Earl Kent
Earl Kent is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
1330 Execution of Edmund of Woodstock
1407 Marriage of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent and Lucia Visconti
There have been eight creations of Earl Kent:
1st. 1020. Godwin Godwinson 1st Earl Kent and Wessex 1001-1053. Extinct. 1066.
2nd. 1067. Bishop Odo of Bayeux -1097. Extinct. 1097.
3rd. 1141. William Ypres 1st Earl Kent 1090-1165. Extinct. 1165.
4th. 1227. Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent 1170-1243. Extinct. 1243.
5th. 1321. Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent 1301-1330. Extinct. 1352.
6th. 1352. Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 1314-1360. Extinct. 1408.
7th. 1461. William Neville 1st Earl Kent 1405-1463. Extinct. 1463.
8th. 1465. Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent 1416-1490. Extinct. 1740.
Earl Kent (1st Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Godwin Godwinson 1st Earl Kent and Wessex. Died 1053. Son.
2nd: Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent. Died 1066. Extinct.
In 1020 Godwin Godwinson 1st Earl Kent and Wessex (age 19) was created 1st Earl Kent.
Before 1021 Godwin Godwinson 1st Earl Kent and Wessex (age 20) and Gytha Estrigen Countess Kent and Wessex were married. She by marriage Countess Kent, Countess Wessex.
On 15 Apr 1053 Godwin Godwinson 1st Earl Kent and Wessex (age 52) died. His son Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.
On 14 Oct 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
The brothers King Harold II of England (age 44) was killed. Earl Hereford extinct.
His borthers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31), and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed. Earl Kent extinct.
Earl Kent (2nd Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
In 1067 Bishop Odo of Bayeux was created 1st Earl Kent.
In 1088 Bishop Odo of Bayeux was arrested for planning a military campaign to Rome. Earl Kent forfeit in 1088.
In 1097 Bishop Odo of Bayeux died. Earl Kent extinct.
Earl Kent (3rd Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
In 1141 William Ypres 1st Earl Kent (age 51) was created 1st Earl Kent.
On 24 Jan 1165 William Ypres 1st Earl Kent (age 75) died. Earl Kent extinct.
Earl Kent (4th Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
In 1227 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 57) was created 1st Earl Kent. Isabella Fitzrobert 3rd Countess Gloucester and Essex by marriage Countess Kent.
In 1236 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 66) and Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent (age 43) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
Before 05 May 1243 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 73) died at Banstead, Surrey. He was buried at Blackfriars Church Holborn. Earl Kent extinct.
Earl Kent (5th Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent. Died 1330. Son.
2nd: Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent. Died 1331. Brother.
3rd: John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent. Died 1352. Extinct.
In 1321 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 19) was created 1st Earl Kent.
In 1325 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 23) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England and Margaret of France Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England. 
In 1330 Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent (age 4) was restored 2nd Earl Kent.
On 19 Mar 1330 the King's uncle Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 28) was beheaded at Winchester Castle [Map]. Earl Kent forfeit. The executioner was a convicted latrine cleaner who was also facing the death penalty; no-one else would undertake the task of executing a member of the Royal family. Edmund had been convicted of plotting against the court believing his brother Edward II was still alive. It later emerged the plot had been created by Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 42) to entrap Edmund. King Edward III of England (age 17) was unable to show leniency risking complicity in the plot. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Before 05 Oct 1331 Edmund Plantagenet 2nd Earl Kent (age 5) died. His brother John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent.
On 03 Apr 1348 John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 17) and Isabella aka Elizabeth Julich Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 49) and Joanna Hainault Duchess Guelders (age 33). He the son of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 51). They were half second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 26 Dec 1352 John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 22) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church, Winchester [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. His sister Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 24) succeeded 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell. Some source suggest she also succeeded as 4th Countess of Kent but this is inconsistent with 1. her husband being created Earl of Kent as a new creation, and 2. her son not succeeding to the original Earldom?
Earl Kent (6th Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Died 1360. Son.
2nd: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent. Died 1397. Son.
3rd: Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey. Died 1400. Brother.
4th: Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent. Died 1408. Extinct.
In 1352 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 38) was created 1st Earl Kent, 1st Baron Holand.
On 26 Dec 1360 Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 46) died. He was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map]. His son Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.
Before 13 Oct 1370 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey (age 64) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 42). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. 
On 25 Apr 1397 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 47) died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, 7th Baron Wake of Liddell. Joan Stafford Countess Kent (age 19) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 07 Jan 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 40) was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 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 Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell.
John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 50) was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit.
Bernard Brocas (age 46) was captured.
On 24 Jan 1407 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 23) and Lucia Visconti Countess Kent (age 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 (age 57). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 15 Sep 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 24) was killed at Île de Bréhat during the Battle of Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent, Baron Holand extinct.
Earl Kent (7th Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 01 Nov 1461 William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 56) was created 1st Earl Kent. Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent (age 55) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 09 Jan 1463 William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 58) died. He was buried at Gisborough Priory [Map]. No surviving legitimate issue. Earl Kent extinct.
Earl Kent (8th Creation)
Earl Kent is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent. Died 1490. Son.
2nd: George Grey 2nd Earl Kent. Died 1505. Son.
3rd: Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent. Died 1524. Half Brother.
4th: Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent. Died 1562. Grandson.
5th: Reginald Grey 5th Earl Kent. Died 1573. Brother.
6th: Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent. Died 1615. Brother.
7th: Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. Died 1623. Son.
8th: Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent. Died 1639. Second Cousin Once Removed.
9th: Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent. Died 1643. Son.
10th: Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent. Died 1651. Son.
11th: Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent. Died 1702. Son.
12th: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent. Died 1740. Extinct.
On 30 May 1465 Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 48) was created 1st Earl Kent.
On 22 May 1490 Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 73) died. His son George Grey 2nd Earl Kent (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. Katherine Herbert Countess Kent (age 26) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 25 Dec 1505 George Grey 2nd Earl Kent (age 51) died. His son Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 24) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. Elizabeth Hussey Countess Kent by marriage Countess Kent.
After 19 Nov 1516 Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 35) and Margaret Fynche Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of George Grey 2nd Earl Kent and Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
In 1524 Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 43) died at the Sign of the George having much wasted his estate by gaming. His half brother Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent (age 29) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthyn although by reason of his slender estate, declined to take upon him the title of Earl. Henry tried, with little success, to reacquire the property his brother Richard (age 43) had sold, and had to live as a modest gentleman, never formally taking title as earl.
On 24 Sep 1562 Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent (age 67) died. His grandson Reginald Grey 5th Earl Kent (age 22) succeeded 5th Earl Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
Around 1570 Reginald Grey 5th Earl Kent (age 30) and Susan Bertie Countess Kent (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby (age 53) and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 50).
On 17 May 1573 Reginald Grey 5th Earl Kent (age 33) died. His brother Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 32) succeeded 6th Earl Kent, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
Before 29 Apr 1593 Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent (age 36) and Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
On 16 Nov 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent (age 18) and Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent (age 19) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 48) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 45). He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent.
On 31 Jan 1615 Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 74) died. His brother Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent succeeded 7th Earl Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. Susan Cotton Countess Kent (age 63) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 26 Sep 1623 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent died. His son Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent (age 40) succeeded 8th Earl Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
On 21 Nov 1639 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent (age 56) died without issue. His second cousin once removed Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent (age 82) succeeded 9th Earl Kent. His nephew Charles Longueville 12th Baron Grey of Ruthyn (age 27) succeeded 12th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
On 14 Oct 1641 Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 46) and Mary Courtine Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent (age 84) and Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent (age 69).
On 09 Nov 1643 Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent (age 86) died. His son Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 48) succeeded 10th Earl Kent.
On 01 Aug 1644 Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 49) and Amabel Benn Countess Kent (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of Anthony Grey 1453-1490 9th Earl Kent and Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent (age 72).
On 28 May 1651 Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 56) died. His son Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent (age 6) succeeded 11th Earl Kent.
Between 02 Mar 1662 and 1671 Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent (age 26) and Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent and Amabel Benn Countess Kent (age 54).
On 19 Aug 1702 Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 05 Jun 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69) died without surviving male issue. Duke Kent, Marquess Kent, Earl Kent and Viscount Gooderich extinct. His granddaughter Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 16) succeeded 2nd Marchioness Grey.
