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Thomas Holland, 2nd Baron Holand, and jure uxoris 1st Earl of Kent, KG (c. 1314 – 26 December 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. By the time of the Crécy campaign, he had apparently lost one of his eyes.
Apr 26, 2022 · Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, 1st Baron Holand, KG (c. 1314 – 26 December 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was from a gentry family in Upholland, Lancashire. He was a son of Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand and Maud la Zouche.
- Upholland, England
- Upholland, Lancashire, England
- 1314
The Holland family were the children and grandchildren of Joan, Countess of Kent and her first husband Thomas Holland of Upholland in Lancashire. Joan, known as 'the Fair Maid of Kent' was the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.
When Sir Thomas Holand 1st Earl of Kent was born about 1314, in Up Holland, Lancashire, England, his father, Robert de Holand III, was 38 and his mother, Maud Zouche, was 28. He married Joan of Kent in 1340, in Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1346.
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- Joan of Kent
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.
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (died 1360) Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397) Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent (1372–1400) Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (1383–1408) The line of the earls of Kent became extinct with the death of Edmund, the fourth earl. The Holland Earls of Kent.
Mar 14, 2009 · Thomas Holland, afterwards 1st Earl of Kent, was one of the founder knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Born around 1314, he fought many times in France during the Hundred Years War, including at the Battle of Sluys and the Siege of Tournai, and was in chief command of the vanguard at the battle of Crécy under the Black Prince.
