Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameThomas HOLLAND 1 Earl Of Kent, 20G Grandfather
Birthabt 1314
Death26 Dec 1360, Normandy, France
FatherRobert De Holland 1st Baron Holand (~1283-1328)
MotherMaude La Zouche
Spouses
1Joan The Fair Maid Of Kent, 20G Grandmother
Birth19 Sep 1327, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England
Death7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
BurialGreyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire
FatherEdmund Of Woodstock Earl Of Kent (1301-1330)
MotherMargaret Wake (~1297-1349)
Marriage1340
ChildrenThomas (1350-1397)
Notes for Thomas HOLLAND 1 Earl Of Kent
1st Earl of Kent, 2nd Baron Holland
Knight of the Garter - Founder.
English Nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years War.
At the battle of Crecy he was one of the principal commanders of the vanguard under Edward the Black Prince.
Served in the Siege of Calais.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holland,_1st_Earl_of_Kent
Knight of the Garter - Founder.
English Nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years War.
At the battle of Crecy he was one of the principal commanders of the vanguard under Edward the Black Prince.
Served in the Siege of Calais.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holland,_1st_Earl_of_Kent
Notes for Joan The Fair Maid Of Kent (Spouse 1)
In 1340 secretly married Thomas Holland without first gaining royal consent.
In the winter of 1340-41 while Thomas Holland was overseas was forced by her parents to marry William Montacute, son and heir first Earl of Salisbury. Several years later when Thomas Holland returned from the overseas the secret marriage became known. Her second marriage was annulled in 1349 and she returned to Thomas Holland.
After the death of Thomas Holland in 1360 she married Edward the Black Prince
In the winter of 1340-41 while Thomas Holland was overseas was forced by her parents to marry William Montacute, son and heir first Earl of Salisbury. Several years later when Thomas Holland returned from the overseas the secret marriage became known. Her second marriage was annulled in 1349 and she returned to Thomas Holland.
After the death of Thomas Holland in 1360 she married Edward the Black Prince