Individual Details
John "1st Duke of Exeter" Holand KG
(Abt 1355 - Abt Jan 1400)
[[Category:House of Holland]]
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== Biography ==''' John Holand (Holland), K.G.'''[[#Richardson|Richardson]], ''Royal Ancestry,'' Vol. II, page 533
: John, younger son of Thomas Holand and Joan Plantagenet, was born about 1355 in Upholland, Lancashire, England, and died about January 16 1400 in Castle Pleshey, Essex, England. He was half-brother of King Richard II of England.
: On 24 June 1386, John Holand married Elizabeth of Lancaster at or near Plymouth, Devon. She was the divorced wife of John de Hastings, Knt. Her parents were John of Gaunt, K.G., Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester (son of of King Edward III of England), and his 1st wife, Blanche, daughter and co-heiress of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. Born before 21 Feb. 1363, she was their second daughter. Elizabeth was full sister of King Henry IV.
: John and Elizabeth had three sons and two daughters:
* Richard Holand
* John Holand, Knt., Duke of Exeter
* Edward Holand, Knt. Count of Mortain
* Constance Holand
* Alice Holand, married Richard Vere, K.G., 11th Earl of Oxford
: Sir John Holand was degraded from his Dukedom 3 Nov. 1399 and beheaded at Pleshey Castle, Essex on 9 (or 10) Jan. 1399/1400, for treason against his brother-in-law, King Henry IV. He was buried in Collegiate Church at Pleshey, Essex. In the January 1400/1 Parliament he was attainted as Earl of Huntingdon. His widow, Elizabeth, married (3rd) before 12 Dec. 1400 (as his 2nd wife) John Cornwall, K.G.
:His Inquisitions Post Mortem held several years after his death give three different death dates. 7 or 8 January 1400King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/20-597/604 [Accessed: 21/11/2020] Inquisitions Post Mortem for John earl of Huntingdon and Richard his son 1414 & 1417 and 15 January 1400.J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 1150-1195', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 398-413. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol18/pp398-413 [accessed 20 November 2020]. His heir was his son John. His eldest son Richard had died in June or September 1400.
=== Titles ===
: Earl of Huntingdon
: 1st Duke of Exeter
=== Military Exploits ===: John Holand was appointed Constable of the army which John, Duke of Lancaster, his father-in-law, raised in an attempt to obtain the Crown of Castile, and, by his advice, the Duke abandoned this unsuccessful enterprise. He was created Earl of Huntingdon 2 June 1388, and Duke of Exeter 29 Sept. 1397. He was granted the castle of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire as a residence in 1388, during pleasure. In 1394 he obtained a papal indult for plenary remission, he going against the Turks and "other enemies of Christ." He accompanied his brother, King Richard II, into Ireland in May 1399, and returned with him the following July. Following the overthrow of King Richard II, he joined in the plot to seize King Henry IV, but took no active part.
=== Downfall ===: Primarily remembered for helping cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock and then for conspiring against Henry IV. He was executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising (plotted December 1399-January 1399/1400).January 16, 1400, [http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/epiphany-rising/ Executed Today] and Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holland,_1st_Duke_of_Exeter John Holland]; see also Wikipedia's article on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_Rising Epiphany Rising]
: Having been dispossessed of the Exeter title, earned by service the new sovereign did not consider meritorious, John Holland got in on a plot to kidnap Henry IV during a tournament at Windsor… which devolved, when Henry found out about it, into an abortive rising with a number of executions. Richard FitzAlan’s sister (also Henry IV’s mother-in-law) had the satisfaction of ordering Holland’s beheading at Pleshy Castle, Essex.January 16, 1400, [http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/epiphany-rising/ Executed Today]
== Sources ==
:See also:* Beltz, George. ''[[Space:Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter|Memorials of the Order of the Garter]]'' (William Pickering, London, 1841) [https://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279 Page 279-84]* ''The Complete Peerage,'' [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/244/mode/2up/search/HOLAND pp 245-246]* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#JohnHolandExeterdied1400 John Holand (died 1400)], Medieval Lands, compiled by Charles Cawley
==Acknowledgements==
===Magna Carta Project===: This profile has been identified by Douglas Richardson as in trails from Gateway Ancestors [[Nelson-696|Philip Nelson]], [[Nelson-3897|Philip Nelson]] and [[Torrey-91|William Torrey]] to Magna Carta Surety Baron [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]]. These trails has not yet been developed.:: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about Magna Carta trails.
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== Biography ==''' John Holand (Holland), K.G.'''[[#Richardson|Richardson]], ''Royal Ancestry,'' Vol. II, page 533
: John, younger son of Thomas Holand and Joan Plantagenet, was born about 1355 in Upholland, Lancashire, England, and died about January 16 1400 in Castle Pleshey, Essex, England. He was half-brother of King Richard II of England.
: On 24 June 1386, John Holand married Elizabeth of Lancaster at or near Plymouth, Devon. She was the divorced wife of John de Hastings, Knt. Her parents were John of Gaunt, K.G., Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester (son of of King Edward III of England), and his 1st wife, Blanche, daughter and co-heiress of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. Born before 21 Feb. 1363, she was their second daughter. Elizabeth was full sister of King Henry IV.
: John and Elizabeth had three sons and two daughters:
* Richard Holand
* John Holand, Knt., Duke of Exeter
* Edward Holand, Knt. Count of Mortain
* Constance Holand
* Alice Holand, married Richard Vere, K.G., 11th Earl of Oxford
: Sir John Holand was degraded from his Dukedom 3 Nov. 1399 and beheaded at Pleshey Castle, Essex on 9 (or 10) Jan. 1399/1400, for treason against his brother-in-law, King Henry IV. He was buried in Collegiate Church at Pleshey, Essex. In the January 1400/1 Parliament he was attainted as Earl of Huntingdon. His widow, Elizabeth, married (3rd) before 12 Dec. 1400 (as his 2nd wife) John Cornwall, K.G.
:His Inquisitions Post Mortem held several years after his death give three different death dates. 7 or 8 January 1400King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/20-597/604 [Accessed: 21/11/2020] Inquisitions Post Mortem for John earl of Huntingdon and Richard his son 1414 & 1417 and 15 January 1400.J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 1150-1195', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 398-413. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol18/pp398-413 [accessed 20 November 2020]. His heir was his son John. His eldest son Richard had died in June or September 1400.
=== Titles ===
: Earl of Huntingdon
: 1st Duke of Exeter
=== Military Exploits ===: John Holand was appointed Constable of the army which John, Duke of Lancaster, his father-in-law, raised in an attempt to obtain the Crown of Castile, and, by his advice, the Duke abandoned this unsuccessful enterprise. He was created Earl of Huntingdon 2 June 1388, and Duke of Exeter 29 Sept. 1397. He was granted the castle of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire as a residence in 1388, during pleasure. In 1394 he obtained a papal indult for plenary remission, he going against the Turks and "other enemies of Christ." He accompanied his brother, King Richard II, into Ireland in May 1399, and returned with him the following July. Following the overthrow of King Richard II, he joined in the plot to seize King Henry IV, but took no active part.
=== Downfall ===: Primarily remembered for helping cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock and then for conspiring against Henry IV. He was executed for his part in the Epiphany Rising (plotted December 1399-January 1399/1400).January 16, 1400, [http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/epiphany-rising/ Executed Today] and Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holland,_1st_Duke_of_Exeter John Holland]; see also Wikipedia's article on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_Rising Epiphany Rising]
: Having been dispossessed of the Exeter title, earned by service the new sovereign did not consider meritorious, John Holland got in on a plot to kidnap Henry IV during a tournament at Windsor… which devolved, when Henry found out about it, into an abortive rising with a number of executions. Richard FitzAlan’s sister (also Henry IV’s mother-in-law) had the satisfaction of ordering Holland’s beheading at Pleshy Castle, Essex.January 16, 1400, [http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/epiphany-rising/ Executed Today]
== Sources ==
:See also:* Beltz, George. ''[[Space:Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter|Memorials of the Order of the Garter]]'' (William Pickering, London, 1841) [https://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279 Page 279-84]* ''The Complete Peerage,'' [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/244/mode/2up/search/HOLAND pp 245-246]* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#JohnHolandExeterdied1400 John Holand (died 1400)], Medieval Lands, compiled by Charles Cawley
==Acknowledgements==
===Magna Carta Project===: This profile has been identified by Douglas Richardson as in trails from Gateway Ancestors [[Nelson-696|Philip Nelson]], [[Nelson-3897|Philip Nelson]] and [[Torrey-91|William Torrey]] to Magna Carta Surety Baron [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]]. These trails has not yet been developed.:: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about Magna Carta trails.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1355 | Upholland, Lancashire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1387 | Elizabeth "Duchess of Exeter" Lancaster LG | |||
| Death | Abt Jan 1400 | Castle Pleshey, Essex, England | |||
| Alt name | Holland | ||||
| Reference No | 13839010 | ||||
| Reference No | 14811830 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Duchess of Exeter" Lancaster LG (1362 - 1425) |
| Father | Sir Thomas "Earl of Kent" Holand KG (1314 - 1360) |
| Mother | Joan "Princess of Wales, Fair Maid of Kent" Plantagenet LG (1328 - 1385) |
| Sibling | Sir Thomas "2nd Earl of Kent, 3rd Baron of Holland" Holland KG (1350 - 1397) |
| Sibling | Joan Holland (1350 - 1384) |
| Sibling | Maud "Mahaut, Matilda" Holland (1359 - 1391) |