Joan of Acre, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford^[1]

1272 - 1307  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Joan of Acre
  		Arms of Plantagenet
  Suffix	Countess of Gloucester and Hertford
  Born	Spring 1272	Acre, Israel   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Apr 1307	Clare, Suffolk, England
  Buried	Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England
  Person ID	I11023	Dickinson
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Edward I, King of England,   b. 17 - 18 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London ,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh by Sands, Cumbria  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England, Countess de Ponthieu,   b. Abt 1244, Lara Valley, Spain ,   d. 28 Nov 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1 Nov 1254	Las Huelgas near Burgos
  	16 children. The marriage was dynastic in its origin: Alfonso X, king of Castile, had meddled in the rebellion of his neighbor, the English duchy of Aquitaine (or Gascony) and thus won a bargaining chip with Henry III. In order to have Castile bow out of the Gascon troubles, Alfonso offered his half-sister's hand to Edward, but not without having him suitably endowed first. Realpolitik notwithstanding, the marriage of Edward and Eleanor was one of the great love matches of medieval Europe. [3]
  Family ID	F2958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester,   b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire ,   d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales  (Age 52 years)
  Married	30 Apr 1290	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England   [2, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Gilbert de Clare, 10th Earl of Clare, 7th of Herford, 8th of Glouchester,   b. 4 May 1291, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire ,   d. 24 Jun 1314, Bannockburn, Scotland  (Age 23 years)  [Birth] + 2. Eleanor de Clare,   b. Oct 1292,   d. 30 Jun 1337  (Age ~ 44 years)  [Birth] + 3. Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall and Gloucester ,   b. Abt 1293,   d. 9 Apr 1342  (Age ~ 49 years)  [Birth] + 4. Elizabeth de Clare,   b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 4 Nov 1360  (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	11 May 2015
  Family ID	F3085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Spring 1272 - Acre, Israel Married - 30 Apr 1290 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Died - 23 Apr 1307 - Clare, Suffolk, England Buried - - Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 82-83, iBooks 124. [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 131. [S157] A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain, Marc Morris, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2015), 18-20. [S157] A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain, Marc Morris, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2015), 224. [S154] The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Desmond Seward, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 97-98.