coat of arms of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397) was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (730x808, 230 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Joan of Kent Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey Edmund of Woodstock... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (730x808, 230 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Joan of Kent Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey Edmund of Woodstock... Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... Events February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ...

Thomas was the son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent. His mother was a daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake. Edmund was in turn a son of Edward I of England and his second Queen consort Marguerite of France. He was also a younger half-brother of Edward II of England. Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (d. ... Joan, Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales (September 29, 1328 – August 7, 1385) is known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, and was the wife and cousin of Edward, the Black Prince. ... Edmund Plantagenet, or Edmund of Woodstock (August 5, 1301 – March 19, 1330) was Earl of Kent from July 28, 1321 (1st creation). ... Margaret Wake (1283-1372) was the wife of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent. ... Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marguerite of France (1282 – 14 February 1317) was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant. ... Edward II, (25 April 1284 – 21 September? 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. ...

When his father died in 1360 he became Baron Holand. His mother was still Countess of Kent in her own right. At sixteen, in 1366, Holland was appointed captain of the English forces in Aquitaine. He fought in various campaigns over the following years, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1375. Events October 24 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War. ... Baron Holand is a title in the Peerage of England. ... Events Births Anne of Bohemia, Queen consort of Richard II of England. ... (Region flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Regional President Departments Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Statistics Land area1 41,308 km² Population (Ranked 6th)  - January 1, 2006 est. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ...

Richard II became king in 1377, and soon Holland acquired great influence over his younger half-brother, which he used for his own enrichment. In 1381 he was created Earl of Kent. // Events January 17 – Pope Gregory XI enters Rome. ... Year 1381 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...

Marriage and issue

Holland married Alice Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster. They had eight children: Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. ... Eleanor of Lancaster (sometimes called Eleanor Plantagenet1) (about 1315 - 11 January 1372) was born in Arundel, West Sussex, England, the fifth daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster (c. ...

• Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, who succeeded him
• Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, married Constance of York
• John Holland
• Joan Holland, married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
• Alianore Holland, married first Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and second Edward Cherleton, 5th Baron Cherleton
• Margaret Holland, married first John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and second Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
• Elizabeth Holland, married Sir John Neville (eldest son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland)
• Eleanor Holland, married Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury

Through the marriages of his daughters, he became the ancestor of many of the prominent figures in the Wars of the Roses, including Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Warwick the Kingmaker. Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374 - January 7, 1400), also 3rd Earl of Kent. ... Edmund de Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (January 6, ?1383 — September 15, ?1407) was the Earl of Kent in ca. ... Constance of York (c. ... Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (June 5, 1341 – August 1, 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons of the Royal couple who lived to adulthood. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Margaret Holland (1385 - 30 Dec 1429) was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, who was the son of Joan the Fair Maid of Kent, (wife of Edward the Black Prince and mother of Richard II of England) and grandson of Edward I of England. ... John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. ... Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (29 September 1388 – 22 March 1421) was the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, (1388 - November 3, 1428), was an English nobleman. ... Lancaster York For other uses, see Wars of the Roses (disambiguation). ... Richard, Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years War, and in England during Henry VIs madness. ... Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428—April 14, 1471), was also known as Warwick the Kingmaker. ...