Joan of Acre

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Joan of Acre was a 13th-century English princess, daughter of King Edward I, known for her politically significant marriages and her independent, sometimes controversial, personal choices within the medieval royal court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English princess
Plantagenet
medieval noblewoman
associatedWith Edwardian court
birthDate 1272
birthPlace Acre
Kingdom of Jerusalem
burialPlace Clare Priory
causeOfDeath complications of childbirth (traditional view)
child Elizabeth de Clare
surface form: Eleanor de Clare

Elizabeth de Clare
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester
surface form: Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester

Margaret de Clare
Mary de Monthermer
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1307-04-23
deathPlace Clare, Suffolk
era 13th century
14th century
father Edward I of England
fatherOccupation King of England
fullName Joan of Acre self-link
givenName Joan
marriage married Gilbert de Clare in 1290
secretly married Ralph de Monthermer around 1297
mother Eleanor of Castile
motherTongue Anglo-Norman
nobleFamily House of Plantagenet
notableFor controversial secret marriage to Ralph de Monthermer
independent conduct within the English royal court
politically significant dynastic marriage to Gilbert de Clare
positionHeld Countess of Gloucester
Countess of Hertford
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Clare, Suffolk
England
royalHouse House of Plantagenet
sexOrGender female
sibling Edward II of England
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant
spouse Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester
surface form: Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester

Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer
title Princess of England

Referenced by (7)

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Edward I of England child Joan of Acre
Eleanor of Castile child Joan of Acre
Joan of Acre fullName Joan of Acre self-link
Alphonso, Earl of Chester sibling Joan of Acre
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan sibling Joan of Acre