(i)   John

No dates are recorded. He was a monk at Ely Abbey, Cambs.

2  Edmund

He was born on 5 August, 1301, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., and was created Earl of Kent on 28 July, 1321. He was probably styled Earl of Arundel as well, as he held the castle and honour of Arundel, but he was never formally so created. He was executed for supporting his brother, the deposed Edward II, by order of the Regents Mortimer and Queen Isabella, on 19 March, 1330, outside Winchester Castle, and he was buried in the Church of the Dominican Friars, Winchester. His remains were later removed to Westminster Abbey.

Edmund married, in December, 1325 (after 6 October, date of dispensation) (although no record exists as to where):

Margaret

She was the daughter of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell, by Joan, daughter either of William de Fenes or of John FitzBernard of Kingsdown, Kent. Margaret was born around c.1299/1300. She married firstly John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (killed 1314), and had issue:

1  Aymer ( d. young before 1316).

Margaret succeeded her brother as Baroness Wake of Liddell on 30/31 May, 1349, being first so styled on 20 August, 1349. She died on 29 September, 1349, of the Black Death.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Edmund

He was born in

c

.1326, and was restored to the earldom of Kent, which had been forfeited by his father, on 7 December, 1330. He died before 5 October, 1331, or on 5 January, 1333 (?).

(ii)

Margaret

She was born in 1327. She married Amanco, Seigneur d’Albret of Gascony, and died before 1352.

(iii)

Joan

She married Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (under Edward III,

see here

).

(iv)

John

He was born on 7 April, 1330, at Arundel Castle, Sussex, his father’s posthumous child. He succeeded his mother as Baron Wake of Liddell on 29 September, 1349. He was created Earl of Kent on 10 April, 1351. He died on 26/27 December, 1352, and was buried in the Church of the Greyfriars, Winchester, Hants.

John married, after 3 April, 1348 (date of dispensation) (although no evidence exists as to where):

Elizabeth

She was the daughter of William V, Margrave or Duke of Juliers, by Joan, daughter of William V, Count of Hainault and Holland, and sister of Philippa, wife of Edward III. After John’s death, Elizabeth married secondly Sir Eustace d’Aubédcicourt (

d

.1372/3) on 29 September, 1360, at Wingham Church, Kent, and had issue:

1  Sanchez.

2  William.

After Eustace died, Elizabeth became a nun at Waverley Abbey. She died on 6 June, 1411, and was buried in the Church of the

Greyfriars, Winchester, Hants. There was no issue of her first marriage.

Note: There is no contemporary evidence that the marriage of Edmund, Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake produced two other sons, Robert and Thomas, who are mentioned in later sources.

3  Eleanor

She was born on 4 May, 1306, at Winchester. She died in 1311 at Amesbury Abbey, Wilts., and was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hants.

Edward I is reputed to have had the following illegitimate issue(according to the Hayles Abbey Chronicle), and while this is possible, it is still subject to some doubt:

By an unknown mother,

1  John Botetourt, Lord of Mendlesham, Suffolk ( c.1265–1324); he married Matilda, daughter of Thomas FitzOates, and had issue.

EDWARD I

He died on 7 July, 1307, at Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

He was succeeded by his son Edward.

Edward II

FATHER: Edward I(

see here).

MOTHER: Eleanor of Castile(under Edward I,

see here).

SIBLINGS: (under Edward I,

see here).

EDWARD II

He was born on 25 April, 1284, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He succeeded his mother as Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil on 28 November, 1290. He was created and invested as Earl of Chester and Prince of Wales on 7 February, 1301; he was the first English Prince of Wales, and since 1301 the title has usually been granted to the eldest son of the sovereign. The story of Edward being presented by his father to the Welsh on a shield, just after his birth in 1284, is a picturesque fabrication. He was created Duke of Aquitaine in May, 1306. He succeeded his father as King of England on 8 July, 1307, and was crowned on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey.

Edward II was deposed by an illegally convened ‘Parliament’ on 20 January, 1327, and formally abdicated in favour of his son Edward on 25 January, 1327.

Edward II married, on 25 or 28 January, 1308, at Boulogne Cathedral, France:

Isabella

She was the daughter of Philip IV, King of France, by Joan I, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Blanche of Artois (under Henry III,

see here). Isabella was born around 1292/5 in Paris. She was crowned Queen Consort on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey. She was instrumental in plotting the deposition and murder of her husband, and after his abdication she shared the Regency with her lover, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. When Edward III attained his majority in 1330, the regents were overthrown. Mortimer was executed, and Isabella allowed an honourable retirement from public life. She died on 22 August, 1358, either at Castle Rising, Norfolk, or at Hertford Castle, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.

Issue of marriage:

1   Edward III(

see here).

2 John

He was born on c.15 or 25 August, 1316, at Eltham Palace, Kent, and was created Earl of Cornwall between 16 and 31 October, 1328. He died on 13 September, 1336, at Perth, Scotland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

3 Eleanor

She was born on 18 June, 1318, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon.; she married Reginald II, Count of Gueldres and Zutphen ( d.1343), in May, 1332, at Nimeguen, Gueldres, and had issue:

1  Reginald III, Count of Gueldres (1334–1371); he married Mary ( d.1398), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant.

2  Edward, Count of Gueldres (1336–1371); he married Katherine ( d.1401), daughter of Albert, Duke of Holland and Hainault.

Eleanor may also have been the mother of the following, although it is more probable that they were the children of Reginald’s first wife, Sophia of Malines ( d.1329):

3  Margaret ( d.1344).

4  Matilda ( d.1380); she married firstly Godfrey, Count of Hennenburg, and secondly John, Duke of Cleves; she married thirdly John, Count of Châtillon, Blois.