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Arms of Sir Thomas Holland, KG. 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
Jul 3, 2016 · A landless young knight, and the son of a disgraced lord, Thomas Holland had very little going for him when he started his soldiering career, probably in Scotland in the early 1330s. However, as the 1330s progressed he was making a reputation as an able soldier.
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.
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.
Thomas Holland was born in Upholland, Lancashire, in 1350. He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". His mother was a daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake.
