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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. [1] Early life. He was from a gentry family in Upholland, Lancashire.
- 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
It took Pope Clement VI eighteen months to decide the issue. In 1349, he finally annulled Joan's marriage to the Earl and sent her back to Thomas Holland, with whom she lived for the next eleven years. Joan's brother, John, Earl of Kent, died in 1352, on which Thomas Holland became Earl of Kent in right of his wife.
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.
- Male
- Joan of Kent
Apr 24, 2019 · Sir Thomas Holland who married Edward I’s granddaughter Joan of Kent in a secret marriage. He became the first Holland Earl of Kent. He died in 1360. Sir Thomas and Joan had two sons – Thomas and John. Thomas became the 2nd Holland earl of Kent after his mother’s death in 1385.
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.
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