Biography of Margaret Wake Countess Kent 1297-1349
Paternal Family Tree: Wake
Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
Before 24 Sep 1291 [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) and [her mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. He a great x 2 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24 Jun 1295 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 56) created new baronies through writs for summons to his 36th Parliament
John Montfort 1st Baron Montfort (age 31) was created 1st Baron Montfort. Alice Plaunche Baroness Montfort by marriage Baroness Montfort.
Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 75) was created 1st Baron Fauconberg.
Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 35) was created 1st Baron Furnivall. Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall (age 37) by marriage Baroness Furnivall.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 48) was created 1st Baron Fitzwalter. Eleanor Ferrers Baroness Fitzwalter by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton (age 31) was created 1st Baron Basset Drayton. Hawise Grey Baroness Basset Drayton (age 40) by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton.
The following Baronies may have been created at the 36th Parliament or the 37th Parliament summoned on 30 Sep 1295.
[her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 27) was created 1st Baron Wake of Liddell.
Andrew Astley 1st Baron Astley (age 49) was created 1st Baron Astley.
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 49) was created 1st Baron Berkeley. Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 55) was created 1st Baron Grey of Wilton. Maud Fitzhugh Baroness Grey Wilton (age 73) by marriage Baroness Grey of Wilton.
John Hastings 13th Baron Bergavenny 1st Baron Hastings (age 33) was created 1st Baron Hastings by a summons to Parliament. Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings by marriage Baroness Hastings.
Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 32) was created 1st Baron Neville Raby. Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby (age 28) by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.
John Beke 1st Baron Beke (age 72) was created 1st Baron Beke (although there is some doubt whether he was created Baron).
Fulk Fitzwarin 1st Baron Fitzwarin (age 43) was created 1st Baron Fitzwarin.
On 20 Mar 1297 Margaret Wake Countess Kent was born to John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 29) and Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
Around 04 Oct 1300 [her father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 32) died. His son [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.
Before 26 Oct 1309 [her mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell died.
Around 1312 John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 18) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 14) were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
In 1314 [her husband] John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 20) succeeded 4th Lord Baddenoch. Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 16) by marriage Lord Baddenoch.
On 24 Jun 1314 the Scottish army of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland (age 39) including, James "Black" Douglas (age 28), heavily defeated the English army led by [her future brother-in-law] King Edward II of England (age 30) at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
[her husband] John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 20), Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton (age 44) and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 36) was killed. His son John Marshal 2nd Baron Marshal (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 40) was killed. His son Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel (age 25) was killed. His son John Lovell 3rd Baron Lovel succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland (age 39). He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg (age 50) possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 38), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 38), Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 35), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 39) and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus (age 37) fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot (age 34) was killed. His son John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort (age 23) was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey (age 34) undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 38) was captured.
Michael Poynings (age 44) was killed.
In 1321 [her future husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 19) was created 1st Earl Kent.
In 1325 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 23) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England and Margaret of France Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
In 1326 [her son] Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent was born to [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 24) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 28). He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1327 [her daughter] Margaret Plantagenet was born to [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 25) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 29). She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 29 Sep 1328 [her daughter] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales was born to [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 27) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 31) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 19 Mar 1330 the King's uncle [her husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 28) was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. The executioner was a convicted latrine cleaner who was also facing the death penalty; no-one else would undertake the task of executing a member of the Royal family. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 42) to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England (age 17) was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 07 Apr 1330 [her son] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent was born to [her former husband] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (deceased) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 33) at Arundel Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Around 1332 [her former sister-in-law] Mary Plantagenet (age 52) died.
Around Mar 1340 [her son-in-law] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26) and [her daughter] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 11) were married in secret. It isn't clear whether the marriage was canonical given the secrecy; there were no witnesses. She twelve years old. A subsequent investigation by papal commissioners confirmed it as valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 42). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Around Nov 1340 [her son-in-law] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 12) and [her daughter] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 12) were married. She was already married albeit secretly to [her son-in-law] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26). The subsequent investigation found her marriage to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26) to be valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 43). He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 39) and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 36). She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 03 Apr 1348 [her son] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 49) and Joanna Hainault Duchess Guelders (age 33). He the son of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 51). They were half second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 31 May 1349 [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 52) died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.
On 29 Sep 1349 Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) died of plague. Her son [her son] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 19) succeeded 4th Baron Wake of Liddell and inherited her dower lands and the estates she had inherited from her brother [her brother] Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
King Richard II of England x 1
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland x 1
King Richard III of England x 1
Anne Neville Queen Consort England x 1
King Henry VII of England and Ireland x 1
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 1
Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 1
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 88
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Wake
GrandFather: Baldwin Wake
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Stuteville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Stuteville
Father: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "Lackland" of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne 4th Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey
Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandFather: William Fiennes
Mother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Erard Brienne II Count Brienne
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Brienne I King Jerusalem
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Montfaucon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnès Montfaucon Countess Brienne
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beregaria Ivrea Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Chateaudun V Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun V Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Preuiily Viscountess Châteaudun
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois