Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 1384-1408

Paternal Family Tree: Holland

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

1407 Marriage of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent and Lucia Visconti

Before 13th October 1370 [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 20] and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 64] and [his grandmother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 52]. He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 42]. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 6th January 1384 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 34] and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 34]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 7th August 1385 [his grandmother] 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 [his grandfather] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Her son [his father] Thomas [aged 35] succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.

On 7th October 1388 [his brother-in-law] Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster [aged 14] and [his sister] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 38] and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 38]. He the son of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 20th October 1392 [his brother] Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Stafford Countess Kent [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 58]. He the son of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 42] and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 42]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 4th November 1393 [his brother-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 52] and [his sister] Joan Holland Duchess York [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Duchess York. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 43] and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 43]. He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 25th April 1397 [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 47] died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son [his brother] Thomas [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, 7th Baron Wake of Liddell. [his sister-in-law] Joan Stafford Countess Kent [aged 19] by marriage Countess Kent.

On 27th November 1397 [his brother-in-law] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] and [his sister] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 47]. He the illegitmate son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 57] and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 47]. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 19th June 1399 [his brother-in-law] Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton [aged 29] and [his sister] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 49]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

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                    On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley [aged 40] was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
                
                    Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 26] was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund [aged 16] succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell. He was buried, or re-buried, at his foundation Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map].
                
                    John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury [aged 50] was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.
                
                    Bernard Brocas [aged 46] was captured.

On 19th October 1401 John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton [aged 39] died. His brother [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 31] succeeded 5th Baron Cherleton. [his sister] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Cherleton.

Around 1404 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 19] was appointed 106th Knight of the Garter by King Henry IV of England [aged 36].

Before 9th August 1404 [his brother-in-law] William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby [aged 34] and [his sister] Joan Holland Duchess York [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 54]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

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In October 1405 [his sister] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster [aged 34] died.

Around 1406 [his illegitimate daughter] Eleanor Holland Baroness Audley Heighley was born illegitimately to Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 21] and Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 32] at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Marriage of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent and Lucia Visconti

On 24th January 1407 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 23] and Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 27] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. He was killed eighteen month's later at the Battle of Île de Bréhat. He the son of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 57].

Pakington's Chronicle [-1390]. [24th January 1407] In the VIII Yere of King Henry Dame Luce [[his wife] Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 27]], the Dukes of Milaine Syster, cam to London, and there was weddid to Edmunde Holand [aged 23] Erle of Kent in the Priory of S. Mary Overeys [Map], and the Fest was kept in the Bishop of Winchester's Place.

Chronicle of Gregory. 24th January 1407. Ande that year the Erle of Kent [aged 23] weddyd the Erlys [his wife] daughter [aged 27] of Mylayne, at Synt Mary Overeys in Sowtheworke [Map], the xiiij day of Juylle..

Note. Other sources say 24 Jan 1407?

Battle of Île de Bréhat

On 15th September 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 24] was killed at Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. Baron Holand, Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant. See Walsingham.

Chronicle of Gregory. 1408. Alle so the same year the Erle of Kentt [aged 23] was slayne at the castelle of Bryake whythe a stone.

[15th September 1408] Lord Thomas [aged 24], Earl of Kent, while besieging the castle of Briaut in Brittany, was struck in the head by a bolt from a crossbow. Nevertheless, he captured the castle and completely destroyed it; but not long afterwards, when his brain had become putrid, he met his death.

Dominus Thomas Comes Canciæ, dum obsidet castrum de Briaut in Britannia, spiculo balistæ vulneratus in capite, cepit tamen castrum et destruxit funditus; nec multo post, putrefacto cerebro, mortem incurrit.

On 14th April 1424 [his former wife] Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 44] died.

Ancestors of Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 1384-1408

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thurstan de Holland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand

Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Zouche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen or Ela Quincy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Longespée Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Riddlesford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Segrave

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey de Lucy of Newington in Kent

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Nichole Cantilupe

Father: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant 2 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Wake

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stuteville

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Provence

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun

Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Vere 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford

Mother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France son of King Philip II of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 1384-1408