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
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
Thomas Holland, 2nd Baron Holand, and jure uxoris 1st Earl of Kent, KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. By the time of the Crécy campaign, he had apparentl
Joan of Kent
…affairs. He took on the responsibility for the family and looked after them well. In 1340, at the age of about twelve, Joan secretly married 26-year-old Thomas Holland of Up Holland, Lancashire, without first gaining the royal consent necessary for couples of their rank. Shortly after the wedding, Holland left for the…
Thomas Holland 1430