AIMERY, IV

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: A companion of William the Conqueror, on his Invasion of England in 1066.
• Relation to Me: 30 GGF
• Royalty & Nobility: Viscount of Thouars

Notes:

In 1055 he was allied with Geoffroy Martel, Count of Anjou, against William, Duke of Normandy, and he participated in the siege of Ambrières, a castle built by William on the border of the County of Maine. After returning to Thouars in 1056, he joined the army of the Duke of Aquitaine to fight against the Saracens in Spain. He participated in the capture of Barbastro and brought a rich booty back to his hometown of Thouars.

In 1066, he was in England as part of the invading army of William the Conqueror. At the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, he commanded a corps composed of Poitevins, Bretons, and Angevins. Aimery IV did not settle in England, however, but received ample reimbursement and returned to France.

In Thouars, he rebuilt the castle in 1080. Aimery IV was also lord of La Chaize (near La Roche-sur-Yon), where he built a castle and a church dedicated to St. Nicolas.
Early in 1090, he made war on Pierre de Mortagne and took his castle. The Viscount of Thouars was assassinated by two of his own knights in 1093. He was buried in the church of Saint Nicolas in La Chaize.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 28 GGF
• Royalty & Nobility: Viscount of Chatellerault

Notes:

Through his daughter he was the grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who would become Duchess of Aquitaine (in her own right) as well as queen of both France and England. Eleanor was arguably the most celebrated woman in Medieval European history.

Died:
Notre Dame, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Family/Spouse: ISLE BOUCHARD, Dangereuse Maubergeonne. Dangereuse (daughter of Living) was born in 1079; died in 1119. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who arguably became the most powerful woman in Europe of her generation.
• Relation to Me: 27 GGM
• Royalty & Nobility: Duchess of Aquitaine

Notes:

Birth:
De Chatellerault, Aquitaine, France

Aenor married AQUITAINE, Guillaume X of in 1121. Guillaume (son of DE AQUITAINE, Guillaume IX and MAUDE, Philippa) was born in 1099 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 9 Apr 1137 in Compostela, Orense, Galicia, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography
• Books About: The Autumn Throne: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Middle Ages Queen of England
• Books About: The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
• Books About: The Winter Crown: A Medieval Tale of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England
• Differentiator: Member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France, and one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She led armies several times in her life, and was a leader of the Second Crusade.
• Relation to Me: 26 GGM
• Royalty & Nobility: Duchess of Acquitaine, Queen Consort of England, Queen Consort of France

Notes:

As Duchess of Aquitaine, Eleanor was the most eligible bride in Europe. Three months after she became duchess, she married King Louis VII of France, son of her guardian, King Louis VI. As Queen of France, she participated in the unsuccessful Second Crusade. Soon afterwards, Eleanor sought an annulment of her marriage,[1] but her request was rejected by Pope Eugene III.[2] However, after the birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment, as fifteen years of marriage had not produced a son.[3] The marriage was annulled on 11 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate and custody was awarded to Louis, while Eleanor's lands were restored to her.

As soon as the annulment was granted, Eleanor became engaged to Henry, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou, who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and eleven years younger. The couple married on 18 May 1152 (Whit Sunday), eight weeks after the annulment of Eleanor's first marriage, in a cathedral in Poitiers, France. Over the next thirteen years, she bore Henry eight children: five sons, three of whom would become kings; and three daughters. However, Henry and Eleanor eventually became estranged. Henry imprisoned her in 1173 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband. She was not released until 6 July 1189, when Henry died and their son ascended the English throne as Richard I.

Now queen dowager, Eleanor acted as regent while Richard went on the Third Crusade; on his return Richard was captured and held prisoner. Eleanor lived well into the reign of her youngest son, John. She outlived all her children except for John and Eleanor.

Eleanor married HENRY, II on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. II (son of PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou Geoffroy V and MATILDA, Empress) was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married FRANCE, King Louis VII of in 1137 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. King (son of FRANCE, King Louis VI of and SAVOY, Adelaide of Maurienne) was born in 1120 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Abbey at Saint Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 26 GU
• Royalty & Nobility: King of England
• Name: Lionheart

Richard married NAVARRE, Berengaria Princess of on 12 May 1191. Berengaria was born in 1163; died on 23 Dec 1230 in Abbey of L'Esau Le Mans Sarte, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: King John Treachery and Tyranny
• Differentiator: King and signer of the Magna Carta
• Relation to Me: 25 GGF
• Name: John Lackland
• Royalty & Nobility: Between 6 Apr 1199 and 19 Oct 1216; King of England
• Magna Carta: 1215; King and signer of the Magna Carta

Notes:

John lost the Duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.

Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards. Historian Jim Bradbury has summarised the current historical opinion of John's positive qualities, observing that John is today usually considered a "hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general". Nonetheless, modern historians agree that he also had many faults as king, including what historian Ralph Turner describes as "distasteful, even dangerous personality traits", such as pettiness, spitefulness and cruelty.[3] These negative qualities provided extensive material for fiction writers in the Victorian era, and John remains a recurring character within Western popular culture, primarily as a villain in films and stories depicting the Robin Hood legends.

Died:
Newark Castle, Lincolnshire, England

Family/Spouse: DE WARENNE, Adela "Ela". Adela (daughter of DE WARENNE, Hamelin and DE WARENNE, Isabel) was born about 1170; died on 27 May 1240 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ANGOULEME, Isabella of. Isabella (daughter of ANGOULEME, last Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer. Aymer of and COURTENAY, Alice of) was born in 1188; died on 4 Jun 1246. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 26 GU
• Royalty & Nobility: King of England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Princess of England, Queen of Castile and Toledo

Notes:

In 1170 Eleanor married King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos.[1] Her parents' purpose in arranging the marriage was to secure Aquitaine's Pyrenean border, while Alfonso was seeking an ally in his struggles with Sancho VI of Navarre. In 1177, this led to Henry overseeing arbitration of the border dispute.[8]

Around the year 1200, Alfonso began to claim that the duchy of Gascony was part of Eleanor's dowry, but there is no documented foundation for that claim. It is highly unlikely that Henry II would have parted with so significant a portion of his domains. At most, Gascony may have been pledged as security for the full payment of his daughter's dowry. Her husband went so far on this claim as to invade Gascony in her name in 1205. In 1206, her brother John granted her safe passage to visit him, perhaps to try opening peace negotiations. In 1208, Alfonso yielded on the claim.[9] Decades later, their great-grandson Alfonso X of Castile would claim the duchy on the grounds that her dowry had never been fully paid.

Of all Eleanor of Aquitaine's daughters, her namesake was the only one who was enabled, by political circumstances, to wield the kind of influence her mother had exercised.[10] In her own marriage treaty, and in the first marriage treaty for her daughter Berengaria, Eleanor was given direct control of many lands, towns, and castles throughout the kingdom.[11] She was almost as powerful as Alfonso, who specified in his will in 1204 that she was to rule alongside their son in the event of his death, including taking responsibility for paying his debts and executing his will.[12] It was she who persuaded him to marry their daughter Berengaria to Alfonso IX of León. Troubadours and sages were regularly present in Alfonso VIII's court due to Eleanor's patronage.[13]

Eleanor took particular interest in supporting religious institutions. In 1179, she took responsibility to support and maintain a shrine to St. Thomas Becket in the cathedral of Toledo. She also created and supported the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, which served as a refuge and tomb for her family for generations, and its affiliated hospital.[14]

When Alfonso died, Eleanor was reportedly so devastated with grief that she was unable to preside over the burial. Their eldest daughter Berengaria instead performed these honours. Eleanor then went sick and died only twenty-six days after her husband, and was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.[15]

Family/Spouse: CASTILE, Alfonso VIII of. Alfonso (son of CASTILE, Sancho III of and NAVARRE, Blanche of) was born on 11 Nov 1155; died on 5 Oct 1214. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title: Son of King John I with his mistress

Richard married DE DOVER, Rohese in 1207 in Chilham, Kent, England. Rohese (daughter of DE DOVER, Fulbert Robert and DEBRIWERE, Isabel) was born in 1200 in Chilham, Kent, England; died in 1265 in Chilham, Kent, England; was buried in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Henry III: The Great King England Never Knew It Had
• Books About: Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258 (Volume 1) (The English Monarchs Series
• Books About: The Silken Rose
• Royalty & Nobility: King of England
• Name: Henry of Winchester

Family/Spouse: PROVENCE, Eleanor of. Eleanor (daughter of BERENGUER, Ramon IV and SAVOY, Beatrice of) was born in 1223; died on 24 Jun 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MARSHAL, Isabel. Isabel (daughter of MARSHAL, William and DE CLARE, Isabel) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Ladies of the Magna Carta
• Name: Lady of Wales, Lady of Snowdon

Family/Spouse: IORWERTH, Llywelyn ap. Llywelyn (son of DRWYNDWN, Iorwerth and MADOG, Marared ferch) was born in 1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglesey, Wales; died on 11 Apr 1240 in Aberconwy Abbey, Nant Conwy, Arllechwedd Cantref, Gwynedd, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FRANCE, King of France King Louis VIII of. King (son of FRANCE, King of France King Philip II Augustus and OF HAINAUT, Isabelle) was born on 5 Sep 1187; died on 8 Nov 1226. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of Castile and Toledo; Queen consort of Leon

Family/Spouse: LEON, Alfonso IX of. Alfonso (son of LEON, Ferdinand II of and PORTUGAL, Urraca of) was born on 15 Aug 1171; died on 24 Sep 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lorette married MARMION, Sir William in 1248 in Kent, England. Sir (son of MARMION, Robert VI "The Younger" Sir and TANFIELD, Avice de) was born in 1235 in Glanford Brigg, Winteringham, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1276 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
• Royalty & Nobility: King of England
• Name: Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots

Family/Spouse: FRANCE, Margaret of. Margaret (daughter of FRANCE, King of France Phillip III of and BRABANT, Maria of) was born in 1279; died in 1318. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CASTILE, Queen Consort of England, Coronation date Eleanor of. Eleanor (daughter of CASTILE, Ferdinand III of and DAMMARTIN, Joan of) was born in 1241 in Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 28 Nov 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: OF ARTOIS, Blanche. Blanche (daughter of ARTOIS, Robert I Count of and Living) was born in 1248; died on 2 May 1302. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SAINT OWEN, Joan. Joan was born in 1260; died in 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ellen ferch Llewelyn

Family/Spouse: DE QUINCY, Robert. Robert (son of DE QUINCY, Saer and BEAUMONT, Margaret) was born before 1200; died in Aug 1257. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert the Good

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France
• Name: Saint Louis

Notes:

Louis IX commonly known as Saint Louis, was King of France, the ninth from the House of Capet, and is a canonized Catholic and Anglican saint.

Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII the Lion, although his mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled the kingdom until he reached maturity. During Louis' childhood, Blanche dealt with the opposition of rebellious vassals and put an end to the Albigensian Crusade which had started 20 years earlier.

As an adult, Louis IX faced recurring conflicts with some of the most-powerful nobles, such as Hugh X of Lusignan and Peter of Dreux. Simultaneously, Henry III of England tried to restore his continental possessions, but was utterly defeated at the battle of Taillebourg. His reign saw the annexation of several provinces, notably Normandy, Maine and Provence.

Louis IX was a reformer and developed French royal justice, in which the king was the supreme judge to whom anyone could appeal to seek the amendment of a judgment. He banned trials by ordeal, tried to prevent the private wars that were plaguing the country, and introduced the presumption of innocence in criminal procedure. To enforce the application of this new legal system, Louis IX created provosts and bailiffs.

Following a vow he made after a serious illness and confirmed after a miraculous cure, Louis IX took an active part in the Seventh and Eighth Crusades. He died from dysentery during the latter crusade, and was succeeded by his son Philip III.

Louis's actions were inspired by Christian zeal and Catholic devotion. He decided to severely punish blasphemy (for which he set the punishment to mutilation of the tongue and lips),[1] gambling, interest-bearing loans and prostitution. He spent exorbitant sums on presumed relics of Christ, for which he built the Sainte-Chapelle, and he expanded the scope of the Inquisition and ordered the burning of Talmuds and other Jewish books. He is the only canonized king of France, and there are consequently many places named after him.

Died:
During his second crusade, Louis died of Dysentery

Family/Spouse: PROVENCE, Margaret of. Margaret was born in 1221; died on 20 Dec 1295. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: OF PROVENCE, Beatrice. Beatrice was born in 1229; died on 23 Sep 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Between 31 Aug 1217 and 30 May 1252; King of Castile and Toledo

Family/Spouse: DAMMARTIN, Joan of. Joan was born in 1220; died on 16 Mar 1279. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John I

Notes:

SIR JOHN MARMION, son and heir. In 1278 he was distrained for knighthood as holding a knight's fee in Sussex. On 2 November 1281 he was pardoned for a sum taken by his father from the Sheriff of Yorkshire during the disturbances of 1265. In 1284-85 he was returned as holding the manor of Quinton, co. Gloucester, of Philip Marmion (of Tamworth), who held it of the Earl of Leicester, who held in chief. On 16 April 1291 he was summoned for military service, to be at Norham on 3 June. On 5 May 1292 he had a grant to him and his heirs of free warren in his demesne lands in East Tanfield, Carthorpe, (Little) Langton, co. York, Winteringham, co. Lincoln, Luddington, Northants, Nether and Over Quinton, co. Gloucester, and Berwick, Winton and Pikehay, Sussex. On 8 June 1294 he was summoned to attend the King wherever he might be on urgent affairs, and on 14 June was excepted from service in Gascony. On 16 December 1295 he was summoned to be at Newcastle on 1 March following for military service against the Scots. In 1296 he did homage to the Archbishop of York for tenements in Ripon. On 26 January 1296/7 he was summoned to attend the Parliament at Salisbury on 24 February and on 15 May 1297 was summoned to be in London on 7 July for service overseas with the King. In the same year and in 1298, 1300-1, and 1306 he was again summoned for service against the Scots, and in 1303 was ordered to place himself with his forces under the command of the King's lieutenant in Scotland. He was elected a Knight of the shire for co. Lincoln, to be present at the Parliament at York on 25 May 1298. On 18 March 1298/9 he, as lord of Tanfield, agreed with Fountains Abbey to abide by the charter of Avice his grandmother with respect to the property held of him by the monks in Melmerby. In 1303 he was returned as having held of Robert de Tateshale 8 carucates in Hunmanby by the service of one knight's fee. On 2 July 1304 he agreed to alienate in mortmain to the Abbot and convent of Peterborough the manor of Lullyngton (Lutton), which he held by the service of 1/2 knight's fee. In the same year a perambulation was ordered to be made between his land and that of Alice de Lacy in Lincolnshire. On 23 July 1310 he had licence to alienate in mortmain a messuage, two bovates of land, and 44s. 4d. rent in Winteringharn and Beelsby for the maintenance of a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in the chapel of St. Nicholas, Winteringham, for the souls of the grantor, Isabel his wife, of Alexander Peck, and their ancestors and successors. and 1322 he was again summoned for service against the Scots. He was summoned to Parliament from 23 September 1313 to 2 May 1322, by writs directed Johanni Marmyon or de Marmioun, whereby he is held to have become LORD MARMION. On 8 February 1313/4 John Marmion the elder, John Marmion the younger, and others were the subject of complaint by the Abbot of Fountains for various trespasses and assaults. On 24 September 1314 he was granted a licence to crenellate his dwelling-place called 'Lermitage' in his wood of Tanfield, and on 26 September 1317 a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor of Winteringham, with free warren in his demesne lands in Willingham. On 18 June 1320 he was appointed a conservator of the peace in the county of Lincoln. He was ordered to abstain from attending Thomas, Earl of Lancaster's meeting of 'good peers' at Doncaster on 29 November 1321; and to appear with his forces at Coventry, 28 February 1321/2, for the purpose of marching against the Earl's adherents.

He married Isabel (l). He died before 7 May 1322. [Complete Peerage VIII:518-20, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(l) This appears from his foundation of the Winteringham chantry, and it is possible that she was the daughter of Alexander Peck, but for this there is no sufficient evidence available. 1622

Birth:
Quinton, Shipston-on-Stour, Gloucestershire, England

Died:
Tanfield, North Riding Yorkshire, England

1st married ISABEL in Feb 1332. was born about 1266 in Lincolnshire, England; died on 15 Jan 1337 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Norfolk

Thomas married DE HALYS, Alice on 8 Jan 1326. Alice (daughter of Living and Living) died in 1330. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Kent

Notes:

Died:
executed for treason

Family/Spouse: WAKE, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of WAKE, John and Living) was born in 1297; died on 19 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of England
• Name: Edward of Caernarfon

Notes:

Edward was an unusual character by medieval standards. Edward looked the part of a Plantagenet king to perfection. He was tall, athletic, and wildly popular at the beginning of his reign.[18] He rejected most of the traditional pursuits of a king for the period-jousting, hunting and warfare-and instead enjoyed music, poetry and many rural crafts.[19] Furthermore, there is the question of Edward's sexuality in a period when homosexuality of any sort was considered a serious crime, but there is no direct evidence of his sexual orientation. However, contemporary chroniclers made much of his close affinity with a succession of male favourites; some condemned Edward for loving them "beyond measure" and "uniquely", others explicitly referring to an "illicit and sinful union".

Edward married Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married FRANCE, Isabella of on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of FRANCE, Philip IV of and NAVARRE, Jeanne de) was born in 1295 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 22 Aug 1358. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: (Elizabeth Plantagenet), daughter of King Edward I of England

Family/Spouse: DE BOHUN, Humphrey. Humphrey (son of DE BOHUN, Humphrey VI and DE FIENNES, Maud) was born in 1276 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Mar 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Daughters of Edward I
• Royalty & Nobility: English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile.
• Name: Plantagenet; Joan of Acre

Notes:

Joan of Acre (April 1272 - 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile.[2] The name "Acre" derives from her birthplace in the Holy Land while her parents were on a crusade.

Joan is most notable for the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave, and for the multiple references to her in literature.

Joan’s burial place has been the cause of some interest and debate. She is interred in the Augustinian priory at Clare, which had been founded by her first husband's ancestors and where many of them were also buried. Allegedly, in 1357, Joan’s daughter, Elizabeth De Burgh, claimed to have “inspected her mother's body and found the corpse to be intact”,[32] which in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church is an indication of sanctity. This claim was only recorded in a fifteenth-century chronicle, however, and its details are uncertain, especially the statement that her corpse was in such a state of preservation that "when her paps [breasts] were pressed with hands, they rose up again." Some sources further claim that miracles took place at Joan's tomb,[32] but no cause for her beatification or canonization has ever been introduced.

Joan of Acre makes an appearance in Virginia Henley's historical romance Infamous. In the book, Joan, known as Joanna, is described as a promiscuous young princess, vain, shallow and spoiled. In the novel she is only given one daughter, when she historically had eight children. There is no evidence that supports this picture of Joan.[33]

In The Love Knot by Vanessa Alexander, Joan of Acre is an important character. The author portrays a completely different view of the princess from the one in Henley’s novel. The Love Knot tells the story of the love affair between Ralph de Monthermer and Joan of Acre through the discovery of a series of letters the two had written to each other.[34]

Between historians and novelists, Joan has appeared in various texts as either an independent and spirited woman or a spoiled brat. In Lives of the Princesses of England by Mary Anne Everett Green, Joan is portrayed as a “giddy princess” and neglectful mother.[35] Many have agreed to this characterization; however, some authors think there is little evidence to support the assumption that Joan of Acre was a neglectful or uncaring mother

Joan married CLARE, Gilbert on 23 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. Gilbert (son of CLARE, Richard and LACY, Maud) was born on 2 Sep 1242 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE MONTHERMER, Ralph. Ralph was born in 1270; died on 5 Apr 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henry Plantagent

Notes:

Died:
buried Newark Abbey, Nottinghamshire

Family/Spouse: CHAWORTH, Maud. Maud (daughter of DE CHAWORTH, Patrick and DE BEAUCHAMP, Lady Isabella) was born on 2 Feb 1282; died on 3 Dec 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HOWARD, John. John (son of HOWARD, William and FITTON, Alice) was born in 1276; died in 1333. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hawise married WAKE, Baldwin before 5 Feb 1268. Baldwin was born about 1238 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England; died between 5 Feb 1281 and 1282. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HENRY, I. I (son of NAVARRE, Theobald I of and BOURBON, Margaret of) was born in 1244; died on 22 Jul 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CROUCHBACK, Edmund. Edmund (son of ENGLAND, Henry III and PROVENCE, Eleanor of) was born on 16 Jan 1245 in London, England; died on 5 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France
• Name: King Philippe III of France
• Name: the Bold
• Birth: 1 May 1245
• Death: 1285

Family/Spouse: ARAGON, Isabella of. Isabella (daughter of ARAGON, James I of and HUNGARY, Violant of) was born in 1248; died on 28 Jan 1271. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BRABANT, Maria of. Maria was born on 13 May 1254; died on 12 Jan 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: OF HUNGARY, Maria. Maria was born in 1257; died on 25 Mar 1323. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Eleanor Of Castile: The Shadow Queen
• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of England

Notes:

First queen consort of Edward I of England, whom she married as part of a political deal to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony.

The marriage was known to be particularly close, and Eleanor travelled extensively with her husband. She was with him on the Eighth Crusade, when he was wounded at Acre, but the popular story of her saving his life by sucking out the poison has long been discredited. When she died, near Lincoln, her husband famously ordered a stone cross to be erected at each stopping-place on the journey to London, ending at Charing Cross.

Family/Spouse: ENGLAND, Edward I of. Edward (son of ENGLAND, Henry III and PROVENCE, Eleanor of) was born on 17 Jun 1239; died on 7 Jul 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Marmion of Tanfield
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Marmion-18
• Name: John II
• _MILT: Between 1314 and 1323; He was summoned, as John Marmion "le fitz" for military service against the Scots in 1314, and again in 1322 and 1323.
• Burial: 2 May 1322, Winteringham, Lincolnshire, England

Notes:

John was among the Adherants of Thomas Earl of Lancaster,who were responsible for the beheading, without trial, of king Edward 2nd's friend Peter( Piers) Gaveston in 1312, for which he was pardoned Oct 1312.

26 Dec.1326 he was summoned to Parliament
May 1329 he had protection for three years, going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. John married Maud de Furnival, daughter of Lord Hugh de Furnival. His name appears in Oct 1313 among a list of those adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who were pardoned for the death of Piers de Gaveston. He was summoned, as John Marmion "le fitz" for military service against the Scots in 1314, and again in 1322 and 1323. In Aug 1322 he had letters of protection for going to Scotland with the Earl of Richmond, and in Oct of that year, he was appointed commissioner of array for North Riding. He was summoned to Parliament 3 Dec 1326, and in Sep 1327 was named on a commission of oyer and terminer for Yorkshire. In that same year, he and wife Maud made a settlement in special tail male of the manors of Tanfield and Carthorpe. In May 1329 he had a protection for three years for going on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

He was summoned to Parliament 3 December 1326, by writ directed Johanni Marmyoun. In September 1327 he was named on a commission of oyer and terminer for Yorkshire; and in the same year, with Maud his wife, he made a settlement in special tail male of the manors of Tanfield and Carthorpe. In May 1329 he had a protection for three years on going on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In October 1331 he complained that while he was under the King's protection certain persons broke his park atTanfield, hunted there and carried away his deer. In July 1332 he was ordered to choose 20 archers for the King's expedition to Ireland. He married Maud, who is said to have been a daughter of Thomas,LORD FURNIVALLE. He is said to have died 30 April 1335. In 1343 as widow of John Marmyoun, chivaler, she caused a settlement to be made of the manors of West Tanfield, EastTanfield, Carthorpe, Manfield, and Brough, and other specifiedproperty, including the advowsons of West Tanfield and Wath, of the hospital of St. Giles by Brompton Bridge, and the chantries of West Tanfield, Little Langton, and Wath; to hold to Maud and the heirs male of her body; remainder to John de Grey of Rotherfield and Avice his wife and to John Maryon son of the said John and Alice, and the heirs of the bodies of the said John de Grey and Avice; remainder to the heirs of Avice's body; remainder to John Bernak and Joan his wife, and the heirs of Joan's body; remainder to Avice's right heirs. In 1346 she is described as 'Domina de Marmion'; and in 1348 she had licence to crenellate the manor of West Tanfield. Her name was commemoratedin "the three chauntereys called Mawde Marmeon in the parysshe church of Tanfield". On 20 Feb 1361/2 John of Gaunt granted alicence in mortmain for the grant of land in the manors of WestTanfield and Carthorpe to certain chaplains to celebrate in the church of West Tanfield for the good of his soul and the souls of John Marmyon and Maude his wife.


John Marmion was a notable figure in the early 14th century, closely associated with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. He was involved in the controversial execution of Piers Gaveston, a close associate of King Edward II, in 1312, for which he was later pardoned in October of the same year.

John Marmion's political and military involvement continued over the years. He was summoned for military service against the Scots in 1314, and again in 1322 and 1323. In 1322, he received protection for his participation in a campaign in Scotland with the Earl of Richmond and was appointed as a commissioner of array for North Riding. By December 1326, he was summoned to Parliament, and in September 1327, he served on a commission of oyer and terminer in Yorkshire.

In 1327, John and his wife Maud de Furnival, daughter of Lord Hugh de Furnival, made a significant property settlement involving the manors of Tanfield and Carthorpe. In May 1329, John received a three-year protection to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He faced personal challenges in October 1331 when his park at Tanfield was invaded and his deer stolen while he was under the King's protection. In July 1332, he was tasked with selecting archers for the King's expedition to Ireland.

John Marmion married Maud de Furnival, and he is believed to have died on April 30, 1335. After his death, Maud made several property settlements and was involved in religious and charitable activities, including the establishment of chantries. She was commemorated in the parish church of Tanfield for her contributions. John of Gaunt later granted a license for land grants in West Tanfield and Carthorpe to honor the souls of John Marmion and Maud.

John Marmion's life was marked by his military service, his involvement in significant political events of the time, and his contributions to his estate and family.

Died:
Tanfield, North Riding Yorkshire, England

John married DE FURNIVAL, Maud in 1305 in Lincolnshire, England. Maud (daughter of DE FURNIVAL, Thomas and LE DESPENSER, Joan) was born in 1293 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 20 Feb 1361 in Tanfield, North Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Duchess of Norfolk

Notes:

Margaret is a character in Georgette Heyer's last novel My Lord John, where she is portrayed sympathetically as a kindly though outwardly formidable old lady. She is saddened by the death of so many of her children and grandchildren, in particular the death by drowning of her infant son Thomas Mauny. In her last years she is shown as being gravely concerned for the future of England, due to the misrule of her grandnephew King Richard II.

Family/Spouse: DE SEGRAVE, 4th Baron Segrave John. John (son of Living and Living) was born on 4 May 1315; died on 1 Apr 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Books About: A Triple Knot: A Novel
• Books About: The First Princess of Wales: A Novel
• Royalty & Nobility: 4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell
• Name: The Fair Maiden of Kent

Notes:

Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving", the appellation "Fair Maid of Kent" does not appear to be contemporary.

Joan married HOLLAND, Thomas in secretly married the 12-year-old Joan of Kent, dau. Thomas (son of HOLLAND, Robert and LA ZOUCHE, Maud) was born in 1314; died on 26 Dec 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PRINCE, Edward the Black. Edward died in 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of England

Notes:

King Edward III is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years was the second longest in medieval England and saw vital developments in legislation and government-in particular the evolution of the English parliament-as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HAINAULT, Philippa of. Philippa (daughter of WILLIAM, Count of Hainaut I and OF VALOIS, Countess of Hainaut Joan) was born on 24 Jun 1315; died on 15 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Cornwall

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: English princess and the duchess of Guelders

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of Scotland

Joan married SCOTLAND, David II of on 17 Jul 1328. David (son of BRUCE, Robert the) was born on 5 Mar 1324; died on 22 Feb 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BUTLER, 1st Earl of Ormond James. James was born on 7 Oct 1304 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland; died on 6 Jan 1338 in Gowran Grange, Kildare, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall
• Name: de Clare, Gaveston

Notes:

Margaret de Clare, countess of Gloucester, was the second daughter of Gilbert de Clare and his wife, Joan of Acre. [1] She was reportedly 22 years old at the time of death of her brother Gilbert at Bannockburn in 1314.

She was married first to Piers Gaveston, Knight, Earl of Cornwall, on 1 November 1307 [2] at Berkhamsted. They had one daughter, Joan, [3] who was born on 12 January 1312 in York (she died on 13 January 1325). Piers was executed (beheaded) 19 June 1312, [4] and in September the king endowed the widowed Margaret de Clare with lands valued at 2000 marks per annum.

In 1314, Margaret was co-heiress to her brother, Gilbert de Clare, Knight, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by which she inherited the Castle, borough, and lordship of Newport, and manors of Wentlloog and Machen, Monmouthshire, the Castle and manor of Tonbridge, Kent, and manors in many other counties, including Chipping Ongar, Essex, Campden and Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Naseby, Rothwell, and Whiston, Northamptonshire, Rotherhithe, Surrey, etc. [5]

King Edward II was Margaret's uncle. [6]On 28 April 1317, at King's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, she married her second husband, Hugh Audley the younger. [7] Margaret predeceased her husband, dying on 9 April 1342. [8] At the time of her death she still held several manors in Devon and Newport in Essex as dower lands from her marriage to Gaveston. Her heir was her daughter Margaret, wife of Ralph Stafford, first earl of Stafford, said at the time of her mother's death to be aged, variously, eighteen or twenty years and more.

Margaret was buried at Queenhithe, London.[9] Wealth at death: 2000 marks p.a. in jointure with Hugh Audley; share of Clare lands; £1500 p.a. The burial location referred to by Richardson in both Magna Carta Ancestry and Royal Ancestry is actually St. Michael Queenhithe, a church in the City of London in what is now Upper Thomas Street. First recorded in the 12th century, the church was destroyed during the Great London Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by famed 17th century architect Sir Christopher Wren, the church was demolished in 1876.

Margaret married AUDLEY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 1st Baron Audley Hugh on 28 Apr 1317 in King's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Hugh (son of DE AUDLEY, Hugh and LE ROUS, Isolde) was born in 1289 in Oxfordshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1347 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married GAVESTON, 1st Earl of Cornwall Piers on 1 Nov 1307. Piers was born in 1284; died on 19 Jun 1312. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Monthermer

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Arundel
• Name: Eleanor Plantagenet

Notes:

Eleanor died at Arundel and was buried at Lewes Priory in Lewes, Sussex, England. Her husband survived her by four years, and was buried beside her; in his will Richard requests to be buried "near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches...as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed."

Eleanor married FITZALAN, Richard on 5 Feb 1345 in Ditton, Buckinghamshire, England. Richard (son of FITZALAN, Edmund and DE WARENNE, Alice) was born in 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joan Plantagenet

Family/Spouse: DE MOWBRAY, 3rd Baron Mowbray John. John (son of DE MOWBRAY, Sir John and DE BREWES, Aline) was born on 29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE BOIS, Alice. Alice (daughter of DE BOIS, Robert and Living) was born in 1311; died in 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Baron Wake of Liddell

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of France

Family/Spouse: FRANCE, Philip IV of. Philip (son of FRANCE, King of France Phillip III of and ARAGON, Isabella of) was born in 1268; died in 1314. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henry Plantagent

Notes:

Died:
buried Newark Abbey, Nottinghamshire

Family/Spouse: CHAWORTH, Maud. Maud (daughter of DE CHAWORTH, Patrick and DE BEAUCHAMP, Lady Isabella) was born on 2 Feb 1282; died on 3 Dec 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France

Notes:

King Philip, known as "le Bel" (the Fair) because of his good looks, was a strangely unemotional man; one contemporary described him as "neither a man nor a beast, but a statue"

Family/Spouse: NAVARRE, Jeanne de. Jeanne (daughter of HENRY, I and OF ARTOIS, Blanche) was born in 1273; died in 1305. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Queen Consort of England

Family/Spouse: ENGLAND, Edward I of. Edward (son of ENGLAND, Henry III and PROVENCE, Eleanor of) was born on 17 Jun 1239; died on 7 Jul 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: OF VALOIS, Charles. Charles was born on 12 Mar 1270; died on 16 Dec 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of England
• Name: Edward of Caernarfon

Notes:

Edward was an unusual character by medieval standards. Edward looked the part of a Plantagenet king to perfection. He was tall, athletic, and wildly popular at the beginning of his reign.[18] He rejected most of the traditional pursuits of a king for the period-jousting, hunting and warfare-and instead enjoyed music, poetry and many rural crafts.[19] Furthermore, there is the question of Edward's sexuality in a period when homosexuality of any sort was considered a serious crime, but there is no direct evidence of his sexual orientation. However, contemporary chroniclers made much of his close affinity with a succession of male favourites; some condemned Edward for loving them "beyond measure" and "uniquely", others explicitly referring to an "illicit and sinful union".

Edward married Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married FRANCE, Isabella of on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of FRANCE, Philip IV of and NAVARRE, Jeanne de) was born in 1295 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 22 Aug 1358. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: (Elizabeth Plantagenet), daughter of King Edward I of England

Family/Spouse: DE BOHUN, Humphrey. Humphrey (son of DE BOHUN, Humphrey VI and DE FIENNES, Maud) was born in 1276 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Mar 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: Daughters of Edward I
• Royalty & Nobility: English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile.
• Name: Plantagenet; Joan of Acre

Notes:

Joan of Acre (April 1272 - 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of King Edward I of England and Queen Eleanor of Castile.[2] The name "Acre" derives from her birthplace in the Holy Land while her parents were on a crusade.

Joan is most notable for the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave, and for the multiple references to her in literature.

Joan’s burial place has been the cause of some interest and debate. She is interred in the Augustinian priory at Clare, which had been founded by her first husband's ancestors and where many of them were also buried. Allegedly, in 1357, Joan’s daughter, Elizabeth De Burgh, claimed to have “inspected her mother's body and found the corpse to be intact”,[32] which in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church is an indication of sanctity. This claim was only recorded in a fifteenth-century chronicle, however, and its details are uncertain, especially the statement that her corpse was in such a state of preservation that "when her paps [breasts] were pressed with hands, they rose up again." Some sources further claim that miracles took place at Joan's tomb,[32] but no cause for her beatification or canonization has ever been introduced.

Joan of Acre makes an appearance in Virginia Henley's historical romance Infamous. In the book, Joan, known as Joanna, is described as a promiscuous young princess, vain, shallow and spoiled. In the novel she is only given one daughter, when she historically had eight children. There is no evidence that supports this picture of Joan.[33]

In The Love Knot by Vanessa Alexander, Joan of Acre is an important character. The author portrays a completely different view of the princess from the one in Henley’s novel. The Love Knot tells the story of the love affair between Ralph de Monthermer and Joan of Acre through the discovery of a series of letters the two had written to each other.[34]

Between historians and novelists, Joan has appeared in various texts as either an independent and spirited woman or a spoiled brat. In Lives of the Princesses of England by Mary Anne Everett Green, Joan is portrayed as a “giddy princess” and neglectful mother.[35] Many have agreed to this characterization; however, some authors think there is little evidence to support the assumption that Joan of Acre was a neglectful or uncaring mother

Joan married CLARE, Gilbert on 23 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. Gilbert (son of CLARE, Richard and LACY, Maud) was born on 2 Sep 1242 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE MONTHERMER, Ralph. Ralph was born in 1270; died on 5 Apr 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Whitney, Oxfordshire, England

Avice married DE GREY, 1st Baron Grey of Rotherford John in 1342 in Lincolnshire, England. John (son of DEGREY, John and ODDINGESELES, Margaret Ole) was born on 9 Oct 1300; died on 1 Sep 1359. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married BERNACKE, Sir John in 1334 in West Tanfield, Yorkshire, England. Sir (son of BERNAKE, Sir William and DE DRIBY, Alice) was born in 1309 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England; died on 21 Mar 1346 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE MOWBRAY, 4th Baron Mowbray John. John (son of DE MOWBRAY, 3rd Baron Mowbray John and OF LANCASTER, Joan) was born on 24 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1368 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Earl of Kent

Notes:

Thomas Holland was born in Upholand, Lancashire, in 1350.[1] He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent".[2] His mother was a daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake. Edmund was in turn a son of Edward I of England and his second Queen consort Marguerite of France, and thus a younger half-brother of Edward II of England.

His father died in 1360, and later that year, on 28 December, Thomas became Baron Holand. His mother was still Countess of Kent in her own right, and in 1361 she married Edward, the Black Prince, the son of King Edward III.

Thomas married FITZALAN, Countess of Kent; Lady of the Garter Alice on 10 Apr 1364. Alice (daughter of FITZALAN, Richard and DE ARUNDEL, Eleanor) was born in 1350 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 17 Mar 1416 in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Books About: The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaste
• Differentiator: Due to some generous land grants, John was one of the richest men in his era.
• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Duke of Lancaster

Notes:

Member of the House of Plantagenet, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then rendered in English as Gaunt. When he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumours and lampoons circulated that he was actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth. This story always drove him to fury.

John was the fourth son of King Edward III of England. His first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, was also his third cousin; both were great-great-grandchildren of King Henry III.

Family/Spouse: SWYNFORD, Catherine. Catherine (daughter of ROET, Paon de) was born in 1350; died on 10 May 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LANCASTER, Blanche of. Blanche was born on 25 Mar 1345; died on 12 Sep 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Duke of York

Family/Spouse: CASTILE, Isabella of. Isabella was born in 1355; died on 23 Dec 1392. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
• Differentiator: Margaret was a great-granddaughter of King Edward I by his first consort, Eleanor of Castile
• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford

Notes:

Ralph abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2,314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subsequently had two sons and four daughters:
Sir Ralph Stafford sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2,314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subsequently had two sons and four daughters

Died:
Margaret (de Audley) de Stafford and her husband Ralph de Stafford were both buried at Tonbridge Priory (Priory of St. Mary Magdalene), Kent at the feet of parents.

Family/Spouse: DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph. Ralph (son of Living and Living, son of DE STAFFORD, Edmund and Living) was born on 24 Sep 1301; died on 31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Baroness Monthermer

Family/Spouse: MONTAGU, John. John was born in 1330; died in 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 11th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey

Notes:

Died:
Richard was seized, tried at Westminster and beheaded at Cheapside

Richard married BOHUN, Elizabeth on 17 Oct 1359 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1350; died on 3 Apr 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice Holland, Countess of Kent (c. 1350[1] - 17 March 1416), LG, formerly Lady Alice Fitzalan, was an English noblewoman, a daughter of the 10th Earl of Arundel, and the wife of the 2nd Earl of Kent, the half-brother of King Richard II. As the maternal grandmother of Anne Mortimer, she was an ancestor of King Edward IV and King Richard III, as well as King Henry VII and the Tudor dynasty through her daughter Margaret Holland. She was also the maternal grandmother of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland.

She was appointed a Lady of the Garter in 1388.

Alice married HOLLAND, Thomas on 10 Apr 1364. Thomas (son of HOLLAND, Thomas and KENT, Lady of the Garter Joan of) was born in 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; died on 25 Apr 1397 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE SEGRAVE, Lady Elizabeth. Lady (daughter of DE SEGRAVE, 4th Baron Segrave John and BROTHERTON, Duchess of Norfolk Margaret of) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Croxden, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell

Family/Spouse: WOODSTOCK, Edmund of. Edmund (son of ENGLAND, Edward I of and FRANCE, Margaret of) was born on 5 Aug 1301; died on 19 Mar 1330. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Queen Isabella was notable at the time for her beauty, diplomatic skills, and intelligence.
• Misc: Described by Geoffrey of Paris as "the beauty of beauties... in the kingdom if not in all Europe."
• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of England
• Name: She-Wolf of France; Isabella the Fair
• Residence: 1307, England; Isabella arrived in England at the age of 12[2] during a period of growing conflict between the king and the powerful baronial factions.

Notes:

Isabella was slender and pale-skinned, although the fashion at the time was for blonde, slightly full-faced women, and Isabella may well have followed this stereotype instead.[14] Throughout her career, Isabella was noted as charming and diplomatic, with a particular skill at convincing people to follow her courses of action.[15] Unusual for the medieval period, contemporaries also commented on her high intelligence.[16]

Isabella married ENGLAND, Edward II of on 25 Jan 1308 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Edward (son of ENGLAND, Edward I of and CASTILE, Queen Consort of England, Coronation date Eleanor of, son of ENGLAND, Edward I of) was born on 25 Apr 1284; died on 21 Sep 1327. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Arundel
• Name: Eleanor Plantagenet

Notes:

Eleanor died at Arundel and was buried at Lewes Priory in Lewes, Sussex, England. Her husband survived her by four years, and was buried beside her; in his will Richard requests to be buried "near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches...as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed."

Eleanor married FITZALAN, Richard on 5 Feb 1345 in Ditton, Buckinghamshire, England. Richard (son of FITZALAN, Edmund and DE WARENNE, Alice) was born in 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joan Plantagenet

Family/Spouse: DE MOWBRAY, 3rd Baron Mowbray John. John (son of DE MOWBRAY, Sir John and DE BREWES, Aline) was born on 29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Norfolk

Thomas married DE HALYS, Alice on 8 Jan 1326. Alice (daughter of Living and Living) died in 1330. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Kent

Notes:

Died:
executed for treason

Family/Spouse: WAKE, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of WAKE, John and Living) was born in 1297; died on 19 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married WILLIAM, Count of Hainaut I on 19 May 1305. I (son of JOHN, II and LUXEMBOURG, Philippa of) was born in 1286; died on 7 Jun 1337. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: King of England

Notes:

King Edward III is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years was the second longest in medieval England and saw vital developments in legislation and government-in particular the evolution of the English parliament-as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HAINAULT, Philippa of. Philippa (daughter of WILLIAM, Count of Hainaut I and OF VALOIS, Countess of Hainaut Joan) was born on 24 Jun 1315; died on 15 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Cornwall

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: English princess and the duchess of Guelders

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of Scotland

Joan married SCOTLAND, David II of on 17 Jul 1328. David (son of BRUCE, Robert the) was born on 5 Mar 1324; died on 22 Feb 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BUTLER, 1st Earl of Ormond James. James was born on 7 Oct 1304 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland; died on 6 Jan 1338 in Gowran Grange, Kildare, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall
• Name: de Clare, Gaveston

Notes:

Margaret de Clare, countess of Gloucester, was the second daughter of Gilbert de Clare and his wife, Joan of Acre. [1] She was reportedly 22 years old at the time of death of her brother Gilbert at Bannockburn in 1314.

She was married first to Piers Gaveston, Knight, Earl of Cornwall, on 1 November 1307 [2] at Berkhamsted. They had one daughter, Joan, [3] who was born on 12 January 1312 in York (she died on 13 January 1325). Piers was executed (beheaded) 19 June 1312, [4] and in September the king endowed the widowed Margaret de Clare with lands valued at 2000 marks per annum.

In 1314, Margaret was co-heiress to her brother, Gilbert de Clare, Knight, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by which she inherited the Castle, borough, and lordship of Newport, and manors of Wentlloog and Machen, Monmouthshire, the Castle and manor of Tonbridge, Kent, and manors in many other counties, including Chipping Ongar, Essex, Campden and Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Naseby, Rothwell, and Whiston, Northamptonshire, Rotherhithe, Surrey, etc. [5]

King Edward II was Margaret's uncle. [6]On 28 April 1317, at King's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, she married her second husband, Hugh Audley the younger. [7] Margaret predeceased her husband, dying on 9 April 1342. [8] At the time of her death she still held several manors in Devon and Newport in Essex as dower lands from her marriage to Gaveston. Her heir was her daughter Margaret, wife of Ralph Stafford, first earl of Stafford, said at the time of her mother's death to be aged, variously, eighteen or twenty years and more.

Margaret was buried at Queenhithe, London.[9] Wealth at death: 2000 marks p.a. in jointure with Hugh Audley; share of Clare lands; £1500 p.a. The burial location referred to by Richardson in both Magna Carta Ancestry and Royal Ancestry is actually St. Michael Queenhithe, a church in the City of London in what is now Upper Thomas Street. First recorded in the 12th century, the church was destroyed during the Great London Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by famed 17th century architect Sir Christopher Wren, the church was demolished in 1876.

Margaret married AUDLEY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 1st Baron Audley Hugh on 28 Apr 1317 in King's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Hugh (son of DE AUDLEY, Hugh and LE ROUS, Isolde) was born in 1289 in Oxfordshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1347 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married GAVESTON, 1st Earl of Cornwall Piers on 1 Nov 1307. Piers was born in 1284; died on 19 Jun 1312. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Monthermer

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Maud married DE HARCOURT, Sir Thomas in 1376. Sir (son of HARCOURT, Sir William de and GREY, Lady Jane) was born in 1343 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 12 Apr 1417. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married CROMWELL, Ralph about 1358 in Nottinghamshire, England. Ralph (son of CROMWELL, Ralph and DE BELLARS, Anice) was born about 1324 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England; died on 27 Aug 1398 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, Lord Mowbray, Lord Segrave, Earl Marshal of England

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married FITZALLEN, Elizabeth in Jul 1384 in Castle Arundel, England. Elizabeth (daughter of FITZALLEN, Richard and BOHUN, Elizabeth) was born in 1371 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 8 Jul 1425 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Salisbury

Family/Spouse: MONTAGU, Thomas. Thomas (son of MONTAGU, John and FRANCIS, Maud) was born on 13 Jun 1388; died on 3 Nov 1428. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alianore married CHERLETON, Edward after 20 Jul 1398. Edward (son of CHERLETON, John and STAFFORD, Joan) was born in 1372; died on 14 Mar 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Duke of Surrey and 3rd Earl of Kent

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BEAUFORT, John. John (son of GAUNT, John of and SWYNFORD, Catherine) was born in 1371; died on 16 Mar 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married NEVILLE, Ralph before 29 Nov 1396 in Château de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. Ralph (son of NEVILLE, John de and NEVILLE, Maud) was born in 1364 in Durham, Durham, England; died on 24 Oct 1425 in Durham, Durham, England; was buried in Durham, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset

Family/Spouse: HOLLAND, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of HOLLAND, Thomas and FITZALAN, Countess of Kent; Lady of the Garter Alice) was born in 1385; died on 30 Dec 1439. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: King of England and Lord of Ireland
• Name: Henry of Bolingbroke

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Earl of Cambridge
• Name: Richard of York

Family/Spouse: DE MORTIMER, Anne. Anne (daughter of Living) was born on 27 Dec 1390; died on 22 Sep 1411. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE SUTTON, John III. John (son of DE SUTTON, John II and Living, son of DE SUTTON, John II) was born in 1339; died in 1370. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CHERLETON, John. John was born in 1334 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died on 13 Jul 1374 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu
• Name: Montacute

Notes:

Montagu had to answer charges related to the arrest and subsequent death of the Duke of Gloucester in 1397. Eventually, he was released, due to the intercession of King Henry's sister Elizabeth, Countess of Huntingdon. Not long after his release, Montagu joined with the Earl of Huntingdon and a group of other barons in the Epiphany Rising, a plot to kill King Henry IV and restore Richard II. After the plot failed, mob violence ensued, and he was caught by a mob of townspeople at Cirencester, held without trial, and executed by beheading on 7 January 1400. His eldest son, Thomas - by Maud Francis daughter of London citizen, Adam Francis - eventually recovered the Earldom, though the attainder against John Montagu was not reversed until the accession of Edward IV in 1461.

Died:
Executed by beheading

Family/Spouse: FRANCIS, Maud. Maud (daughter of FRANCIS, Adam and Living) was born in 1370; died in 1424. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: Duchess of Norfolk

Elizabeth married DE MOWBRAY, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, 6th Baron Mowbray, 7th Baron Segrave Thomas in Jul 1384 in Castle Arundel, England. Thomas (son of DE MOWBRAY, 4th Baron Mowbray John and DE SEGRAVE, Lady Elizabeth) was born on 22 Mar 1366 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 22 Dec 1399 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Books About: A Triple Knot: A Novel
• Books About: The First Princess of Wales: A Novel
• Royalty & Nobility: 4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell
• Name: The Fair Maiden of Kent

Notes:

Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving", the appellation "Fair Maid of Kent" does not appear to be contemporary.

Joan married HOLLAND, Thomas in secretly married the 12-year-old Joan of Kent, dau. Thomas (son of HOLLAND, Robert and LA ZOUCHE, Maud) was born in 1314; died on 26 Dec 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PRINCE, Edward the Black. Edward died in 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: King of England

Notes:

King Edward III is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years was the second longest in medieval England and saw vital developments in legislation and government-in particular the evolution of the English parliament-as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HAINAULT, Philippa of. Philippa (daughter of WILLIAM, Count of Hainaut I and OF VALOIS, Countess of Hainaut Joan) was born on 24 Jun 1315; died on 15 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Cornwall

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• Royalty & Nobility: English princess and the duchess of Guelders

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• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of Scotland

Joan married SCOTLAND, David II of on 17 Jul 1328. David (son of BRUCE, Robert the) was born on 5 Mar 1324; died on 22 Feb 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 11th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey

Notes:

Died:
Richard was seized, tried at Westminster and beheaded at Cheapside

Richard married BOHUN, Elizabeth on 17 Oct 1359 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1350; died on 3 Apr 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice Holland, Countess of Kent (c. 1350[1] - 17 March 1416), LG, formerly Lady Alice Fitzalan, was an English noblewoman, a daughter of the 10th Earl of Arundel, and the wife of the 2nd Earl of Kent, the half-brother of King Richard II. As the maternal grandmother of Anne Mortimer, she was an ancestor of King Edward IV and King Richard III, as well as King Henry VII and the Tudor dynasty through her daughter Margaret Holland. She was also the maternal grandmother of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland.

She was appointed a Lady of the Garter in 1388.

Alice married HOLLAND, Thomas on 10 Apr 1364. Thomas (son of HOLLAND, Thomas and KENT, Lady of the Garter Joan of) was born in 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; died on 25 Apr 1397 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE SEGRAVE, Lady Elizabeth. Lady (daughter of DE SEGRAVE, 4th Baron Segrave John and BROTHERTON, Duchess of Norfolk Margaret of) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Croxden, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Duchess of Norfolk

Notes:

Margaret is a character in Georgette Heyer's last novel My Lord John, where she is portrayed sympathetically as a kindly though outwardly formidable old lady. She is saddened by the death of so many of her children and grandchildren, in particular the death by drowning of her infant son Thomas Mauny. In her last years she is shown as being gravely concerned for the future of England, due to the misrule of her grandnephew King Richard II.

Family/Spouse: DE SEGRAVE, 4th Baron Segrave John. John (son of Living and Living) was born on 4 May 1315; died on 1 Apr 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: Queen of England

Family/Spouse: ENGLAND, Edward III of. Edward (son of ENGLAND, Edward II of and FRANCE, Isabella of, son of ENGLAND, Edward II of) was born on 13 Nov 1312; died on 21 Jun 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Books About: The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaste
• Differentiator: Due to some generous land grants, John was one of the richest men in his era.
• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Duke of Lancaster

Notes:

Member of the House of Plantagenet, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then rendered in English as Gaunt. When he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumours and lampoons circulated that he was actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth. This story always drove him to fury.

John was the fourth son of King Edward III of England. His first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, was also his third cousin; both were great-great-grandchildren of King Henry III.

Family/Spouse: SWYNFORD, Catherine. Catherine (daughter of ROET, Paon de) was born in 1350; died on 10 May 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LANCASTER, Blanche of. Blanche was born on 25 Mar 1345; died on 12 Sep 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Duke of York

Family/Spouse: CASTILE, Isabella of. Isabella was born in 1355; died on 23 Dec 1392. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
• Differentiator: Margaret was a great-granddaughter of King Edward I by his first consort, Eleanor of Castile
• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford

Notes:

Ralph abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2,314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subsequently had two sons and four daughters:
Sir Ralph Stafford sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2,314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subsequently had two sons and four daughters

Died:
Margaret (de Audley) de Stafford and her husband Ralph de Stafford were both buried at Tonbridge Priory (Priory of St. Mary Magdalene), Kent at the feet of parents.

Family/Spouse: DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph. Ralph (son of Living and Living, son of DE STAFFORD, Edmund and Living) was born on 24 Sep 1301; died on 31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Baroness Monthermer

Family/Spouse: MONTAGU, John. John was born in 1330; died in 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]