The Abandoned Countess

History... the interesting bits!

Arms of the County of Bar

You would think that a man who was given a king’s granddaughter as a wife would relish the glamour and connections such a bride brought. However, this was not always the case and nowhere is it more obvious than in the life and marriage of Joan of Bar.

Joan was the granddaughter of the mighty Edward I and his queen, Eleanor of Castile. Her mother was the Eleanor, Edward and Eleanor’s eldest surviving child. Eleanor of England had be...