Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent KG (1350 – 25 April 1397) was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother, King Richard II of England.
Thomas Holland | |
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Earl of Kent | |
Other titles | Baron Holand Baron Wake of Liddell |
Born | 1350 Upholland, Lancashire, England |
Died | 25 April 1397 (aged 46–47) Arundel Castle, Sussex, England |
Buried | Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire |
Noble family | Holland family |
Spouse | Alice FitzAlan |
Issue more... | |
Father | Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent |
Mother | Joan of Kent |
Thomas Holland was born in Upholland, Lancashire, in 1350.[1] He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent".[2] 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, and thus a younger half-brother of Edward II of England.
His father died in 1360, and later that year, on 28 December, Thomas became Baron Holand. His mother was still Countess of Kent in her own right, and in 1361 she married Edward, the Black Prince, the son of King Edward III.
At sixteen, in 1366, Holland was appointed captain of the English forces in Aquitaine.[2] Over the next decade he fought in various campaigns, including the Battle of Nájera, under the command of his stepfather Edward, the Black Prince. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1375.[2]
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 succeeded as Earl of Kent.[2]
Prior to his death, Holland was appointed Governor of Carisbrooke Castle.[2] Holland died at Arundel Castle, Sussex, England on 25 April 1397.[3]
On 10 April 1364 Holland married Lady Alice FitzAlan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel by his wife Eleanor of Lancaster. By his wife he had four sons and six daughters.[6] All the sons died without legitimate children, whereupon the daughters and their children became co-heiresses to the House of Holland. The children were as follows:
By his daughters' marriages, he became the ancestor of many of the prominent figures in the Wars of the Roses, including Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (father of Kings Edward IV and Richard III), Henry Tudor (later King Henry VII), and Warwick the Kingmaker, father of queen consort Anne Neville. He was also an ancestor of queen consort Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII. His daughters were as follows:
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