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Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, was born 1354 to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (1314-1360) and Joan of Kent (1328-1385) and died 25 April 1397 of unspecified causes. He married Alice FitzAlan (c1350-1416) 10 April 1364 JL .

Marriage and Childnen

Joan had five sisters: Alianore became Countess of March ; Margaret became Countess of Somerset and later Duchess of Clarence; Eleanor became Countess of Salisbury; Elizabeth married Sir John Neville;[1] and Bridget became a nun at Barking Abbey.

Her eldest brother, Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, was beheaded in 1400 by a mob of angry citizens at Cirencester for his role in the Epiphany Rising, which was aimed against the life of King Henry IV of England, who had usurped the throne of King Richard. Thomas's heir to the earldom of Kent was her second eldest brother Edmund Holland.


Children


Offspring of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan (c1350-1416)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Alianore Holland (c1373-1405) 1373 1405 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398)
Edward, 5th Baron Cherleton (1370-1421)
Thomas Holland (1374-1400) 1374 7 January 1400 Joan Stafford (1378-1442)
Joan Holland (c1380-1434) 1380 Upholland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 12 April 1434 England, United Kingdom Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402)
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (c1370-1409)
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (c1373-1415)
Henry Bromflete (c1375-1415)
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (1383-1408) 6 January 1383 Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 15 September 1408 Île-de-Bréhat, France Lucia Visconti (c1372-1424)
Constance of York (c1374-1416)
Margaret Holland (1385-1439) 1385 30 December 1439 John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c1373-1410)
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388-1421)
Eleanor Holland (1386-aft1413) 1386 (Upholland+ Lancashire+ England) 1413 Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388-1428)
Bridget Holland (c1390-?) 1390 Upholland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 9999 England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Holland (1394-1424) 1394 1423 John Neville (c1387-bef1421)








Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
  1. ^ Lundy 2013, p. 10292 § 102917 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 548
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