Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent

1314 - 1360  (46 years)

• Name	Thomas de Holand
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1314	England   [9]
  Military	1337 (Age 23)  [3]
  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 (Age 26)  [9]
  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 (Age 29)  [3]
  He was one of the commanders at the 1343 siege of Nantes, and also took part in the assault on Vannes.
  Military	1346 (Age 32)	Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France   [1, 9]
  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 (Age 32)  [3]
  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 (Age 32)	Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France   [1, 3, 9]
  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 (Age 39)  [1, 3]
  He was made lieutenant and captain-general of the Dukedom of Britanny on 18 March 1352/53.
  Offices Held	15 May 1353 (Age 39)  [1, 3]
  He was summoned to Parliament on 15 May 1353. He was summoned again in 1358.
  Offices Held	6 Jun 1356 (Age 42)  [1, 3]
  On 6 June 1356 he was made the governor of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
  Offices Held	30 Sep 1359 (Age 45)  [3]
  On 30 September 1359 he was appointed the Lieutenant and Captian of Normandy.
  Title(s)	20 Nov 1360 (Age 46)  [1, 3]
  He assumed the title of the Earl of Kent by right of his wife, 20 November 1360.
  Death	28 Dec 1360	Normandy, France   [1, 3, 6, 8, 9]
  Burial	—	Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England   [3, 6]
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Elizabeth de Holland ▻ Oliver Carminow + 2. Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent,   b. About 1314, England d. 28 Dec 1360, Normandy, France  (Age 46 years) ▻ Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales,  m. 1339/40   3. Maud Holand ▻ Sir Thomas de Swynnerton
  Person ID	I8543	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert de Holand of Upholland, Lord Holand,   b. Abt 1270, Up Holland, Lancashire, England d. 7 Oct 1328, Boreham Wood, Essex, England (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Maud la Zouche,   b. 1290, Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England d. 31 May 1349 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1311 to 1314
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 41 years - She : ~ 21 years.
  Family ID	F5384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales,   b. 29 Sep 1328, Woodstock, Kent, England d. 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1339/40  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 11 years and 3 months.
  Children	+ 1. Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent,   b. 1354, Up Holland, Lancashire, England d. 25 Apr 1397, England (Age 43 years)   2. Edmund de Holand,   b. Bef 1352   3. John de Holand, Duke of Exeter,   b. Abt 1352   d. Abt 9 Jan 1400 (Age 48 years)   4. Joan de Holand,   b. Abt 1356   d. 1384 (Age 28 years)   5. Matilda de Holand,   b. Abt 1359   d. Bef 13 Apr 1392 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1314 - England Military - 1346 - Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Military - 26 Aug 1346 - Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France Child - Sir Thomas de Holand of Woodstock, KG, Earl of Kent - 1354 - Up Holland, Lancashire, England Death - 28 Dec 1360 - Normandy, France Burial - — - Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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