Joan of Lancaster
| Joan of Lancaster | |
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| Baroness de Mowbray | |
| Born | c. 1312 John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray |
| House | Lancaster |
| Father | Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
| Mother | Maud Chaworth |
Armorial of Plantagenet |
| Henry, 3rd Earl |
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Joan of Lancaster (c. 1312 – 7 July 1349) sometimes called Joan Plantagenet after her dynasty's name, was the third daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.
Royal family ties
Joan of Lancaster was born c. 1312 at
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Blanche of Artois, Queen Dowager of Navarre, a granddaughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. Her paternal great-grandparents were Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. Joan was thus doubly descended from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2]
Joan's mother was a half-sister of
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and five sisters, Blanche, Baroness Wake of Liddell, Isabel, Abbess of Amesbury, Maud, Countess of Ulster, Eleanor, Countess of Arundel and Warenne, and Mary, Baroness Percy.[3]
Joan's niece,
Henry IV.[5]
Marriage and children
Joan married
- Blanche de Mowbray (died 1409), who was married five times - first, to John de Segrave; second, to Robert Bertram; third, to Thomas Poynings; fourth, to Sir John Worth; and fifth, to Sir John Wiltshire.
- Eleanor de Mowbray (d. 29 June 1387),[6] who was married twice - first, to Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1326-1370)[6] as his third wife,[6] before 23 July 1358;[6] and second, to Sir Lewis de Clifford.
- John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray(25 June 1340 – 1368), married Elizabeth de Segrave
Joan died in Yorkshire, England of the plague. She was interred at Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c Weir 2008, p. 79.
- ^ Armitage-Smith, Sir Sydney, John of Gaunt: king of Castile and Leon, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, (Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd., 1904), pg 197.
- ^ Cambrian Archaeological Association, Archaeologia cambrensis, Volume 3, (W.Pickering:London, 1852), 15.
- ^ "Elizabeth de Burgh".
- ^ "Blanche of Lancaster".
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.
- ^ Archer 2004.
- ^ a b Weir 2008, pp. 75–79.
- ^ a b c Weir 2008, p. 77.
- ^ a b c Weir 2008, p. 76.
Works cited
- Archer, Rowena E. (2004). "Mowbray, John (II), third Lord Mowbray (1310–1361)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19451. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-0-09-953973-5.
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