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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.
- c. 1314
- Maud la Zouche
- 26 December 1360 (aged around 46)
- Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand
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. Joan's father was the second son of King Edward I and ...
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Jul 3, 2016 · Joan and Sir Thomas Holland had 5 children together; 3 sons and 2 daughters. Their first son, Thomas, Earl of Kent, was born in 1350 and married Alice, the daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel; he died in 1397. Edmund was born in 1352 and died young. Their third son, John, was created Duke of Exeter in 1397 by his younger half ...
Brief Life History of Thomas. 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 3 daughters.
- Male
- 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. In 1342 he was sent to Bayonne with Sir John d ...
1st Earl of Kent: King Edward III 1312–1377: Earldom (5th creation) attainted, 1330: Earldom (5th creation) restored, 1330: Earl of Kent (6th creation), 1360: Edmund c. 1326 –1331 2nd Earl of Kent: Thomas Holland c. 1314 –1360 1st Earl of Kent, 1st Baron Holland: Joan of Kent 1326/1327–1385: Edward the Black Prince 1330–1376 Duke of ...
