Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent

Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent (c. 1326^[1] – 5 October 1331^[2]) was a member of the English royal family.

Earl of Kent

Edmund
Earl of Kent
Reign	1331
Predecessor	Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Successor	John, 3rd Earl of Kent

Born	c. 1326 Sussex
Died	5 October 1331
House	Plantagenet
Father	Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Mother	Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell

Life

He inherited the Earldom of Kent in 1331, a year after his father, Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, was attainted. His mother was Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell. In 1330 he was, on the petition of his mother and the reversal of his father's condemnation, recognised as Earl of Kent.^[3] He died very soon after, aged just 5, and was succeeded by his 1-year-old brother, John, 3rd Earl of Kent. He in turn died aged 22, and the Earldom of Kent was held in abeyance by their sister, Joan of Kent. In a separate creation of the Earldom of Kent, her first husband was created Earl of Kent.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent

16. John of England

8. Henry III of England

17. Isabella of Angoulême

4. Edward I of England

18. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

9. Eleanor of Provence

19. Beatrice of Savoy

2. Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent

20. Louis IX of France

10. Philip III of France

21. Marguerite of Provence

5. Margaret of France

22. Henry III, Duke of Brabant

11. Maria of Brabant

23. Adelaide of Burgundy

1. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent

12. Baldwin Wake (d. 1282)^[1]

6. John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell^[1]

26. Robert de Quincy (d. 1257)^[1]

13. Hawise de Quincy (1250?–1295?)^[1]

27. Elen ferch Llywelyn

3. Margaret Wake

14. William de Fenes or John FitzBernard^[1]

7. Joan Fiennes^[1]

30. John II of Brienne

15. Blanche de Brienne

31. Jeanne of Chateaudun

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Weir, Alison (2008). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 9780099539735.
^ Waugh, Scott L. "Edmund [Edmund of Woodstock], first earl of Kent", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 September 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ Tout 1888.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tout, Thomas Frederick (1888). "Edmund of Woodstock". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.