Joan OF KENT , 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell, Countess of Kent

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Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/7 \endash 7 August 1385), known to history 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. 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.

In 1340, at the age of twelve, Joan secretly married 26-year-old Thomas Holland of Upholland, Lancashire, without first gaining the royal consent necessary for couples of their rank. Shortly after the wedding, Holland left for the continent as part of the English expedition into Flanders and France. The following winter (1340 or 1341), while Holland was overseas, Joan's family arranged for her to marry William Montagu, son and heir of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury. It is not known if the 13-year-old Joan confided to anyone about her first marriage before marrying Montagu, who was her own age. Later, Joan indicated that she had not announced her existing marriage with Thomas Holland because she was afraid it would lead to Holland's execution for treason. She may also have been influenced to believe that the earlier marriage was invalid. Montagu's father died in 1344 and he became the 2nd Earl of Salisbury.
When Holland returned from the French campaigns in about 1348, his marriage to Joan was revealed. Holland confessed the secret marriage to the King, and appealed to the Pope for the return of his wife. Salisbury held Joan captive so that she could not testify until the Church ordered him to release her. In 1349, the proceedings ruled in Holland's favor. Pope Clement VI annulled Joan's marriage to Salisbury and Joan and Thomas Holland were ordered to be married in the Church. Over the next eleven years, Thomas Holland and Joan had five children.
Marriage to the Black Prince
At the King's request, the Pope granted the dispensations allowing the two to be legally married. Matters moved fast and Joan was officially married to the Prince barely nine months after Holland's death, the official ceremony occurring on 10 October 1361 at Windsor Castle, with the King and Queen in attendance. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided.

Joan married Thomas HOLLAND , 1st Earl of Kent about 1340. (Thomas HOLLAND , 1st Earl of Kent was born about 1314 and died on 26 Dec 1360 in Normandie, France.)

Joan next married Edward "The Black Prince" OF WOODSTOCK , Prince of Wales, son of King Edward III OF ENGLAND and Philippa OF HAINAUT, on 10 Oct 1361 in Windsor Castle, England. (Edward "The Black Prince" OF WOODSTOCK , Prince of Wales was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England and died on 8 Jun 1376 in Westminster Palace, London, England.)