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 1430 - 1475 (45 years)
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| Name |
Holland, Henry |
| Born |
27 Jun 1430 |
St Stephan's Chapel, Westminster, London, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Sep 1475 |
Dover, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I05937 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Family |
Plantagent, Anne, b. 10 Aug 1439, Of Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England , bur. 14.01.1475/76, St George Chapel, Windsor, England |
| Married |
Abt 1447 |
| Children |
| | 1. Holland, Anne, b. 1456, England , d. 1475, England (Age 19 years) |
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| Family ID |
F01749 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Drowned at sea.
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (June 27, 1430 - September 1475) was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses . He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter and his first wife Lady Anne Stafford. His maternal grandparents were Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and Anne of Gloucester.
...In 1447, he married Anne of York. His wife was the second child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville ...In the Wars of the Roses , however, he remained an enemy of the House of York . He was a commander at the great Lancastrian victories at Wakefield and St Albans . He was imprisoned at Wallingford Castle in 1455.
He was also a commander at the Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Towton . He fled to Scotland after the battle, and then joined Queen Margaret in her exile in France. He was attainted in 1461, and his estates were given to his wife, who separated from him in 1464. ...At the Battle of Barnet Exeter commanded the Lancastrian left flank. He was badly wounded and left for dead, but survived. Afterwards he was imprisoned, and Anne divorced him in 1474. He "volunteered" to serve on Edward's 1475 expedition to France. On the return voyage he fell overboard and drowned. He had two legitimate children[2]:
Anne Holland (c. 1455 - 1475), married Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset 1st_Marquess_of_Dorset
Thomas Holland (1461)
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