Individual Details
(1272 - 23 Apr 1307)
Joan is most notable for the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave, and for the multiple references to her in literature. Joan had been a widow for only a little over a year when she caught the eye of Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in Joan’s father’s household. Joan fell in love and convinced her father to have Monthermer knighted. It was unheard of in European royalty for a noble lady to even converse with a man who had not won or acquired importance in the household. However, in January 1297 Joan secretly married Ralph. Joan's father was already planning another marriage for Joan to Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, to occur 16 March 1297. Joan was in a dangerous predicament, as she was already married, unbeknownst to her father.
Events
| Birth | 1272 | Acre | | | |
| Marriage | 1297 | Ralph MONTHERMER | | | |
| Death | 23 Apr 1307 | Clare Castle, Clare | | | |
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