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

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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

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Ancestors of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent

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| 8\. Henry III of England|

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| 17\. Isabella of Angoulême

| 4\. Edward I of England|

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| 18\. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

| 9\. Eleanor of Provence|

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| 19\. Beatrice of Savoy

| 2\. Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent|

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| 20\. Louis IX of France

| 10\. Philip III of France|

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| 21\. Marguerite of Provence

| 5\. Margaret of France|

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| 22\. Henry III, Duke of Brabant

| 11\. Maria of Brabant|

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| 23\. Adelaide of Burgundy

| 1\. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent|
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| 12\. Baldwin Wake (d. 1282)[1]|

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

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

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

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| 27\. Elen ferch Llywelyn

| 3\. Margaret Wake|

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| 14\. William de Fenes or John FitzBernard[1]|

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| 7\. Joan Fiennes[1]|

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| 30\. John II of Brienne

| 15\. Blanche de Brienne|

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| 31\. Jeanne of Chateaudun

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## Notes

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

## References

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* 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.

Peerage of England

Preceded by

Edmund of Woodstock

|  Earl of Kent
1331  | Succeeded by

John