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 CORNWALL 437 cousin to his father), Joan, sometimes considered as suo jure Countess of Kent, the repudiated wife of William (de Montagu), Earl of Salisbury, and widow of Thomas (de Holand), Earl of Kent, who d. 28 Dec. 1360. This lady, usually called The Fair Maid of Kent, was, in 1352, h. to her br. John, Earl of Kent, being da. of Edmund,('') Earl of Kent, by Margaret, da. of John (Wake), Lord Wake, the said Earl Edmund being s. of King Edward I, by his 2nd wife, Margaret of France. The Prince d. v.p., after a long illness, at Westm., 8 June 1376, and was bur. with great state in Canter- bury Cathedral, aged nearly 40. M.I. On his death all his peerage digni- ties (none of which devolved on his son in consequence of the spec. rems. thereof) lapsed to the Crown. C") His widow, who, under the name of The Kings Mother, was one of the ladies for whom robes of the Order of the Garter were provided,() d. at Wallingford Castle, Berks, 7 Aug. 1385, and was bur. 29 Jan. 1385/6, at the Grey Friars, Stamford. II. 1376 RiCHARD,() j/y/i?i^ " OF Bordeaux," 2nd but ist surv. to s. and h. oi Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Corn- 1377. WALL, and Earl of Chester abovenamed, by Joan, his wife, suo Jure Countess of Kent, was b. 6 Jan. 1367, at Bordeaux in Aquitaine, but did not (owing to the spec, clauses ('^) creating those dignities) inherit any of his father's said honours. Being grandson of the reigning King (Edward III) and h. ap. to the Crown, he was, by charter, dat. at Havering, 20 Nov. 1376, cr. PRINCE OF WALES, DUKE OF CORNWALL, and EARL OF CHESTER. K.G. 23 Apr. 1377. On 22 June 1377 he ascended the throne as Richard II, when all his honours merged in the Crown. III. 1399 Henry,(*) sty/ed "of Monmouth," s. and h. ap. of to Henry IV, by his ist wife, Mary, da. and coh. of 1413. Humphrey (de Bohun), Earl of Hereford, was b. 16 Sep. 1386, at Monmouth, and was, on 15 Oct. 1399, (*) As to his supposed name of " Plantagenet," see vol. i, p. 1 83, note " c. V.G. C") Of his two sons, each successively his h. ap., neither (as was afterwards customary) w^as styled by any courtesy title, and, indeed, neither was such heir to any of his English honours. The eldest, "Edward of Angouleme," was b. there 1365, and d. young, v.p., 1372, in Gascony; while the younger, Richard, was cr. in 1376, Duke of Cornwall. See above. (■=) For a list of these ladies see vol. ii, Appendix B. V.G. (^) See ante, p. 173, note " b."