Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent [SEP] conflict
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent
Thomas Holland, 2nd Baron Holand, and "jure uxoris" 1st Earl of Kent, KG (c. 131426 December 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
Early life.
He was from a gentry family in Upholland, Lancashire. He was a son of Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand and Maud la Zouche. One of his brothers was Otho Holand, who was also made a Knight of the Garter.
Military career
Garter:
Knights of the Garter Earls of Kent.
- 1348: Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent
- 1376: Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
- 1397: Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent
- 1403: Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent
- 1439: William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
- 1505: Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent
Knights of the Garter Dukes of Kent.
- 1713: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1671–1740)
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