Lady Joan de Munchensi, Countess of Pembroke

Female 1230 - Aft 1307  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name Joan de Munchensi 
    Title Lady 
    Suffix Countess of Pembroke 
    Birth ~ 1230  (Kent, England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 20 Sep 1307  (England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I35741  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2016 

    Father Sir Warin de Munchesi, Knight, Lord Swanscombe,   b. 0___ 1192, Gooderstone, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1255 (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Joan Marshal,   b. 1210, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1234, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage (England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F16619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir William de Valence, Knight, 1st Earl of Pembroke,   b. 1225-1230, Cistercian Abbey, Valence, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1296, Bayonne, Gascony, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1247  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Joan de Valence   d. 0___ 1326
     2. Isabel de Valence,   b. 0___ 1262   d. 5 Oct 1305 (Age ~ 43 years)
    Family ID F13158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~ 1230 - (Kent, England) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Aug 1247 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 20 Sep 1307 - (England) Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Joan de Munchensi or Munchensy (or Joanna), Lady of Swanscombe and Countess of Pembroke (c. 1230 - aft. September 20, 1307), was the daughter of Joan Marshal and granddaughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke suo jure.

      Family[edit]
      William Marshal was the great Lord Marshal who served five successive Kings of England and died in 1219. William's five sons each in turn became Earl of Pembroke, but all died childless. His inheritance was thus divided among his daughters. Joan Marshal, the fourth daughter, married Warin de Munchensi (or Munchensy), Lord of Swanscombe. They were survived by one daughter, Joan de Munchensi, who (owing to Joan Marshal's death soon after her daughter's birth) was brought up by her stepmother, Warin's second wife, Dionisie de Munchensi.

      Marriage and children

      In 1247 three sons of Hugh X of Lusignan, in difficulties after the French annexation of their territories, accepted Henry III's invitation to come to England. The three were William of Valence, Guy of Lusignan and Aymer. The king found important positions for all of them and William was soon married to Joan. Her portion of the Marshal estates included the castle and lordship of Pembroke and the lordship of Wexford in Ireland. The custody of Joan's property was entrusted to her husband. She also, apparently, transmitted to him the title of Earl of Pembroke; he thus became the first of the de Valence holders of the earldom.

      William of Valence died in 1296. Accounts of the offspring of William and Joan vary, but all say that there were five children, others[citation needed] seven including the last two:

      Isabel de Valence (d. October 5, 1305), married before 1280 John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (May 6, 1262 – February 10, 1313). Their grandson Lawrence later became earl of Pembroke. They had:
      William Hastings (1282 – 1311)
      John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (September 29, 1286 – January 20, 1325), married to Juliane de Leybourne (d. 1367)
      Sir Hugh Hastings of Sutton (d. 1347)
      Joan de Valence, married to John Comyn (the "Red Comyn"), Lord of Badenoch (d. murdered, February 10, 1306), and had
      Elizabeth Comyn (November 1, 1299 – November 20, 1372), married to Richard Talbot, Lord Talbot
      John de Valence (d. January, 1277)
      William de Valence (d. in battle in Wales on June 16, 1282), created Seigneur de Montignac and Bellac
      Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Wexford in 1296 (c. 1270 – June 23, 1324), married firstly to Beatrice de Clermont and married secondly to Marie de Chãatillon
      Margaret de Valence
      Agnes de Valence (b. about 1250) [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S49501] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Valence,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke.

    2. [S11505] "Isabel de Clare", profile, http://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?lang=en&p=isabel+de&n=clare, retrieved, recorded & uploaded.

    3. [S9219] "Joan de Munchensi" biography, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Munchensi, updated March 12, 2016 by David A. Hennes.

    4. [S49424] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_II_Strathbogie,_Earl_of_Atholl.

    5. [S49425] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch.

    6. [S49504] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I154147&tree=00.

    7. [S10520] "William de Valence, 1st Earl ofPembroke", biography, abstracted November 29, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, info@classroom.

    8. [S12442] "Joan (Munchensy) de Valence (1222 - bef. 1307)", Ancestors, Descendants & Biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Munc.

    9. [S49502] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Munchensi.