1406 - 1463 (57 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury was born in 1406 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (daughter of Sir Thomas de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury); died before Feb 1462/63; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England. Alice married Sir Richard de Neville, KG, Earl of Salisbury in 1425. Richard (son of Sir Ralph de Neville, KG, Earl of Westmoreland and Joan de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland) died on 31 Dec 1460 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; was buried on 15 Jan 1461. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Richard "the King Maker" de Neville, Earl of Warwick and Earl of Salisbury
- Alice de Neville
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Generation: 2
2. | Sir Thomas de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury was born on 13 Jun 1388 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (son of Sir John Montagu, Earl of Salisbury and Maude Francis); died on 3 Nov 1428 in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was the 4th Earl of Salisbury, and also the Compte de Perche. He was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.
- Offices Held: 1409; On 26 October 1409, he was summoned to Parliament as the Earl of Salisbury.
- Knighted: 1414; He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1414.
- Military: 1415; He joined King Henry V in France and was at the Siege of Harfleur in 1415, and later at the Battle of Agincourt. Sir Thomas spent most of the rest of his life as a soldier in France, leading troops in the various skirmishes and sieges that were central to that part of the Hundred Years' War.
- Title(s): 26 Apr 1419; On 26 April 1419, he became the Comte de Perche in Normandy.
- Land/House: 1421; He was full restored to the dignities held by his father in 1421 becoming Lord Montagu and the Earl of Salisbury. The lands having been forfeited when his father revolted against Henry IV in 1400.
- Offices Held: 1423; In 1423, he was appointed governor of Champagne.
- Second Marriage: Before Nov 1424; He married second, Alice Chaucer, LG, the daughter of Thomas and Maud (Burghersh) Chaucer before November 1424. She was the granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Alice was born about 1404. Her first marriage was to Sir John Philip, and her third was to William de la Pole, the 1st Duke of Suffolk. She became a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. She died 20 May 1475 and is buried at Ewelme Church, Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England.
- Military: 1425, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; He captured the city of Le Mans in 1425.
- Last Full Review: 28 May 2021
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He was wounded at the siege of Orléans when a cannonball hit the tower he was in. He died days later without heirs.
Thomas married Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury on 13 May 1399. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan) was born in 1386 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England; died after 1413 in Bisham Abbey Manor House, Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury was born in 1386 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England (daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan); died after 1413 in Bisham Abbey Manor House, Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Her name is also spelt Alianore. She shared her first name with her older sister.
- Last Full Review: 28 May 2021
Children:
- 1. Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury was born in 1406 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died before Feb 1462/63; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England.
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Generation: 3
5. | Maude Francis (daughter of Adam Francis and Alice). Children:
- 2. Sir Thomas de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury was born on 13 Jun 1388 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1428 in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England.
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6. | Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent was born in 1354 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England (son of Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent and Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales); died on 25 Apr 1397 in England; was buried in Bourne Abbey, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Thomas married Alice FitzAlan on 10 Apr 1364 in Arundel, Sussex, England. Alice (daughter of Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Eleanor de Lancaster) was born about 1350 in England; died on 17 Mar 1415 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Alice FitzAlan was born about 1350 in England (daughter of Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Eleanor de Lancaster); died on 17 Mar 1415 in England. Children:
- Lady Elisabeth de Holand died on 4 Jan 1422/23.
- Thomas de Holand, Duke of Surrey
- Eleanor de Holand was born about 1373; died in 1424.
- 3. Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury was born in 1386 in Up Holland, Lancashire, England; died after 1413 in Bisham Abbey Manor House, Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England.
- Joan de Holand was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434.
- Margaret de Holand died on 30 Dec 1429.
- Edmund de Holand, Earl of Kent was born on 6 Jan 1382/83; died on 15 Sep 1408.
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Generation: 4
9. | Margaret de Monthermer was christened on 14 Oct 1329 in Saint Humbert Church, Stokenham, Devonshire, England (daughter of Thomas de Monthermer and Margaret Tiptoft); died on 24 Mar 1394 in England. Children:
- 4. Sir John Montagu, Earl of Salisbury was born about 1350 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 7 Jan 1399 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Bisham Priory, Bisham, Berkshire, England.
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12. | Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent was born about 1314 in England (son of Sir Robert de Holand of Upholland, Lord Holand and Maud la Zouche); died on 28 Dec 1360 in Normandy, France; was buried in Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military: 1337; He served under Robert d'Artois in an expedition to Bordeaux of 1337. During this time he took part in an embassy sent to the Count of Hainault.
- Military: 1340; He was in the expedition to Flanders in 1340 and took part in the Battle of Sluyes, and the siege of Tournai. The next year he was sent with John d'Artevelt to Bayonne to guard the frontier. The next year, he accompanied Robert d'Artois to Brittany in support of the Countess de Montfort.
- Military: 1343; He was one of the commanders at the 1343 siege of Nantes, and also took part in the assault on Vannes.
- Military: 1346, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; At the 1346 siege of Caen, he made the Earl of Ewe, Constable of France, a prisoner. He delivered him to King Edward for 4,000 Florens.
- Land/House: 28 Jun 1346; On 28 June 1346 his mother had license to enfeoff him of the manors of Halse, Brackley, and King's Sutton.
- Military: 26 Aug 1346, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France; On 26 August 1346 he commanded the van of the Prince of Wales' division, at the Battle of Crécy.
- Offices Held: 18 Mar 1352/53; He was made lieutenant and captain-general of the Dukedom of Britanny on 18 March 1352/53.
- Offices Held: 15 May 1353; He was summoned to Parliament on 15 May 1353. He was summoned again in 1358.
- Offices Held: 6 Jun 1356; On 6 June 1356 he was made the governor of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
- Offices Held: 30 Sep 1359; On 30 September 1359 he was appointed the Lieutenant and Captian of Normandy.
- Title(s): 20 Nov 1360; He assumed the title of the Earl of Kent by right of his wife, 20 November 1360.
- Last Full Review: 12 Feb 2021
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Thomas married Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales in 1339/40. Joan (daughter of Edumnd of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake) was born on 29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England; died on 7 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; was buried in Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales was born on 29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England (daughter of Edumnd of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake); died on 7 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; was buried in Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Her other titles were the Countess of Kent. Although the French chronicler Jean Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving", the appellation "Fair Maid of Kent" does not appear to be contemporary
- Title(s): 26 Dec 1352; On 26 December 1352 she became the Countess of Kent.
- Title(s): 26 Dec 1352; She succeeded as the 5th Baroness Wake on 26 December 1352.
- Knighted: 1378; In 1378 she was appointed Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.).
- Will: 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; On 7 August 1385 she made her will in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England.
- Probate/Proved: 9 Dec 1385, Lambeth, London, England; Her will was proved on 9 December 1385.
- Last Full Review: 12 Feb 2021
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Joan was buried beside her first husband, as requested in her will.
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