Thomas de Holand , KG, 1st Earl of Kent 
Thomas de was born in 1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. Thomas de's father was Robert III 1st Baron de Holand , KG, Sir and his mother was Maud la Zouche. His paternal grandparents were Robert II de Holand , Sir Knight and Elizabeth de Salmesbury; his maternal grandparents were Alan 1st Baron la Zouche , of Ashby, Sir and Eleanor de Segrave. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Robert IV 2nd de, John de, Margaret de, Maud de, Isabel de and Elizabeth de. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He died in Normandy, France.General Notes
Thomas de Holand, 1st Lord (Baron) Holand, so created March 1353/4 by writ of summons to Parliament, KG (1348?, founding member); served Hundred Years War: Battle of Sluys (English naval victory) and Siege of Tournai 1340, Crecy 1346, Lt. and Capt. of Brittany and neighbouring parts of Poitou for duration of war March 1353/4, Keeper: Channel Islands 1356, Crocy (Normandy) 1357 and Castle of Saint Sauveur le Vicomte Feb 1358/9, Jt Lt. and Capt. of Duchy of Normandy 1359, Capt. and Lt. of France and Normandy 1360; m. by 1339, as her 2nd of three husbands, Joan ("The Fair Maid of Kent"), Countess of Kent in her own right and granddaughter of Edward I, and in consequence was summoned to Parliament 20 Nov 1360 as Earl of Kent, although the Parliament in question did not meet till 24 Jan 1360/1, by which time he had d. 26 or 28 Dec 1360. [Burke's Peerage, p. 3100]
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Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, of Broughton, Bucks, considered to be Earl of Kent in right of his wife. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2904]
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Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent, d. Normandy 26 or 28 Dec 1360; m. in or bef. 1339 Joan Plantagenet, Countess of Kent, the "Fair Maid of Kent", d. Wallingford Castle 8 Aug 1385. [Magna Charta Sureties, line 90-7]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1167 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1197 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1165 in Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1222 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.1275
- b.~ 1177 in Hale, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1201 in Hale, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1181 in Hale, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.~ 1154 in Garstang, Lancashire, England d.< 1207
- b.~ 1200 in Garstang, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1158 in Little Singleton, Kirkham, Lancashire, England d.~ 1219
- b.~ 1230 in Garstang, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England (Beheaded by partisans)
- b.~ 1163 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.< 1212
- b.~ 1193 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.1227
- b.~ 1223 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.~ 1256
- b.~ 1075 in Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1200 in Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311
- b.~ 1227 in England
- b.1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.BET 26 AND 28 DEC 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.1182 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.<14 May 1238 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1210 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England d.12 Aug 1270
- b.~ 1187 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d.28 JAN 1231/32
- b.BET 1240 AND 1242 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England d.15 Oct 1285 in Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
- b.1174 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Buckley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1225 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.<20 Aug 1296
- b.~ 1208 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in England
- b.09 Oct 1267 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.25 Mar 1314 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England (dspm)
- b.~ 1176 in England d.7 MAR 1225/26 in Salisbury Castle, Wiltishire, England
- b.1216 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.23 JAN 1274/75 in of Sutton, Northampshire, England
- b.1188 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England d.24 Aug 1261 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1246 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.<19 Jul 1276
- b.~ 1181 in Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland d.12 Dec 1244
- b.1216 in Kildare, Ireland d.1276
- b.~ 1186 in England
- b.1289 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.< 1179 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.09 Nov 1241 in Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1215 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.<08 Oct 1254 in Pons, Poitou, France
- b.1190 in Cheshire, England d.< 1241
- b.~ 1238 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.<12 Nov 1295 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England
- b.1180 in Chalcombe, Banbury, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1219 in Chalcombe, Banbury, Northamptonshire, England d.~ 1278 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1184 in England
- b.1270 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.1314
- b.~ 1205 in Moulton, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1250 in Copeland, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1225 in Copeland, Cumberland, England d.<09 Apr 1305
- b.~ 1207 in Copeland, Cumberland, England d.BEF 24 MAR 1287/88
- b.1239 in Copeland, Cumberland, England d.> 1288
- b.1205 in South TyneDale, Northumberland, England d.1291
- b.~ 1225 in South Tynedale, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1205 in South Tynedale, Northumberland, England
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‌Thomas de and Joan were married in a religious ceremony before 1339. They had two sons named Thomas de and John de.
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Children
Thomas de Holand , KG, 2nd Earl of Kent
Thomas de was born about 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. He died on April 25th, 1397 in Woodstock, Kent, England.
John de Holand , 1st Duke of Exeter
John de was born after 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. He died in Executed at Castle Pleshey, Essex, England.
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