Biography of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 1314-1360

Before 1310 [his father] Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand [aged 26] and [his mother] Maud Zouche Baroness Holand were married.

Around 1314 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent was born to [his father] Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand [aged 31] and [his mother] Maud Zouche Baroness Holand. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1314 [his father] Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Holand by writ of summons to Parliament. [his mother] Maud Zouche Baroness Holand by marriage Baroness Holand.

Before 26th February 1322 [his brother-in-law] John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray [aged 11] and [his sister] Maud Holland 3rd Baroness Holand, Baroness Lovel [aged 12] were married. The marriage was later declared void. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 7th October 1328 [his father] Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand [aged 45] was captured at Boreham, Essex [Map]. He was beheaded on the 15th October 1328. His son [his brother] Robert [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Holand.

Around March 1340 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 26] and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 11] were married in secret. It isn't clear whether the marriage was canonical given the secrecy; there were no witnesses. She twelve years old. A subsequent investigation by papal commissioners confirmed it as valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around November 1340 William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 12] and [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 12] were married. She was already married albeit secretly to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 26]. The subsequent investigation found her marriage to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent to be valid. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 43]. He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 39] and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 36].

On 3rd April 1348 [his brother-in-law] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent [aged 17] and Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich [aged 49] and Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders [aged 33]. He the son of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 51]. They were half second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 11th June 1349 William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 48] died. His son William [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury, 4th Baron Montagu. [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 20] by marriage Countess Salisbury.

In 1350 [his daughter] Joan Holland Duchess Brittany was born to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 36] and [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 21]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married May 1366 her third cousin John Montfort V Duke Brittany.

In 1350 [his son] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent was born to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 36] and [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. He married before 13th October 1370 his third cousin Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent, daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey, and had issue.

In 1352 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Kent, 1st Baron Holand.

In 1352 [his son] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter was born to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 38] and [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 23]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 24th June 1386 his half second cousin once removed Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter, daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster, and had issue.

On 26th December 1352 [his brother-in-law] John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent [aged 22] died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church, Winchester [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. His sister [his wife] Joan [aged 24] succeeded 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell. Some source suggest she also succeeded as 4th Countess of Kent but this is inconsistent with 1. her husband being created Earl of Kent as a new creation, and 2. her son not succeeding to the original Earldom?

In 1359 [his daughter] Maud Holland was born to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 45] and [his wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 30]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married (1) 5th September 1363 her half second cousin once removed Hugh Courtenay (2) 1380 her third cousin Waleran Luxemburg, son of Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny and Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol, and had issue.

On 26th December 1360 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent [aged 46] died. He was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 10] succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.

On 7th August 1385 [his former wife] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 56] died at Wallingford Castle [Map]. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map] beside her first husband Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Her son Thomas [aged 35] succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.