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Authors: Alison Weir

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(e)
Joan
(under
James I, King of Scotland
,
see here
).
(f)
Margaret
She married Thomas Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), and had issue:
1  Thomas, 6th Earl of Devon (1432–executed 1461).
2  John, 7th Earl of Devon (1435?–executed 1471).
3  Henry (executed 1466).
4  Joan; she married Sir Roger Clifford.
5  Elizabeth; she married Sir Hugh Conway.
(ii)
Henry
He was born in
c.
1375, and entered the Church as a young
man. He became Dean of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, in 1397. He was provided to the See of Lincoln on 27 February, 1398, and was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln on 14 July, 1398. He was translated from Lincoln to Winchester on 19 November, 1404. He was nominated Cardinal-Priest of St Eusebius on 24 May, 1426. He died on 11 April, 1447, at Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
(iii)
Thomas
He was born in
c.
January,
c.
1377. He was made a Knight of the Garter in
c.
1400. He was created Earl of Dorset on 5 July, 1411, and Duke of Exeter on 18 November, 1416. He was created Count of Harcourt and Lord of Lillebonne on 1 July, 1418. He died on 27 or 31 December, 1426, or on 1 January, 1427, at his manor of East Greenwich, Kent, and was buried in Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk.
Thomas married, before 15 February, 1403/4 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Margaret
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville of Hornby, Lincs., by Joan Furnivall, and she was born in
c.
January, 1377, or in
c.
1383 (?). She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1408. She died between 1413 and 1426, probably before 9 April, 1424, and was buried in Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk.
Issue of marriage:
(
a
)  
Henry
No dates are recorded. He died young.
(iv)
Joan
She was born in
c.
1379. She married firstly Robert, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (
d
.1396), before 30 September, 1394, and had issue:
  1  Elizabeth (
c
.1394–1434); she married John de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke (1390–1436), and had issue.
  2  Mary; she married Ralph Neville of Westmorland.
Joan married secondly Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364?–1425), before 29 November, 1396, and had issue:
  3  Richard, Earl of Salisbury (1400?–killed 1460); he married Alice (1406–1462), daughter of Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, and had issue, including Richard Neville,
Earl of Warwick, father of Anne, Queen of Richard III, and Isabella, Duchess of Clarence (under Edward IV,
see here
).
  4  William, Baron Fauconberg, Earl of Kent (
d
.1463); he married Joan, Baroness Fauconberg (1406–1490), and had issue.
  5  George, Baron Latimer (
d.
1469) (?); he married Elizabeth (1417–1480), daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and had issue.
  6  Robert, Bishop of Salisbury and Durham (1404?–1457).
  7  Edward, Baron Bergavenny (
d
.1476); he married Elizabeth (
d.
1448), daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, and had issue. He married secondly Katherine (
d
. after 1478), daughter of Sir Robert Howard, and had issue.
  8  Cuthbert (
d
. young).
  9  Thomas (
d
. young).
10  Henry (
d
. young).
11  Katherine (
d
. after 1483); she married firstly John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk (1392–1432), and had issue. She married secondly Thomas Strangeways. She married thirdly John, Viscount Beaumont (killed 1460). She married fourthly John Woodville (1445?–executed 1469), brother of Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV (under Henry IV,
see here
).
12  Joan; a nun.
13  Anne (
d.
1480); she married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford (1402-killed 1460), and had issue. She married secondly Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1420?–1474).
14  Eleanor (
d
.1472); she married firstly Richard le Despenser, Baron Burghersh (1396–1414), and had issue. She married secondly Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1392–killed 1455), and had issue.
15  Cecily, Duchess of York (under Edward IV,
see here
.
16  One other, unnamed in the records.
Joan was made a Lady of the Garter in 1399. She died on 13 November, 1440 at Howden, Yorkshire, and was buried in
Lincoln Cathedral.
7  
Edmund
He was born on 5 June, 1341, at Abbot’s Langley (now King’s Langley), Herts. He was made a Knight of the Garter in
c
.April, 1361, and was created Earl of Cambridge on 13 November, 1362. He was created Duke of York on 6 August, 1385. He died on 1 August, 1402, at King’s Langley, Herts., and was buried there in the Church of the Mendicant Friars.
Edmund married firstly, between 1 January and 30 April, 1372, at Hertford Castle (?):
Isabella
She was the daughter of Peter I ‘the Cruel’, King of Castile, by Maria, daughter of John Garcias de Padilla, a handfast wife, and she was sister to Constance, wife of John of Gaunt (
see here
). Isabella was born in
c
.1355/6 at Morales or at Tordesillas, Castile. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1379. She died on 23 November, 1392/3, and was buried in the Church of the Dominican Friars, King’s Langley, Herts.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Edward
He was born in
c.
1373, perhaps at Norwich, Norfolk. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1387. He was created Earl of Cork between 25 February, 1390, and 15 January, 1395, and Earl of Rutland on 25 February, 1390. He was created Duke of Aumale on 29 September, 1397, but deprived of the dukedom on 3 November, 1399. He succeeded his father as Duke of York on 1 August, 1402, and was confirmed in this dukedom on 5 November, 1402. He was restored to the dukedom of Aumale on 1 May, 1414. He was killed on 25 October, 1415, at the Battle of Agincourt, France, and was buried in the Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northants.
Edward married, between 27 February, 1396, and 7 October, 1398:
Philippa
She was the daughter of John de Mohun, 2nd Baron of Dunster, by Joan, daughter of Sir Bartholemew de Burghersh of Ewyas Lacy, Co. Hereford. She married firstly Walter, 4th Baron FitzWalter (
d
.1386), before 27 June, 1385, and had issue:
1  Walter (
d
.1432); a knight; he married a lady called Elizabeth, and had issue.
Philippa married secondly Sir John Golafre of Langley, Oxon. (
d.
1396), before 13 November, 1389. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1390. She died on 17 July, 1431, at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
(ii)
Constance
She was born in
c
.1374. She married Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373–executed 1400), between 16 April, 1378 and 7 November, 1389 (possibly later, but certainly before 14 January, 1394), and had issue:
1  Edward (
d.
young).
2  Richard, Baron Burghersh (1396–1414); he married Eleanor (
d
.1472), daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (
above).
3  Hugh (
d
. young, 1401).
4  Elizabeth (
b.c
.1398;
d.
young).
5  Isabella (1400–1439); she married firstly Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (1397–1422), and had issue, and secondly Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), and had issue.
Constance was made a Lady of the Garter in 1386. She died on 28 November, 1416, and was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire.
Constance may have had the following
illegitimate issue
(although the daughter in question always held that her parents had married in
c
.1404; however, this claim failed against the petition of her father’s sisters):
By Edmund Holland, Earl of Kent (1383–1408):
1  Eleanor (?) (
b.
1406?); she married James Touchet, Baron Audley (1398?–1459), and had issue. She may have been the illegitimate issue of Edmund Holland by Elizabeth Burghersh, but this is unlikely.
(iii)
Richard
He was born in
c
.September,
c.
1375/6, at Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire. He was recognised as hereditary Earl of Cambridge on 1 May, 1414, but forfeited all his honours and estates on 5
August, 1415, on which day he was executed for treason at Southampton Green, Hampshire. He was buried in the Chapel of God’s House, Southampton.
Richard married firstly, in
c.
May, 1406, or perhaps after 10 June, 1408 (date of dispensation) (although no record exists as to where):
Anne
She was the daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, by Eleanor Holland, and a great-great-granddaughter of Edward III (
above), and it was through her that the House of York derived its claim to the throne. She was born on 27 December, 1390, and died in September, 1411, perhaps in childbirth. She was buried in King’s Langley Church, Herts.
Issue of marriage:
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