Thomas de Holland 1st Earl of Kent

• Preferred Name: Thomas de Holland 1st Earl of Kent^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: AFT 28 DEC 1360 in Preston, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.7634 LONG: E2.703
  
• FSID: M9WP-FX4
  
• Birth: 5 MAY 1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.5421 LONG: E2.7305
  
• Death: 26 DEC 1360 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France at LATI: N9.5 LONG: E0
  
• Notes:

  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#ConstanceHolandExeterdied1437 as of 2/2/2016
  
  THOMAS de Holand of Broughton, Buckinghamshire, son of ROBERT de Holand of Up
  
  Background History
  He was the son of Robert De Holland and Maud De La Zouch. He married Joan Plantagenet in 1340. He became the Earl of Kent. He died in battle, Plouigneau, Brittany and was buried at Grefriars Church, w

• m. 1340 in Kent, England

1. Thomas Holland 2nd Earl of Kent, b. 1354 in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England     d. 25 APR 1397 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England

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8. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "THOMAS de Holand of Broughton, Buckinghamshire"
   Author: Online (see link, above).
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   Note: THOMAS de Holand of Broughton, Buckinghamshire, son of ROBERT de Holand of Upholland, Lancashire & his wife Matilda La Zouche (1314-in Normandy 26 or 28 Dec 1360, bur Stamford, Church of the Grey Friars). He served the king in various military expeditions in Flanders, Bayonne, and Brittany, and fought at the battle of Crécy 26 Aug 1346. During his absence in Prussia, his wife went through a form of marriage with William Montagu Earl of Salisbury. In May 1347, he petitioned Pope Clement VI who ordered Joan to return to Thomas 17 Nov 1349. Appointed Joint Lieutenant and Captain of Normandy 28 Oct 1359, jointly with Philippe de Navarre Comte de Longueville. Summoned to a Council 1353/4 as Lord Holand. He was one of the founder Knights of the Order of the Garter. He succeeded as Earl of Kent, de iure uxoris. m (1339 or before) as her first husband, JOAN of Kent, daughter of EDMUND Earl of Kent & his wife Margaret Baroness Wake (29 Sep 1328-Wallingford Castle, Berkshire 7, 8 or 21 Aug 1385, bur 29 Jan 1386 Greyfriars Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, probably later transferred to London). She separated from her first husband shortly after their marriage. She married secondly (bigamously, before 10 Feb 1341, annulled by Papal Bull 17 Nov 1349) as his first wife, William de Montagu. She returned to her first husband in [1349] after her second marriage was annulled. She succeeded her brother in 1352 as Countess of Kent, Baroness Woodstock and Baroness Wake, suo iure. She was known as the Fair Maid of Kent. She married thirdly (Papal dispensation 10 Sep 1361, St Stephen’s Chapel, Palace of Westminster or Canterbury Cathedral or Windsor Castle 10 Oct 1361) Edward "of Woodstock" Prince of Wales. The Chronicon Angliæ records the marriage of “Edwardus princeps Walliæ” and “Johannam comitissam Canciæ relictam domini Thomæ de Holand”, adding that she had been separated “olim...a comite Sarisburiæ”, dated to 1361 from the context[838]. Earl Thomas & his wife had five children: (Thomas, Edmund, Joan, John and Matilda)
   
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11. Title: Thomas de Holland, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-T1NP : 14 June 2022), of Upholland in Lancashire. 1st Earl of Kent, ; Burial, Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England, Greyfriars; citing record ID 46672894, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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    Note: Name: Thomas de Holland Event Type: Burial Event Place: Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Birth Date: 05 Aug 1314 Death Date: 26 Dec 1360 Affiliate Record Identifier: 46672894 Cemetery: Greyfriars