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Apr 23, 2019 · The Holland family found themselves spouses from some of the wealthiest families in the country, had the ear and trust of the Crown and continued to thrive whilst Richard II was on the throne. The second earl’s son, another Thomas not only became the 3rd Earl of Kent but from 1397 the 1st Duke of Surrey.
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- Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
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- Joan Holland
- Edmund Holland
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- Elizabeth Holland
- Eleanor Holland
- Bridget Holland
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
Thomas Holland was born in Upholland, Lancashire, in 1350 or 1354. On 28 December 1360, he became Baron Holand. In 1366, at the age of sixteen, Thomas was appointed captain of the English forces in Aquitaine. Over the following ten years, he fought in various campaigns, including the Battle of Nájera, under the command of his stepfather, Edward, th...
(1373 - October 1405), married first Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, and became the mother of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Roger (born 23 April 1393, died c.1413) and Anne Mortimer, who married Richard, Earl of Cambridge and became the grandmother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III. Alianore married secondly to Edward Charleton, 5th Baron...
1st Duke of Surrey (1374 - 7 January 1400), was beheaded in 1400 by a mob of angry citizens at Cirencester for his role in the Epiphany Rising, which was aimed against the life of King Henry IV of England, who had usurped the throne of King Richard.
(ca. 1380-12 April 1434), married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, fourth surviving son of Edward III.
4th Earl of Kent (6 January 1384 - 15 September 1408), had a child by Constance of York, Eleanor Holland, who was born circa 1406 .
(1385 - 31 December 1439), married first John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and secondly Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV. By John Beaufort, her son by her first marriage, Margaret became the grandmother of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII.
who married Sir John Neville (c.1387 - before 20 May 1420), eldest son and heir of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and by him had three sons, Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, John Neville, Baron Neville, and Sir Thomas Neville, and a daughter, Margaret Neville.
1386- after 1413) married Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, by whom she had a daughter Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury (1407- 1462), who married in 1420, Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury and became the mother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker.
Thomas Holland's half-brother Richard II succeeded to the English throne on the death of his grandfather in 1377, and Holland acquired great influence over his young king, which he used for his enrichment. In 1381, he succeeded as Earl of Kent. Holland died at Arundel Castle, Sussex, England on 25 April 1397.
During the reign of his half brother Richard II, John Holland took part in Richard's 1385 expedition to Scotland. An archer in the service of Ralph Stafford, eldest son of the Earl of Stafford, killed one of Holland's esquires. Stafford approached Holland to apologize, but Holland, who had a violent temper, killed him as soon as he identified himse...
The Holland family first became connected with Berw when JOHN HOLLAND, described as one of the household servants of Henry VI, married Ithel's daughter Elinor. The marriage is believed to have taken place between 1470 and 1480.
Jun 13, 2021 · Looking specifically at late medieval Western Europe, this article examines how large families actually were. As we shall see, the study of medieval demography poses a series of methodological challenges to historians.
Dec 18, 2021 · A look at the size, concepts and members of the family and household in the Later Middle Ages. What is a family? The English noun “family” comes from the Latin familia, which designated, in classical Latin, the band of slaves attached to a household.
The Netherlands in the early Middle Ages was inhabited by various Germanic tribes, including the Frisians, who played a significant role in the development of the region and its Christianisation and eventual incorporation into the Frankish Empire .
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Jun 25, 2024 · In my experience of teaching the history of the family and gender relations in medieval and early-modern England, the necessary understanding of the legal complexities of family formation, the distribution of property through marriage and inheritance, wardship and other related matters was one of the things with which students had the most ...
