Edward of Angoulême
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Edward of Angoulême was second in line to the throne of the Kingdom of England before his death. Born in Angoulême, he was the eldest child of Edward, Prince of Wales, commonly called "the Black Princ
Possible depiction of Edward and his mother Joan as the infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary on the Wilton Diptych, c. 1395
The Château d'Angoulême, c. 1800s.
The Wilton Diptych.
A gold noble from the reign of Richard II
Joan of Kent
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Joan, Countess of Kent suo jure, also known as the "Fair Maid of Kent", was mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, the eldest son and heir apparen
Edward of Angoulême
…the Kingdom of England before his death. Born in Angoulême, he was the eldest child of Edward, Prince of Wales, commonly called "the Black Prince", and Joan, Countess of Kent, and thus was a member of the House of Plantagenet. Edward's birth, during the Hundred Years' War, was celebrated luxuriously by his father and by other…
Illustration of Joan in The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey
Arundel Castle in Sussex, where Joan, her mother and siblings were placed under house arrest