Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent

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]

1. Lady Elisabeth de Holand died on 4 Jan 1422/23.
2. Thomas de Holand, Duke of Surrey
3. Eleanor de Holand was born about 1373; died in 1424.
4. 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.
5. Joan de Holand was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434.
6. Margaret de Holand died on 30 Dec 1429.
7. Edmund de Holand, Earl of Kent was born on 6 Jan 1382/83; died on 15 Sep 1408.

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]

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.

Robert married Maud la Zouche on 1311 to 1314. Maud (daughter of Alan la Zouche, Baron Zouche of Ashby and Eleanor de Segrave) was born in 1290 in Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England; died on 31 May 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 28 Jul 1321

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Title(s):
He became the Earl of Kent.

Died:
Having become convinced that his brother, Edward II, had survived the summer of 1327 at Berkeley Castle, Edmund fell into a trap set by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, was accused of treason in March 1330, and executed by beheading outside the gates of Winchester.

Edumnd married Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake on 25 Dec 1325. Margaret (daughter of Sir John Wake, Lord Wake and Joanna de Fiennes) was born about 1298; died on 29 Sep 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 30 May 1349; She became the Baroness Wake.

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives her birth date as about 1309.

Robert married Elizabeth de Salmesbury in 1275 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Salmesbury and Avina de Notton) was born in 1256 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
In 1299, he became the Baron Zouche of Ashby.

He was also the Governor of Rockingham Castle and the Steward of Rockingham Forest.

Alan married Eleanor de Segrave. Eleanor (daughter of Nicholas de Segrave and Maud Lucy) died in 1314 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1272
• Crowned: 19 Aug 1272, Westminster Abbey, London, England
• Reign: From 1274 to 1307; King of England
• Military: 1277
• Miscellaneous: 1290
• Military: 1296

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He was also the Duke of Aquitaine.

Title(s):
He became the Duke of Aquitaine.

Crowned:
He was crowned the King of England by Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey.

Military:
In 1277, he began a campaign to subdue Wales and defeat Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The campaign lasted until Llywelyn's death in 1282. Wales was divided into shires and English law was established.

Miscellaneous:
In 1290, when Alexander III, King of Scotland died without heirs, Edward intervened as feudal lord. Margaret Maid of Norway and heir to the throne of Scotland, then a child, was betrothed to the future Edward II, and sailed from Norway to England. She died in 1290 before reaching England leaving the throne empty. Edward chose John Baliol from among thirteen candidates as King of the Scots. While John Balioli did homage to Edward the Scots resisted English domination.

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Edward invaded Scotland and soundly defeated the Scots under Baliol. Edward forced Balliol to abdicate The Scottish barons did homage to Edward as their king. William Wallace incited a rebellion in 1297, defeated the English army at Stirling, and harassed England's northern counties. The next year, Edward defeated Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk but encountered continued resistance until Wallace's capture and execution in 1304. Robert the Bruce revolted in 1306 against England ultimately defeating Edward II at Bannockburn.

Edward married Marguerite of France on 10 Sep 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Marguerite (daughter of Philip III "the Bold", King of France and Marie of Brabant) was born in 1279 in France; died on 14 Feb 1318 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The marriage was negotiated by Pope Boniface VIII in June 1298 in order to bring an end to the Gascon war between Edward I and Philip IV, King of France, Margaret's elder half-brother. King Edward was aged sixty, and Margaret forty years his junior.

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He was the 1st Baron Wake.

John married Joanna de Fiennes. Joanna (daughter of John FitzBernard) died in 1310. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]