1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon John de Holand

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Upholland, Lancashire, England

Thomas de Holand

Joan (Fair Maid of Kent) Plantagenet

Robert de Holand

Maude la Zouche

Edmund Plantagenet

Margaret Wake

Thomas

Margaret

Pleshy Castle, Boroughbridge, England

Death Notes

D: 9 Jan 1398/99
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General Notes

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352? - January 16, 1400), also Earl of Huntingdon, was an English nobleman, primarily remembered for helping cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock and then for conspiring against Henry IV.

He was the third son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan "the fair maid of Kent", daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, a son of Edward I. His mother later married Edward, the Black Prince. Holland was thus half-brother to Richard II, to whom he remained loyal the rest of his life.

Early in Richard's reign, Holland was made a Knight of the Garter (1381). He was also part of the escort that accompanied the queen-to-be, Anne of Bohemia, on her trip to England.

Holland had a violent temper, which got him in trouble several times. The most famous incident occured during Richard II's 1385 expedition to Scotland. Ralph Stafford, eldest son of the Earl of Stafford, killed one of Holland's esquires. Stafford went to find Holland to apologize, but Holland killed him as soon as he identified himself. The king had Holland's lands seized. Their mother died during this time, it is said of grief at these events.

Early the next year Holland reconciled with the Staffords, and had his property restored. Later in 1386 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John of Gaunt. He and Elizabeth then went on Gaunt's expedition to Spain, where Holland was constable of the English army. After his return to England he was created Earl of Huntingdon, on June 2, 1387. In 1389 he was appointed chamberlain of England for life, admiral of the fleet in the western seas, and constable of Tintagel Castle. During this time he also received large grants of land from the king.

Over the next several years he held a number of additional offices: constable of Conway Castle (1394), governor of Carlisle (1395), and then governor and then constable-general of the west marches towards Scotland. His military servies were interrupted by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1394 (which may be connected with his earlier troubles with the Staffords).

Holland helped the king take down Thomas of Woodstock and Richard Fitzalen, Earl of Arundel in 1397. He was rewarded by being created Duke of Exeter on September 29.

He then went with Richard on the king's 1399 Ireland expedition. When they returned the king sent him to try to negotiate with Holland's brother-in-law Henry Bolingbroke. After Henry deposed Richard and took the throne (as Henry IV), he called to account those who had been involved in the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock, and in the end took away all rewards Richard had give them after Thomas' arrest. Thus Holland became again merely Earl of Huntingdon.

Early the next year Holland entered into a conspiracy with his nephew Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, Thomas le Despenser, and others. Their aim was to assassinate king Henry and return Richard (who was in prison) to the throne. Their plot failed, Holland fled, but was caught and executed. Among those who witnessed the execution was Thomas Fitzalen, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, son of the Earl of Arundel who Holland had arrested some years before.

Holland's lands and titles were forfeited, but eventually they were restored for his second son John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Robert de Holand ^*
  - b.~  1197 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~  1230
  
  Thurston de Holand
  - b.~  1222 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.1275 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
  
  Cecily de Columbers ^*
  - b.~  1201 in Hale, Lancashire, England
  
  Robert de Holand
  - b.~  1241 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~  1311 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
  
  Adam de Kellet ^*
  - b.~  1200 in Garstang, Lancaster, England d.1272
  
  Margaret de Kellet
  - b.~  1230 in Over Kellet, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England
  
  Matilda de Singleton
  - b.1208
  
  Robert de Holand
  - b.~  1270 d.07 Oct 1328
  
  Roger de Salmsbury ^*
  - b.~  1180 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England d.1227
  
  Sir William de Salmsbury
  - b.~  1227 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England d.~  1256
  
  Margaret Fitzosbert ^*
  - b.~  1200
  
  Elizabeth de Salmsbury
  - b.~  1256 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England d.>  1311 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
  
  William de Notton ^*
  - b.~  1190 in Notton, Royston, West Riding, Yorkshire, England d.1231
  
  Avena de Barton
  - b.1231 in Breightmet, Lancashire, England
  
  Cecily de Barton ^*
  - b.~  1200 in Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  
  Thomas de Holand
  - b.1314 in Broughton, Buckingham, England d.26 Dec 1360 in Normandie, France
  
  Sir Alan la Zouche ^*
  - b.1217 d.10 Aug 1270
  
  Roger la Zouche II
  - b.~  1242 d.<15 Oct 1285
  
  Elena de Quincy ^*
  - b.~  1230 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.20 Aug 1296
  
  Alan la Zouche
  - b.1267 d.1313
  
  Justicare of Ireland Stephen Longespee ^*
  - b.~  1216 d.1260
  
  Ela Longespee
  - b.~  1246
  
  Emmeline de Riddlesford
  - b.~  1223
  
  Maude la Zouche
  - b.~  1280 d.1349
  
  Eleanor Segrave
  - b.~  1270 d.1314
  
  Gilbert de Lacy ^*
  - b.1198
  
  Maud de Lacy
  - b.~  1239 d.1337
  
  Isabel Bigod ^*
  - b.~  1222 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
  
  1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon John de Holand
  - b.~  1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.10 Jan 1400 in Pleshy Castle, Boroughbridge, England
  
  King of England John (Lackland) Plantagenet of England ^*
  - b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
  
  Henry Plantagenet of England III
  - b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
  
  Isabella De Taillefer of Angouleme ^*
  - b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
  
  Edward (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England I
  - b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-San, Cumberland, England
  
  4th Count of Provence Raymond Berenger V ^*
  - b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
  
  Lady Eleanore Berenger of Provence
  - b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
  
  Beatrice of Savoy ^*
  - b.~  1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
  
  Edmund Plantagenet
  - b.05 Aug 1301 d.19 Mar 1330 in Winchester Castle, England
  
  Saint, King Louis Capet of France IX ^*
  - b.25 Apr 1214 in Poissy, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
  
  King Phillip (The Bold) Capet of France III
  - b.03 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales
  
  Marguerite Berenger of Provence ^*
  - b.1221 in St. Maime B, Forcalquier, Bourgogne, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, Isle de France, France
  
  Margaret of France
  - b.1275 in Paris, France d.14 Feb 1317
  
  Duke of Brabant Henry of Germany III ^*
  - b.1230 in Brabant, Flanders, Belgium d.28 Feb 1261 in Leuven, Flemish-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
  
  Maria of Brabrant
  - b.1256 in Leuven, Flemish-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium d.12 Jan 1321 in Murel
  
  Alice of Burgundy ^*
  - b.1233 d.23 Oct 1273
  
  Joan (Fair Maid of Kent) Plantagenet
  - b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England d.07 Oct 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
  
  Margaret Wake
  - b.1283
  
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