Alice Holland, Countess of Kent

Alice FitzAlan
Lady Holland
Countess of Kent
Lady of the Garter
Arundel Castle, birthplace of Alice FitzAlan and her siblings
Born1350
Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
Died17 March 1416 (aged 66)
Noble familyFitzAlan (by birth)
Holland (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
Issue
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FatherRichard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey
MotherEleanor of Lancaster

Lady Alice Holland, Countess of Kent (c. 1350[1] – 17 March 1416), LG, formerly Alice FitzAlan, was an English noblewoman, a daughter of the 10th Earl of Arundel, and the wife of the 2nd Earl of Kent, the half-brother of King Richard II. As the maternal grandmother of Anne de Mortimer, she was an ancestor of kings Edward IV and Richard III, as well as King Henry VII and the Tudor dynasty through her daughter Margaret Holland. She was also the maternal grandmother of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots.

She was appointed a Lady of the Garter in 1388.

  1. ^ Weir, Alison (1999). Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy. London: The Bodley Head. p.93