Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent

Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent (1326 – before 5 October 1331) was a member of the English royal family.

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.^[1]

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                                         24.               12. Baldwin Wake[2]                       25.               6. John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell                             26. Robert de Quincy[3]               13. Hawise de Quincy                       27. Elen ferch Llywelyn               3. Margaret Wake                                   28.               14. William de Fiennes                       29.               7. Joan Fiennes                             30. John of Brienne son of Jean de Brienne               15. Blanche de Brienne                       31. Jeanne of Chateaudun

Notes

1. Tout 1888.
2. Lundy, Darryl (24 January 2013), Baldwin Wake, p. 10777 § 107762
3. Lundy, Darryl (10 April 2012), Robert de Quincy, Lord of Ware, p. 10776 § 107760

References

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