Earl of Kent

Also known as: good Earl of Kent · Family: England · Role: earl · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 2

In Book 1, Chapter 2, the Earl of Kent, brother to King Edward the Second, shared the queen’s hatred of Sir Hugh Spencer. That night, he left for France with Queen Isabella and her young son King Edward.

In Chapter 10, after Sir John de Hainault departed, Kent counselled King Edward and his mother in governing the kingdom, alongside Sir Roger Mortimer, Sir Thomas Wager and others. The account calls him “the good Earl of Kent.”

Relationship record

The queen secretly left for France with her son Edward and the Earl of Kent.(Book 1, Chapter 2 · 📍 France)
- With: Queen Isabella King Edward
- “and that night embarked on board a vessel prepared for her reception, accompanied by her young son Edward, the Earl of Kent, and Sir Roger Mortimer.”
King Edward and his mother governed the kingdom with counsel from Kent, Mortimer, Wager, and others.(Book 1, Chapter 10)
- With: King Edward Sir Roger Mortimer Sir Thomas Wager
- “After the departure of Sir John de Hainault, King Edward and his mother governed the kingdom by the counsels of the good Earl of Kent and of Sir Roger Mortimer. Both of them had been banished with the queen. They also took the advice of Sir Thomas Wager, and of others who were esteemed the wisest in the land.”

siblings with King Edward the Second “The hatred against Sir Hugh Spencer was increased by this deed, particularly that of the queen, and of the Earl of Kent, brother to the king; which when he perceived, he fomented such a discord between the king and the queen, that the king would not see the queen, or come to any place where she was.”
enemies with Sir Hugh Spencer “The hatred against Sir Hugh Spencer was increased by this deed, particularly that of the queen, and of the Earl of Kent, brother to the king; which when he perceived, he fomented such a discord between the king and the queen, that the king would not see the queen, or come to any place where she was.”

with King Edward (The Earl of Kent counselled the king.) “King Edward and his mother governed the kingdom by the counsels of the good Earl of Kent and of Sir Roger Mortimer.”

Extracted from the original text of The Boy's Froissart. Made with Rho MD.