Biography of Joan Plantagenet 1191-1237

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Maternal Family Tree: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

Around 1191 Joan Plantagenet was born illegitimately to King John of England (age 24) and Adela Plantagenet. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.38%.

On 05 Dec 1194 [her daughter] Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet (age 3). She a granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 1198 [her son] Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 26) and Joan Plantagenet (age 7). He a grandson of King John of England.

Around 1202 [her daughter] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 30) and Joan Plantagenet (age 11). She a granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1205 Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 33) and Joan Plantagenet (age 14) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of King John of England (age 38) and Adela Plantagenet.

Around Mar 1212 [her son] Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 40) and Joan Plantagenet (age 21) at Castell Hen Blas Coleshill Bagillt. He a grandson of King John of England.

Around 1215 [her son-in-law] Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber and [her daughter] Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw (age 20) were married. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

Death of King John

                    On 19 Oct 1216 [her father] King John of England (age 49) died at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map]. His son [her half-brother] King Henry III of England (age 9) succeeded III King of England.
                
                    John Monmouth (age 34) was present.
                
                    On his deathbed, John appointed a council of thirteen executors to help Henry reclaim the kingdom and requested that his son be placed into the guardianship of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 70).
                
                    King John's will is the earliest English royal will to survive in its original form. The document is quite small, roughly the size of a postcard and the seals of those who were present at the time would have been attached to it. Translation of the will taken from an article by Professor S.D. Church in the English Historical Review, June 2010:
                
                    I, John, by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, count of Anjou, hindered by grave infirmity and not being able at this time of my infirmity to itemize all my things so that I may make a testament, commit the arbitration and administration of my testament to the trust and to the legitimate administration of my faithful men whose names are written below, without whose counsel, even in good health, I would have by no means arranged my testament in their presence, so that what they will faithfully arrange and determine concerning my things as much as in making satisfaction to God and to holy Church for damages and injuries done to them as in sending succour to the land of Jerusalem and in providing support to my sons towards obtaining and defending their inheritance and in making reward to those who have served us faithfully and in making distribution to the poor and to religious houses for the salvation of my soul, be right and sure. I ask, furthermore, that whoever shall give them counsel and assistance in the arranging of my testament shall receive the grace and favour of God. Whoever shall infringe their arrangement and disposition, may he incur the curse and indignation of almighty God and the blessed Mary and all the saints.
                
                    In the first place, therefore, I desire that my body be buried in the church of St Mary and St Wulfstan at Worcester. I appoint, moreover, the following arbiters and administrators: the lord Guala, by the grace of God, cardinal-priest of the title of St Martin and legate of the apostolic see; the lord Peter bishop of Winchester; the lord Richard bishop of Chichester; the lord Silvester bishop of Worcester; Brother Aimery de St-Maur; William Marshal earl of Pembroke; Ranulf earl of Chester; William earl Ferrers; William Brewer; Walter de Lacy and John of Monmouth; Savaric de Mauléon; Falkes de Bréauté.
                
                    The signatories were:
                
                    Guala Bicchieri (ca 1150 - 1227) Papal Legate.
                
                    Bishop Peter de Roches, Bishop of Winchester.
                
                    Richard le Poer (? - 1237), Bishop of Chichester.
                
                    Sylvester of Worcester, Bishop of Worcester.
                
                    Aimery de St-Maur (? -?1219), Master of the English Templars.
                
                    William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke.
                
                    Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (age 46).
                
                    William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby (age 48).
                
                    William Brewer (? - 1226), 1st Baron Brewer.
                
                    Walter de Lacy (ca 1172-1241) Lord of Meath.
                
                    John: (1182 - 1248) Lord of Monmouth.
                
                    Savaric de Mauléon (? - 1236) Seneschal of Poitou from 1205.
                
                    Falkes de Bréauté (? - 1226) Seneschal of Cardiff Castle.

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Around 1218 [her daughter] Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 46) and Joan Plantagenet (age 27). She a granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1219 [her son-in-law] John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber (age 22) and [her daughter] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford (age 17) were married. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

Before 1220 [her son-in-law] Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford and [her daughter] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford (age 17) were married. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 1222 [her son-in-law] John Dunkeld 9th Earl Huntingdon 7th Earl Chester (age 15) and [her daughter] Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar (age 4) were married. He the son of David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon and Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon (age 51). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1230 [her son] Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 8) were married. She the daughter of William de Braose 9th Baron Bergaveny 7th Baron Bramber (age 26) and Eva Marshal (age 27). They were half fourth cousins. He a grandson of King John of England.

Around 1230 [her son-in-law] Ralph Mortimer (age 39) and [her daughter] Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw (age 35) were married. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

Sometime before 02 May 1230 William de Braose 9th Baron Bergaveny 7th Baron Bramber (age 26) was captured by Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 58) in the bedchamber of his wife Joan Plantagenet (age 39).

Chronicle of the Princes of Wales. 1230. That year, William Bruse (age 26) was hanged by Llywelyn (age 58), son of Iorwerth, having been caught in the chamber of the prince, with the princess Jannet (age 39), daughter of [her father] king John, and wife of the prince.

On 02 May 1230 William de Braose 9th Baron Bergaveny 7th Baron Bramber (age 26) was hanged by Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 58) for having been found in the bedchamber of his wife Joan Plantagenet (age 39). His daughter Eva de Braose (age 3) succeeded 10th Baroness Bergavenny Feudal Creation. William Cantilupe by marriage Baron Bergavenny Feudal Creation. His first cousin [her son-in-law] John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber (age 33) succeeded 8th Baron Bramber Feudal.

Chronica Majora. Sep 1236. In the same year, the king, by the advice of his nobles, proceeded to York to consult vith them and make arrangements for settling the dispute between him and Alexander (age 38), king of Scotland, and which had now grown into hatred. For to wise men, who weighed future events in the scale of reason, it seemed foolish that the kingdom of England, surrounded on all sides by enemies on the continent, should secretly generate internal hatred. The origin of this discord was (it is said) as follows: -The king of Scotland had constantly demanded the county of Northumberland, which [her father] King John had given him as a marriage portion with his daughter Johanna (age 45), and for which he declared that he held a charter and had the evidence of a great many bishops and clergy of rank, as well as earls and barons; and he declared that it was an unworthy and execrable action to revoke what proceeded from the lips of kings, and to annul a compact made between persons of such noble station. He also added, that unless the English king would peaceably give him what plain reason proved to be his right, he would seek it at the sword's point. He was inspired with confidence by the secret, although suspected, friendship of Llewellyn, and by his alliance and affinity with Gilbert Marshal (age 39), who had married his sister Margaret (age 36), a most handsome lady. The hostility of his continental states, too, was always in conspiracy against him, and moreover, his cause was just, as was proved by the muniments of former kings. After much discussion on both sides, the king of England, for the sake of peace, and for the protection of his kingdom, as far as lay in his power offered the king of Scots a revenue of eighty marks from some other part of England, in order that the boundaries of his kingdom might not be broken in upon in the northern parts. But whilst he waited until the affair should be settled to the satisfaction of both parties, the conference ended, and all for the moment remained at peace.

About that time, the knight, Philip Daubeney, a noble devoted to God, and brave in battle, after fighting for the Lord during several pilgrimages to the Holy Land, at length closed his life by a praiseworthy death there, and obtained a holy burial in the Holy Land, which he had long desired when living.

On 02 Feb 1237 Joan Plantagenet (age 46) died at Abergwyngregyn Bangor.

[her daughter] Susanna ferch Llewellyn was born to Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw and Joan Plantagenet. She a granddaughter of King John of England.