| Joan of Kent | |
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| 4th Countess of Kent 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell Princess of Wales and of Aquitaine | |
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| Born | 29 September 1326/1327 Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 7 August 1385 (aged 57/58) Wallingford Castle, Berkshire (present-day Oxfordshire), England |
| Burial | 27 January 1386 Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Issue among others | |
| House | Plantagenet |
| Father | Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent |
| Mother | Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell |
Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/1327[1] – 7 August 1385), known as the Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, son and heir apparent of King Edward III. 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.[2] Joan inherited the titles 4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell after the death of her brother John, 3rd Earl of Kent, in 1352. Joan was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378.[3]
- ^ Stamp et al. 1921, pp. 42, 45.
- ^ Tait 1892, p. 392.
- ^ Ladies of the Garter, 1358-1488 - website heraldica.org