Thomas Holand, 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.

Thomas married Lady Alice Fitzalan (daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel) on 10 April 1364. They had eight children:

Alianore Holland (1373 – October 1405), married first Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and second Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton

Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374 – 7 January 1400), who succeeded him

Joan Holland (ca. 1380–12 April 1434), married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York

John Holland

Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (6 January 1384 – 15 September 1408), had a child by Constance of York

Margaret Holland (1385 – 31 December 1439), married first John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and second Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence

Elizabeth Holland, who married Sir John Neville (c.1387 – before 20 May 1420), eldest son and heir of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and by him had three sons, Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, John Neville, Baron Neville, and Sir Thomas Neville, and a daughter, Margaret Neville.[8]

Eleanor Holland (1386- after 1413) married Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury

Bridget Holland, who became a nun[1]

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.∼Place of Burial: Bourne Abbey, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan, Countess of Kent

Husband of Alice FitzAlan, Countess of Kent

Father of Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey & 3rd Earl of Kent; Alianore (the elder) Holland, Countess of March, Baroness Cherleton; John Holland, I; John Holland, II; Richard Holland and 7 others

Brother of Edmund Holland; Joan Holland; John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter; Maud/Matilda de Holland and Margaret de Holland

Half brother of Edward of Angoulême and Richard II of England

Occupation: Earl of Kent, Marshall of England

About Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent

alternate death place

Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

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"Thomas Holland (also known as de Holland), 2nd Earl of Kent, 3rd Baron Holand KG (1350/1354 – 25 April 1397) was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother, King Richard II of England."

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https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I636&tree=Nixon

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https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I97985&tree=Welsh

http://thepeerage.com/p10292.htm#i102917

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Born in Lancashire, England in 1340 to Thomas. Thomas was married to Alice of Norfolk Plantagenet and had a son, Thomas, (1375-1438).

Thomas died in 1397 at Woodstock, Kent, England.