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Otho Holand 1316-1359

Also known as Otes, Holand, de Holland, de Holand

Born: about 1316, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England

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Died: 3 September 1359

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Parents: Robert de Holland (born 1285, Upholland, Lancashire, England, died 7 October 1328, Beheaded, Boreham Wood, Essex, England, buried Greyfriars Church, Preston, Lancashire, England) married (1311, Winchester, Hampshire, England) Maud La Zouche (born 1290, Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England, died 31 May 1349, buried Brackley, Northamptonshire, England)

Siblings:

Elizabeth de Holland (born about 1295, Upholland, Lancashire, England, died about 1332, buried Badmin,Grey Friars) married (1319, Trenowyth, Cornwall, England) Oliver de Carminow (born about 1319, Trenowyth, Cornwall, England)

Margery Holland (born about 1308, Upholland, Lancashire, England) married John de la Warre

Robert Holland (born about 1312, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, died 16 March 1372/3, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, buried Brackley, Northamptonshire, England) married (about 1331) Elizabeth

Thomas De Holland (1st Earl Kent) (born 1314, Broughton, Buckinghamshire, died 26 December 1360, Normandy, France, buried Grey Friars Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England) married Joan Plantagenet

John Holland of Thorpewater (born about 1318, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, died about 1359) married (about 1350) Eleanor Metfield (born about 1320, Northamptonshire, England)

Maud (Matilda) de Holland (born about 1319, Foxhall, Staffordshire, England) married Thomas Swynnerton

Alan Holland (born about 1320, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, died about 1339)

Elizabeth de Holland (born about 1320 Upholland, Lancashire, England) married about 1338 William Boteler (or Botiller)

Margaret (Mary) Holland (born about 1322, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, died about 1349) married John Tempest

Jane Holland (born about 1326 in Of, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England) married Hugh Dutton (Denton)

Alianore de Holland (born about 1327, West Derby, Lancastershire, England) married (8 July 1342, Notton, Yorkshire, England) John "de Knayth" Darcy, Baron Darcy

Isabella Holland (born about 1328, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England) married John de Warrene, Earl de Warrene

Married:

Spouse: Joan

Offspring:

Heraldic Coat of Arms: azure, florettee, and a lyon rampant, gardant argent, differenced with a cross patee gules on the lyon. Described by George Beltz as Azure, Semce of fleurs de lis, a lion rampant guardant Argent.

Knight of the Garter 1348, Founder Member, Stall 23

Brother of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, whom he accompanied into Brittany, where he was taken prisoner. Later he was Governor of the Channel Islands

Memorials Of The Most Noble Order Of The Garter From Its Foundation To The Present Time, George Beltz, 1841