John DE HOLLAND, 1st Duke of Exeter

Abt 1352 - 1400  (~ 48 years)

• Name	John DE HOLLAND  [1, 2]
  Suffix	1st Duke of Exeter
  Birth	Abt 1352  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Create	29 Sep 1397  [4]
  	Duke of Exeter.
  Noble Family	Holland
  Death	16 Jan 1400	Pleshley, Essex, England   [2, 4]
  	he was beheaded for treason against his brother-in-law, King Henry IV. His title was forfeited at that time.
  Person ID	I93399	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas DE HOLLAND, 1st Earl of Kent,   b. Abt 1314   d. 26 Dec 1360 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Joan PLANTAGENET, 4th Countess of Kent,   b. 29 Sep 1328   d. 7 Aug 1385 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1340  [5]
  	he secretly married the 12 year old Joan of Kent, without first getting royal consent for couples of their rank. The following winter, 1340 or 1341, while Thomas Holland was in Europe, her family forced her into a marriage with William Montacute. Several years later, Thomas returned from the Crusades, when his marriage to Joan became general knowledge. Thomas appealed to the Pope for the release of Joan from the home of her second husband. He also confessed the secret marriage to the king. In 1349 Pope Clement VI annulled Joan's marriage to William Montacute, and sent her back to Thomas Holland, with whom she lived for the next eleven years. They had four known children, before Thomas died in 1360.
  Family ID	F24280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth PLANTAGENET,   b. Bef 21 Feb 1363, Burford, Shropshire, England d. 24 Nov 1426 (Age > 63 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1386	Plymouth, Devonshire, England   [4, 6]
  Children	1. Constance DE HOLLAND, Countess of Norfolk,   b. 1387   d. 1437 (Age 50 years)   2. Richard DE HOLLAND,   b. Abt 1389   d. 3 Sep 1400 (Age ~ 11 years)   3. Elizabeth DE HOLLAND,   b. Abt 1389   d. 1449 (Age ~ 60 years)   4. Alice DE HOLLAND, Countess of Oxford,   b. Abt 1392   d. Abt 1406 (Age ~ 14 years)   5. John HOLLAND, K.G., 2nd Duke of Exeter,   b. 18 Mar 1395, Dartington, Devonshire, England d. 5 Aug 1447, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 52 years)   6. Sir Edward DE HOLLAND,   b. 1399   d. 1413 (Age 14 years)
  Family ID	F22575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Arms_of_John_Holland,_1st_Duke_of_Exeter.svg Arms of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1846] The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, 1846. (Reliability: 3). Page 71 [S19227] Wikipedia - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter. [S4293] Wikipedia - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, 4293. (Reliability: 2). [S4281] Darryl Lundy, 4281. (Reliability: 2). [S4301] Wikipedia - Joan of Kent, 4301. (Reliability: 2). [S1846] The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, 1846. (Reliability: 2). Page 71