Alianore Holland^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1376 - 1405  (~ 29 years)

• Name	Alianore Holland
  Birth	Abt 1376	Upholland, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Eleanor Holland
  _FSFTID	MN23-YM6
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=MN23-YM6
  Death	18 Oct 1405  [3]
  	Cause: died in childbirth
  Burial	23 Oct 1405	Wigmore Abbey, Shropshire, England   [3]
  Notes	Burke names her as Alianore with a younger sister Eleanor «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01345 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lzrslong/b1273.htm#P179264 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alianore_Holland http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lzrslong/b1273.htm#P179264 Lady Alianore Holland«/b», «b»Countess of March«/b» (1373- October 1405), was an English noblewoman, and the wife of «u»Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March «/u» the «u»heir presumptive «/u» of her half-uncle King «u»Richard II of England «/u», and «u»Lord Lieutenant of Ireland «/u». She was the mother of «u»Anne Mortimer «/u», and «u»Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March «/u». Through Anne, Lady Alianore was the great-grandmother of «u»Yorkist «/u» kings, «u»Edward IV «/u» and «u»Richard III «/u». She held the post of Governess to Queen consort «u»Isabella of Valois «/u». «b»Family «/b»Lady Alianore was born in Upholland, «u»Lancashire «/u», England in 1373, the eldest child of «u»Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent «/u» and Lady «u»Alice Fitzalan «/u», sister of «u»Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel «/u». Alianore had nine younger siblings, including «u»Eleanor Holland «/u», who shared her name. It is probable that at the time of Eleanor's birth, Alianore was not expected to live, which was why her sister was given the name of Eleanor.«u»[1]«/u» Her father was one of King Richard II's uterine half-brothers. Her paternal grandparents were «u»Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent «/u» and «u»Joan of Kent «/u», mother of King Richard by her second marriage to «u»Edward, the Black Prince «/u». Her maternal grandparents were «u»Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel «/u» and «u»Eleanor of Lancaster «/u». «b»Marriages and children «/b»The appointed successor to King Richard II was Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland«u»[2]«/u» He was the son of «u»Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March «/u» and «u»Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster «/u». Roger was a «u»ward «/u» of the crown, and his guardian was Alianore's father, who also purchased the rights to choose young Roger's bride. He arranged a marriage between Roger and Alianore, and they were wed on 7 October 1388«u»[3]«/u», when they were both in their mid-teens. Alianore would accompany her husband on his visits to Ireland, and together they had five children:«u»[4] «/u» «tab»«u»Anne Mortimer «/u» (New Forest, «u»Westmeath «/u», «u»Ireland «/u» 27 December 1390- King's Langley, «u»Hertfordshire «/u» 21 September 1411), married «u»Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge «/u», by whom she had two children, «u»Isabel Plantagenet «/u» and «u»Richard, 3rd Duke of York «/u». «tab» «u»«tab»Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March «/u» (6 November 1391- 18 January 1425), married Anne Stafford, but the marriage was childless. «tab» «tab»Roger Mortimer (died c.1409) «tab» «tab»Eleanor Mortimer (died 1418), married «u»Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon «/u». Their marriage was childless. «tab» «tab»Alice Mortimer On 20 July 1398, Alianore's husband was killed at the Battle of Kells in a skirmish with an Irish clan. Alianore and her family returned to England, burying Roger in «u»Wigmore Abbey «/u». She was appointed «u»Governess «/u» to «u»Isabella of Valois «/u», the nine-year old Queen consort of King Richard, and was in charge of the Queen's household.«u»[5] «/u» She married secondly after 19 June 1399«u»[6]«/u» «u»Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton «/u» by whom she had two daughters: «tab» Joan de Charleton (1400- 17 September 1425), married Sir John Grey, 1st Count of Tancarville by whom she had issue. «tab» «tab»Joyce de Charleton (1403- 22 September 1446), married Sir «u»John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft «/u», by whom she had issue. «tab» Alianore died in childbirth in October 1405 at the age of thirty-two years. She had numerous descendants including «u»Yorkist «/u» kings Edward IV and Richard III, and «u»Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier «/u». «b»References «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» Antonia Fraser, «i»The Wives of Henry VIII«/i», p.443. Fraser explains that in the Middle Ages, a newborn baby was sometimes given the name of an older sibling of the same sex who had either died or was expected to die. «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» Thomas b. Costain, «i»The Last The Plantagenets«/i», p.180 «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» Charles Cawley, «i»Medieval Lands, Earls of Kent 1352-1408 (Holand)«/i» «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» Charles Cawley, «i»Medieval Lands, Earls of March 1328-1435 (Mortimer)«/i» «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» Thomas B. Costain, «i»The Last Plantagenets«/i», p.213 «u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» www.thePeerage.com/p.10691.htm#106903 1. Charles Cawley, «i»Medieval Lands, Earls of Kent 1352-1408 (Holand)«/i» 2. Charles Cawley, «i»Medieval Lands, Earls of March 1328-1425 (Mortimer)«/i» 3. Thomas B. Costain,«i»The Last Plantagenets«/i», published by Popular Library, New York, 1962, originally published by Doubleday and Co., Inc.
  Person ID	I3547	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent,   b. 1350, Upholand, Lancashire d. 25 Apr 1397, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Alice of Arundel FitzAlan, Lady,   b. 1352, Arundel, Sussex, England d. 17 Mar 1415 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1364	Arundel, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F1005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March,   b. 11 Apr 1374, Usk, Monmouthshire, Co. Herfordshire, England d. 20 Jul 1398, Battle of Kells, Kenlis, Meath, Ireland (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1388  [1]
  Children	1. Lady Anne Mortimer,   b. 27 Dec 1388   d. Sep 1411 (Age 22 years)   2. Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March,   b. 6 Nov 1391, New Forest, Hampshire d. 19 Jan 1425, Castle of Trim, Meath, Ireland (Age 33 years)   3. Eleanor Mortimer,   b. 1395   d. 1418 (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton,   b. 1370   d. 1421 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1399
  Children	1. Joan de Charleton,   b. 1400   d. 17 Sep 1425 (Age 25 years)   2. Joyce de Charleton,   b. 1403   d. 22 Sep 1446 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F551618005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/. [S34] P Kent United Kingdom.