Joan de Munchensy
- Born: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Marriage: Guillaume de Valence Lord of Pembroke on 13 Aug 1247 in England 141
- Died: 1307 Before 10 Sep, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales 141
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 141
William de Valence, married, 13 Aug. 1247, Joan, daughter of Warin de Munchensey, Lord of Swanscombe, by his 1st wife, Joan, 5th daughter and in her issue coheir of William (Marshall), 4th Earl of Pembroke. William died 18 May 1296, in England, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Joan, who retained until her death the lordship of Pembroke and Wexford, as well as Goodrich Castle, died in 1307, before 20 September.
By the death of Joan's brother John about 2 months previously, Joan had become sole heir to her mother, the youngest of the five Marshal sisters. On 4 Jan 1247/8 a large number of knights' fees were assigned to William de Valence and Joan his wife as her share of the fees held by the late Earl of Pembroke. Stapleton says that William had the Earldom of Pembroke; but actually he had only the lordship. (footnote F)
~ Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. X, pp. 377-381
Joan married Guillaume de Valence Lord of Pembroke, son of Hugues X "le Brun" de Lusignan comté de la Marche et Angoulême and Isabel d’Angoulême Queen of England, on 13 Aug 1247 in England.141 (Guillaume de Valence Lord of Pembroke was born after 1225 in Abbey of Valence, Charente, Poitu-Charentes, France,141 died on 18 May 1296 in England 141 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.)
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