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Edward of Angoulme was second in line to the throne of the Kingdom of England and heir to the Earldom of Kent and the elder brother of Richard of Bordeaux . Born in Angoulme, he was the eldest child of Edward, Prince of Wales, commonly called the Black Prince, and Joan, Countess of Kent, and thus was a member of the House of Plantagenet. Edwards birth, during the Hundred Years War, was celebrated luxuriously by his father and by other monarchs, such as Charles V of France.

Edward was born at the Chteau dAngoulme, in Angoulme, then part of the Duchy of Aquitaine. His name, Edward of Angoulme, is a territorial designation referring to his birthplace this was a common naming practice in 14thcentury England. Through his father, Edward, the Black Prince, he was a member of the House of Plantagenet and the second, but eldest surviving grandson of the reigning English monarch, Edward III. Edward was related to the reigning French royal House of Valois through his paternal grandmother, Philippa of Hainault. His mother, Joan, was his fathers first cousin once removed, and was suo jure Countess of Kent.

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