Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent

1314 - 1360  (46 years)

• Name	Thomas de Holand
  Birth	About 1314	England   [9]
  Military	1337 (23 years)  [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 (26 years)  [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 (29 years)  [3]
  He was one of the commanders at the 1343 siege of Nantes, and also took part in the assault on Vannes.
  Military	1346 (32 years)	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 (32 years)  [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 (32 years)	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 (39 years)  [1, 3]
  He was made lieutenant and captain-general of the Dukedom of Britanny on 18 March 1352/53.
  Offices Held	15 May 1353 (39 years)  [1, 3]
  He was summoned to Parliament on 15 May 1353. He was summoned again in 1358.
  Offices Held	6 Jun 1356 (42 years)  [1, 3]
  On 6 June 1356 he was made the governor of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
  Offices Held	30 Sep 1359 (45 years)  [3]
  On 30 September 1359 he was appointed the Lieutenant and Captian of Normandy.
  Title(s)	20 Nov 1360 (46 years)  [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	Aft 28 Dec 1360	Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England The only surviving structure from the medieval friary is the  14th-century gateway known as the "Whitefriars gatehouse".   [3, 6]
  Siblings	2 sisters
  + 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, LG, Princess of Wales,  m. 1339/40 > 3. Maud Holand ▻ Sir Thomas de Swynnerton
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Mathew de Holland   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Maud Lucy  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I8543	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2025

  
  

  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)
  Family ID	F5384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Joan, LG, Princess of Wales,   b. 29 Sep 1328, Woodstock, Kent, England d. 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England (Age 56 years)  Other Partners: Sir William de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury  m. 1340/41;   Edward of Woodstock, KG, Prince of England  m. 10 Oct 1361
  Marriage	1339/40  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 11 years and 3 months.
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  +   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Alice FitzAlan  m. 10 Apr 1364     2. Edmund de Holand,   b. Bef 1352  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. John de Holand, Duke of Exeter,   b. Abt 1352   d. Abt 9 Jan 1400 (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Joan de Holand,   b. Abt 1356   d. 1384 (Age 28 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Matilda de Holand,   b. Abt 1359   d. Bef 13 Apr 1392 (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent(1314 – 1360) 2Sir Robert de Holand of Upholland, Lord Holand(Abt 1270 – 1328) 4Sir Robert de Holand 8Thurstan de Holland( – 1275) 16Robert de Holland 17Cecily de Columbers(1201 – 1298) 9daughter de Kellet 18Adam de Kellet( – 1206) 19Matilda or Maud de Singleton 5Elizabeth de Salmesbury(1256 – ) 10William de Salmesbury(1227 – ) 20 21 11Avina de Notton(1231 – ) 22 23 3Maud la Zouche(1290 – 1349) 6Alan la Zouche, Baron Zouche of Ashby(1267 – 25 Mar 1313/14) 12Sir Roger la Zouche, Baron Zouche of Ashby ( – 1285) 24Sir Alan la Zouche, Constable of the Tower of London( – 1270) 25Elena de Quincy( – Abt 1296) 13Eleanor de Longespée( – 1276) 26Stephen de Longespée(Abt 1216 – 1260) 27Emmeline de Riddlesford( – 1276) 7Eleanor de Segrave( – 1314) 14Nicholas de Segrave(1238 – ) 28Gilbert de Segrave( – 1254) 29Annabilia de Chacomb 15Maud Lucy 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1314 - England Military - 1346 - Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Military - 26 Aug 1346 - Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France Death - 28 Dec 1360 - Normandy, France Burial - Aft 28 Dec 1360 - Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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