Biography of Margaret Wake Countess Kent 1297-1349

Before 24th September 1291 [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 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 John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 29] and 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 [aged 32] died. His son [her brother] Thomas [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

After 1305 [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 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 [aged 24] and Maud Chaworth [aged 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 [aged 18] and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 20] succeeded 4th Lord Baddenoch. Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 16] by marriage Lord Baddenoch.

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

In 1325 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent [aged 23] and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 24] and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 25] and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 27] and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 5] died. His brother John [aged 1] succeeded 3rd Earl Kent.

Around March 1340 [her son-in-law] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 26] and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 12] and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 12] were married. She was already married albeit secretly to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 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 [aged 43]. He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 39] and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 36].

On 3rd April 1348 John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent [aged 17] and Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich [aged 49] and Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders [aged 33]. He the son of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 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 [aged 52] died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister Margaret [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.