Joan Plantagenet of Acre ^{4 5 6 7}

   Ancestral File Number: 84ZQ-DM.

  General Notes:

Joan of Acre, b. 1272, d. 23 Apr 1307, daughter of Edward I, King of England, by Eleanor of Castile; widow of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford; m. (2) 1297 Sir Ralph de Monthermer, styled Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the life of his wife, created Lord Monthermer 1308, d. 5 Apr 1325. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Gilbert de Clare was not young when he married the fiery-spirited, sloe-eyed Joanna and took her to live at his country retreat in Clerkenwell not far from the Tower, where the king and queen were again in residence. She left for her new home with great fanfare, laden with royal gifts. After being a widow a year, she secretly married a completely unknown squire in her husbands retinue, Ralph de Monthermer. Through this marriage he became possessed in his own right of the earldoms of Gloucester & Hertford. The fact that a royal princess had dared to marry this obscure fellow became a cause celebré which for a time separated her from the affection of her father. It proved to be a marriage, however, leading ultimately to a firm friendship between the new son-in-law and Edward.

  Burial Notes:

United Kingdom, England, Suffolk, Clare, Austin Friars' Church

  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a Princess of England.

Joan married Gilbert De Clare on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.^{1 2} (Gilbert De Clare was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England, died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England and was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Tewkesbury, , Gloucestershire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Westminster Abbey

Joan next married in 1297.³

  Marriage Notes:

2ND Husband