Biography of Margaret Wake Countess Kent 1297-1349

Before 24th September 1291 [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) and [her mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 20th March 1297 Margaret Wake Countess Kent was born to [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 29) and [her mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 4th October 1300 [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 32) died. His son [her brother] Thomas (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

After 1305 [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 8) and [her sister-in-law] Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 24) and Maud Chaworth (age 22). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Before 26th October 1309 [her mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell died.

Around 1312 John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 18) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 14) were married. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1314 [her husband] John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 20) succeeded 4th Lord Baddenoch. Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 16) by marriage Lord Baddenoch.

In 1321 [her future husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 19) was created 1st Earl Kent.

In 1325 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 23) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward I of England and Margaret of France Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1326 [her son] Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent was born to [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 24) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 28). He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He died aged five in 1331.

Before 12th October 1326 [her brother-in-law] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk (age 26) and Alice Hales Countess Norfolk were married. She by marriage Countess Norfolk. He the son of King Edward I of England and Margaret of France Queen Consort England.

In 1327 [her daughter] Margaret Plantagenet was born to [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 25) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 29). She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 29th September 1328 [her daughter] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales was born to [her husband] 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. She married (1) March 1340 her fourth cousin once removed Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent, son of Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand and Maud Zouche Baroness Holand, and had issue (2) November 1340 William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury, son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (3) 10th October 1361 her half first cousin once removed Edward "Black Prince", son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England, and had issue.

On 7th April 1330 [her son] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent was born to [her former husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (deceased) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 33) at Arundel Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 3rd April 1348 his half second cousin once removed Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent, daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich and Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders.

Before 5th October 1331 [her son] Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent (age 5) died. His brother John (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent.

Around March 1340 [her son-in-law] 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). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around November 1340 [her son-in-law] 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).

On 3rd April 1348 John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 17) and Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 49) and Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders (age 33). He the son of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 51). They were half second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 31st May 1349 [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 52) died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister Margaret (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.