The Black Death.

. Joan I of Navarre. You took a step (or more) up, and you succeeded. But Joan never arrived. and died 3 February 1237 of unspecified causes. Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/7 – 7 August 1385), known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, son and heir apparent of King Edward III. Categories  Check out Robin's podcast if you are interested!I am still catching up too, and think the Joan episode was amazing. Notable ancestors includeHenry II of England (1133-1189), William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899). The …

One of Eleanor’s other daughters, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, was also buried at her parent’s feet, but her effigy was destroyed in the French Revolution. It was a cruel and horrible thing. But Joan never arrived.

Joan was the sole daughter and heir of Henry I, king of Navarre, her brother Theobald (Thibaut) having died at an early age.She married (August 16, 1284) the future Philip IV, thus bringing to the French crown her rights to Navarre and the countships of Champagne and Brie.On her death in childbirth in 1305 these rights were transmitted to her son, the future Louis X.

I, Agnolo di Tura called the Fat buried my five children with my own hands.

He had no sympathy with the enterprise, however, which was backed by his stepmother and aimed against the king of……conflict ended in 1284 when Joan of Navarre and Champagne, heiress to the county, married the future king of France, Philip IV.



…was knighted and married to Joan of Navarre.



As a listener to the History of Byzantium, I had the benefit of having recently heard about the plague during Justinian's reign. Login

Joan was sought of as a bride by Philip II of France for his son. Alexander was 23. 107 The Death of Joan.



As ever, Wikipedia is as good an account as any, so go the the The most famous descriptions of the plague come from Italy.

Together Edward and Joan had two sons Edward (1365-71) and Richard who would go on to be King Richard II coming to the throne as a child after Edward III’s death.