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster who was the first cousin of Edward III's father [her uncle] King Edward II of England.
60th William Beauchamp 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 33).
On 08 Jun 1376 [her husband] Edward "Black Prince" (age 45) died of dysentery at Westminster Palace [Map]. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son [her son] Richard (age 9) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England. His niece Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster (age 20) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England.
On 21 Jun 1377 [her former father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 64) died of a stroke at Sheen Palace [Map]. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His grandson [her son] King Richard II of England (age 10) succeeded II King of England.Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 48)
In 1380 [her son-in-law] Waleran Luxemburg (age 25) and [her daughter] Maud Holland (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 51). He the son of Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny and Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 24 Jun 1380 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 7) and [her future daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 17) marriage annulled since she had become pregnant by [her son] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 28) whom she subsequently married. It isn't clear whether John Holland was punished; he was half-brother to [her son] King Richard II of England (age 13) through their mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 51).
In 1381 [her sister-in-law] Philippa Montagu Countess March (age 49) died.
On 11 Jun 1381 [her son] King Richard II of England (age 14) held council with his mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 52), Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 43), [her husband] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 52), Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl of Arundel (age 35), Archbishop Simon Sudbury (age 65) and Robert Hales (age 56) at the Tower of London [Map].
On 14 Jun 1381 the mob gained access to the Tower of London [Map] capturing Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 52), the future King Henry IV of England (age 14), [her granddaughter] Joan Holland Duchess York (age 1) and Archbishop Simon Sudbury (age 65).
Archbishop Simon Sudbury was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Lord Treasurer Robert Hales (age 56), who had only been appointed on the 1st February 1381, was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map].
On 20 Jan 1382 [her son] King Richard II of England (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 15) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Bishop Robert Braybrooke. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 35). He the son of [her former husband] Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
It was the first royal wedding that including a Royal Procession from the Tower of London [Map] to Westminster Abbey [Map].
Arranged by Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) the marriage not popular since it brought no dowry and little prospect of increased trade since Bohemia not a primary English trade partner.
On 07 Aug 1385 Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 56) died at Wallingford Castle [Map]. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map] beside her first husband [her former husband] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Her son [her son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.
After 07 Aug 1385 [her former husband] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 57) and Elizabeth Mohun Countess of Salisbury were married. She by marriage Countess Salisbury. He the son of [her former father-in-law] William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and [her former mother-in-law] Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury.
Chronicle of Adam of Usk. 1386. The [her son] king (age 18), bearing it ill that by this appointment the due freedom of his majesty should be bridled by his own lieges, and urged by his servants who were angered that their evil gains were thereby prevented, ceased not to thwart those who were thus set in authority, till the end came in the destruction of the king himself, his abettors, and many of these same rulers, And from thence alas! what griefs and weary deeds followed, and specially concerning the death of those nobles, the [her former brother-in-law] duke of Gloucester (age 30) and the earl of Arundel, it will appear more fully hereafter. To proceed: those who thus urged on the king, in order to the sudden suppression of the twelve rulers, planned that a general council should be holden in the Tower of London, wherein they thought suddenly and at one blow, by means of an ambush of armed men, to destroy the twelve when summoned to, the council. But the Almighty disposed the twelve, being forewarned of that wicked design, to come in such strength that the king and his abettors, disordered by their warlike preparation, feared that the kingdom would rise in their favour. Wherefore a peace was made, though a hollow one. Hearing this, our lady the princess, the mother of the king, with heavy grief in her heart, and not sparing to toil on even by night, hastened from Wallingford to London, to allay the discord. And on her knees she prayed the king, her son, as he looked for her blessing, in no wise to bend to the wishes of flatterers, and specially of those who were now urging him on; otherwise he would bring down her curse upon him. But the king with reverence raised her up and promised that he would willingly be guided by the counsel of the twelve. To whom his mother replied: "At thy coronation, my son, I rejoiced that it had fallen to my lot to be the mother of an anointed king; but now I grieve, for I foresee the fall which threatens thee, the work of accursed flatterers." Then the king passed with his mother to Westminster Hall, and there, seated on his throne of state, by her mediation, made his peace with the twelve guardians; yet did he it falsely and with deceit.1
Note 1. Adam has here mixed up several events in confusion. He tells us further on that we must not read this earlier part of his chronicle as consecutive history; and the hint is wanted nowhere more than in this his account of Richard’s attempt to cast off the thraldom in which the Wonderful Parliament had placed him. The stories of plots laid by Richard for the destruction of his enemies are so many, and told in so many different ways in the chronieles, that some confusion in the mind of the writer may be pardoned. Knighton (ij. 216) first reports the rumour that the king, who had retired to Eltham on the meeting of the parliament, in 1386, designed to assassinate a deputation of forty of the members whom he had summoned to appear before him. Walsingham (ij. 150) records a plot to invite the duke of Gloucester and the parliamentary opponents of the earl of Suffolk to a banquet in the city, and there slay them. The Monk of Evesham (75) repeats this story, adding, ‘Michael statuit (ne dicam, hoc esse regis commentum)." The commons themselves, in their petition against the duke of Ireland’s party, refer to some such design, saying that the traitors "‘firent que nostre seigneur le Roi commanda a Meire de Loundre de faire sudeinement lever un graunt poare de gentz de Loundre, d’occire et mettre au mort touz les ditz seigneurs et communs horpris ceux qui furrunt de lour coveine" (Rot. Parl. iij. 231, art. 15). Again, in 1387, after the council of Nottingham, when the revolted lords were invited by Richard to a conference at Westminster, they advanced with extreme caution on the report of an ambush in the Mews (Wals. ij. 165; Mon. Evesh. 91; Knighton, ij. 248). Unfortunately for the story of the intervention of the princess of Wales, that lady had already died in 1385. However, the fact remains that, not long before her death, she did undertake a fatiguing journey to reconcile Richard with his uncle, the duke of Lancaster; though the words which are placed in her mouth by our chronicler are not recorded elsewhere (Wals. ij. 126; Mon. Evesh. 60).
On 03 Jun 1397 [her former husband] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 68) died. His nephew John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 47) succeeded 3rd Earl Salisbury, 5th Baron Montagu. Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury (age 33) by marriage Countess Salisbury.
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Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Wake
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Stuteville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Stuteville
GrandFather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw
Great x 3 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet
Mother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Provence 
GrandMother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Erard Brienne II Count Brienne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Brienne I King Jerusalem
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès Montfaucon Countess Brienne
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beregaria Ivrea Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun V Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois