Biography of 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

On 26 Dec 1360 [his grandfather] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 46) died. He was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map]. His son [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.

Before 13 Oct 1370 [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 64) and [his grandmother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 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 06 Jan 1384 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 34) and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 34). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 07 Aug 1385 [his grandmother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 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 Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.

On 25 Apr 1397 [his father] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 47) died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son [his brother] 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.

Epiphany Rising

                    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.
                
                    [his brother] 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.

Around 1404 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 19) was appointed 106th Knight of the Garter by King Henry IV of England (age 36).

Around 1406 [his illegitimate daughter] Eleanor Holland Baroness Audley Heighley was born illegitimately to Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 21) and Constance York Countess Gloucester (age 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 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 I of England.

Chronicle of Gregory 1403-1419. 24 Jan 1407. Ande that year the Erle of Kent (age 23) weddyd the Erlys [his wife] daughter (age 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

Chronicle of Gregory 1403-1419. 1408. Alle so the same year the Erle of Kentt (age 23) was slayne at the castelle of Bryake whythe a stone.

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. Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant.

On 17 Mar 1416 [his mother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 66) died.

On 14 Apr 1424 [his former wife] Lucia Visconti Countess Kent (age 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 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Zouche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen or Ela Quincy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

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

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

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Riddlesford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Grand Daughter 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 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

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

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

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 Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

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

GrandMother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter 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 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Provence

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

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

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun

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

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

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo

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

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

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

GrandFather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne

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

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel

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

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Vere

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford

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

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

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

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 Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

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

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

GrandMother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp Baroness Monthermer

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod

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Ancestors of Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 1384-1408