Joan of Kent's Descendants

Because descendants of royal families tended to intermarry, the descendants of such a well-connected woman with royal ancestry as Joan of Kent are many. Joan of Kent's descendants played major roles in the era of the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor and Stuart royal families.

Here are a few notable descendants of Joan of Kent, with her relationship to them:

Richard II

mother to Richard II of England (heir to Edward III)

Warring Kings

3rd great-grandmother of Edward IV of England (through his father, Richard, Duke of York)

• 4th great-grandmother of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV (descendants below)

3rd great-grandmother of King Richard III
   3rd great-grandmother of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III

2nd great-grandmother of Margaret Beaufort

• 3rd great-grandmother of Margaret Beaufort's son, Henry VII (descendants below)

The Tudors

4th* great-grandmother of King Henry VIII (descendants below), son of Elizabeth of York (above) and her husband Henry VII (above), each a descendant of Joan of Kent
   5th great-grandmother of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII

4th great-grandmother of Margaret Tudor (descendants below), sister of Henry VIII

4th great-grandmother of Mary Rose Tudor (descendants below), sister of Henry VIII

Henry VIII's Children

5th great-grandmother of Edward VI

5th great-grandmother of Queen Mary I

5th great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I

Margaret Tudor's Descendants

5th great-grandmother of James V of Scotland, son of Margaret Tudor (above) by James IV

• 6th great-grandmother James V's daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots (descendants below), daughter of James V

5th great-grandmother of Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor (above) by Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

• 6th great-grandmother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (descendants below), son of Lady Margaret Douglas, and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (above)

The Stuarts

7th great-grandmother of James VI of Scotland, I of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots (above), and son of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (above)

Through James I of England, Joan of Kent is also ancestor of the rest of the Stuart monarchs

Mary Tudor's Descendants

5th great-grandmother of Lady Frances Brandon, daughter of Mary Rose Tudor (above)
   5th great-grandmother of Sir Henry Grey, married to Lady Frances Brandon

• 6th great-grandmother of Lady Jane Grey, daughter of Lady Frances Brandon and Sir Henry Grey

Note

* Where there is more than one line of descent, the shortest is noted. For example, Joan of Kent was both 4th great-grandmother (through Henry VII) and 5th great-grandmother (through Elizabeth of York) of Henry VIII and his siblings.