Joan of Acre
1272 – 1307
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Joan of Acre, born in the Holy Land while her parents were on crusade, was King Edward's daughter; she married the greatest earl in England at eighteen and a penniless squire, for love and in secret, at twenty-five.
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✓ JOAN OF ACRE (b. Acre 1272, d. 23 Apr 1307), dau. of KING EDWARD I by ELEANOR OF CASTILE (both ALREADY IN TREE - wired as their child, a CONVERGENCE: sister of our existing Elizabeth Plantagenet of the Ormond/Bohun line, so TWO daughters of Edward I are now direct ancestresses by independent descents); m.1 (spring 1290) Gilbert de Clare the Red Earl; m.2 (secretly, 1297) Ralph de Monthermer. Sources: CP V (Gloucester); royal-standard. Direct ancestress. Added 8 Aug 2026 (the Raleigh royal door - consolation wave after the St Leger door closed; full write-up in RANKED LEADS addendum).