1272 Births - Frederick III of Sicily, Joan of Acre, Amalric, Prince of Tyre, Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Bernardo Tolomei, Solamish (Paperback)

Chapters: Frederick Iii of Sicily, Joan of Acre, Amalric, Prince of Tyre, Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Bernardo Tolomei, Solamish, Shiwu, Cao Zhibai. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joan of Acre (April 1272 23 April 1307) was the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. She is most notable for her marriage to Ralph de Monthermer and the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave. She is also notable for the multiple references of her in literature. Joan (or Joanna, as she is sometimes called) of Acre was born in the spring of 1272 in Syria, while her parents, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, were on crusade. At the time of Joan's birth, her grandfather, Henry III, was still alive and thus her father was not yet king of England. Her parents departed from Acre shortly after her birth, traveling to Sicily and Spain before leaving Joan with Eleanor's mother, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, in France. Joan lived for several years in France where she spent her time being educated by a bishop and being thoroughly spoiled by an indulgent grandmother. Joan was free to play among the vine clad hills and sunny vales surrounding her grandmothers home, although she required judicious surveillance. As Joan was growing up with her grandmother, her father was back in England, already arranging marriages for his daughter. He hoped to gain both political power and more wealth with his daughter's marriage, so he conducted the arrangement in a very business like style. He finally found a man suitable to marry Joan (aged 5 at the time), Hartman, son of King Rudoph I, of Germany. Edward then brought her home from France for the first time to meet him. As she had spent her entire life away from Edward and Eleanor, when she ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=211634