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When Sir Thomas Holand was born about 1314, in Up Holland, Lancashire, England, his father, Robert de Holand III, was 38 and his mother, Maud la Zouche, was 28. He married Joan of Kent in 1340, in Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, was the second son of Edward I by his second wife Margaret of France, and was half brother to Edward II. He was born at Woodstock in 1301. He was created Earl of Kent by Edward II in 1321 and among other offices he was Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Keeper of Tonbridge Castle in ...
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (English: / d ˈ b ɜːr /; d'-BER; French pronunciation:; c. 1170 – before 5 May 1243) was an English nobleman who served as Chief Justiciar of England (1215–1232) and Justiciar of Ireland (1232) during the reigns of King John and his son and successor King Henry III and, as Regent of England (1219–1227) during Henry's minority, was one of the most ...
Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent King Edward, I had taken great interest in the upbringing of his two sons by his second wife, Edmund and his elder brother, Thomas. Prior to his death, he had intended to provide the young Edmund with substantial grants of land.
SIR THOMAS HOLLAND, first Earl of Kent of the Holland family (d. 1360), soldier, was the second son of Sir Robert Holland of Holland, Lancashire, and Maud, daughter of Allan la Zouche of Ashby, Leicestershire. He joined the expedition to Flanders in 1340, and took part in the battle of Sluys. In 1342 he was sent to Bayonne with Sir John d ...
Jun 19, 2016 · William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury Born on the 28th June, 1328, at Donyatt in Somerset, William Montagu - or Montacute - was the son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Katherine Grandison (died 1349), 3rd daughter of William Lord Grandison. Young William was the eldest of the couple's 2 sons and 4…
The 11th earl was his son Anthony (1645–1702), whose son Henry became 12th earl in August 1702, lord chamberlain of the royal household from 1704 to 1710, and in 1706 was created earl of Harold and marquess of Kent, becoming duke of Kent four years later. All his sons predeceased their father, and when the duke died in June 1740, his titles ...
