Thomas De Holand 
Thomas was born about 1350 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. Thomas' father was Thomas De Holand and his mother was Joan Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were Robert De Holand and Maude La Zouche; his maternal grandparents are Edmund Plantagenet and Margaret Wake. He was an only child. He died in 1397 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.General Notes
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Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350-1397) was an English nobleman a
nd a councilor of his half-brother Richard II.
Thomas was the son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent. H
is mother was a daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Marg
aret Wake. Edmund was in turn a son of Edward I of England and his seco
nd Queen consort Marguerite of France. He was also a younger half-broth
er of Edward II of England.
When his father died in 1360 he became Baron Holand. His mother was sti
ll Countess of Kent in her own right. At sixteen, in 1366, Holland was app
ointed captain of the English forces in Aquitaine. He fought in various ca
mpaigns over the following years, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1
375.
Richard II became king in 1377, and soon Holland acquired great influen
ce over his younger half-brother, which he used for his own enrichmen
t. In 1381 he was created Earl of Kent.
Holland married Alice Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Ea
rl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster. They had seven children:
" Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, who succeeded him
" Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, married Constance of York
" John Holland
" Eleanor Holland, married first Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March a
nd second Edward Cherleton, 5th Baron Cherleton
" Margaret Holland, married John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
" Elizabeth Holland, married Sir John Neville (eldest son of Ralph Nevi
lle, 1st Earl of Westmoreland)
" Eleanor Holland, married Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Through the marriages of his daughters, he became the ancestor of ma
ny of the prominent figures in the Wars of the Roses, including Richard Pl
antagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Warwick, the Kingmaker.
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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.1197 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.> 1241
- b.~ 1222 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.1275
- b.1201 in Hale, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.1204 in Garstang, Lancashire, England d.1272
- b.1230 in Over Kellet, Bolton-Le-Sands, Lancashire, England
- b.1270 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1175
- b.~ 1202 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.~ 1256
- b.~ 1178
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311 in England
- b.~ 1190 in Notton, West Riding, Yorkshire, England d.> 1231
- b.~ 1231 in Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, England d.> 1256
- b.~ 1205 in Beightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, England
- b.1314 in Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England d.27 Dec 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1190 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.10 Aug 1270 in England
- b.1242 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.15 Oct 1285 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1222 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.<20 Aug 1296 in England
- b.09 Oct 1267 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.25 Mar 1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1216 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1260 in Sutton, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1245 in Sutton, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1222 in Ulster, Ireland d.~ 1275
- b.~ 1290 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1200 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.<12 Nov 1295 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England
- b.1238 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.<12 Nov 1295 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1219 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England d.1278 in Dudley Castle, Warickshire, England
- b.~ 1267 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1225 in Egremont, Cumberland, England d.29 Apr 1294 in England
- b.1239 in Egremont, Cumberland, England d.> 1288
- b.~ 1225 in South Tynedale, Northumberland, England d.~ 1257
- b.~ 1350 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.1397 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St Edmund, Suffolk, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.18 Jun 1239 in Westiminister, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1198 in Aix-En-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1218 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1198 in Savoy, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.05 Aug 1301 in England
- b.1282 in France
- b.28 Sep 1328 in Palace Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Castle Wallingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
- b. in England
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Children
Elizabeth De Holand
Elizabeth was born about 1371 in Manor of Upholand, Upholland, Lancashire, England.
Thomas De Holand
Thomas was born in 1376 in Manor of Upholand, Upholland, Lancashire, England. He died at the age of 23 on January 8th, 1399 in Cirencester, CLoucestershire, England.
Margaret De Holand
Margaret was born in 1385 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. She died at the age of 54 on December 30th, 1439 in St Savior's Monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey, England. She was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.
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