Thomas de Holland, II

1354 - 1397  (43 years)

• Name	Thomas de Holland  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1354	Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Apr 1397  [1]
  Burial	Bourne, Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I6304	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Lady Elizabeth de Holland,   b. 1388, England d. 4 Jan 1423, England (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F14118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1354 - Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England Burial - - Bourne, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Thomas de Holand II 1354-1397. Sir Thomas de Holand II, 2nd Earl of Kent, 3rd Baron Holand (1350 – 25 April 1397) was an English nobleman and a councilor of his half-brother Richard II. Thomas was the son of Thomas Holand, 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, and thus a younger half-brother of Edward II of England. When his father died in 1360 Thomas 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. 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. 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. He was also an ancestor of queen consort Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46668476/thomas-de_holand