Joan of Acre

Joan of Acre
Countess of Hertford Countess of Gloucester
Born	April 1272 Acre, Kingdom of Acre
Died	23 April 1307 (aged 35) Clare Castle, Clare, England
Burial	26 April 1307 Clare Priory, Suffolk, England
Spouse	Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford ​ ​ (m. 1290; died 1295)​ Sir Ralph de Monthermer[1] ​ ​ (m. 1297)​
Issue	Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford Eleanor de Clare Margaret de Clare Elizabeth de Clare Mary de Monthermer Joan de Monthermer Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron Monthermer Edward de Monthermer
House	Plantagenet
Father	Edward I of England
Mother	Eleanor of Castile

Joan of Acre (April 1272 – 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile.^[2] The name "Acre" derives from her birthplace in the Holy Land while her parents were on a crusade.

She was married twice; her first husband was Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, one of the most powerful nobles in her father's kingdom; her second husband was Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in her household whom she married in secret.

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.