Joan of Acre

1272 - 1307  (35 years)

• Name	Joan of Acre  [1]
  Birth	1272	Acre, Palestine   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate death	7 Apr 1307  [4]
  Death	23 Apr 1307	Clare, Suffolk, England   [2, 5, 8, 9, 10]
  Alternate death	28 Apr 1307	Clare, Suffolk, England   [11]
  Burial	Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England   [3, 4, 11, 12]
  Person ID	I945	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Edward I, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England,   b. 1240   d. 28 Nov 1290, Hardby, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1254	Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain   [1, 4, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F1704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gilbert de Clare,   b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	May 1290	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [2, 16]
  Notes	Royal Ancestry gives the date of their marriage as 23 April 1290; Complete Peerage as 30 April; the ODNB as "early May."
  Children	+ 1. Margaret de Clare,   b. Abt 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales d. 9 Apr 1342 (Age ~ 50 years) + 2. Eleanor de Clare,   b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337 (Age ~ 44 years) + 3. Elizabeth de Clare,   b. Nov 1295, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales d. 4 Nov 1360 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F6425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Ralph de Monthermer   d. 5 Apr 1325
  Marriage	Abt 1296
  Children	+ 1. Thomas de Monthermer,   b. 4 Oct 1301   d. 1340 (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Joan of England. "The agreement for Joan's marriage to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford and Gloucester, was made in 1283. Gilbert and his first wife, Alice de la Marche, had had only two daughters; this marriage was dissolved in 1285, and a papal dispensation for the marriage to Joan was obtained four years later. Gilbert surrendered all his lands to the king, and they were settled jointly on Gilbert and Joan for their lives, and were then to pass to their children; if however the marriage was childless, the lands were to pass to Joan's children by any later marriage. The wedding took place at Westminster in early May 1290." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Because of this agreement, Joan remained in control of the estates following Gilbert's death in 1295. Her father intended for her to marry Amadeus V of Savoy, but instead she secretly married Ralph de Monthermer, a squire of Earl Gilbert's household whom she had previously persuaded her father to knight. "She is reputed to have said 'It is not ignominious or shameful for a great and powerful earl to marry a poor and weak woman; in the reverse case it is neither reprehensible or difficult for a countess to promote a vigorous young man.'" [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Her enraged father slapped de Monthermer into prison and seized all of Joan's lands, but through the mediation of Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham, father and daughter were reconciled and her estates restored to her. Subsequently the king "became much attached to his new son-in-law, who was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the minority of his step-son Gilbert de Clare." [Royal Ancestry] De Monthermer went on to serve in a variety of offices and military roles.

  
  

• Sources

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