Life Remembered ~ Lady Constance Holland
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a direct descendant.
Sir John Grey married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter; the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child, but the marriage was never consummated. Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.
Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:
▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.∼This is actual burial. See original bural # 101998783, St Katherines, which was destroyed in early 1900 century. Her effigy is here, with brother John De Holland, along with remains.
Widow of Thomas Mowbray (engaged at age 4 but he died before marriage was consummated) and John De Grey of Ruthin.
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a direct descendant.
Sir John Grey married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter; the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child, but the marriage was never consummated. Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.
Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:
▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.∼This is actual burial. See original bural # 101998783, St Katherines, which was destroyed in early 1900 century. Her effigy is here, with brother John De Holland, along with remains.
Widow of Thomas Mowbray (engaged at age 4 but he died before marriage was consummated) and John De Grey of Ruthin.
Life Remembered ~ Lady Constance Holland
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a direct descendant.
Sir John Grey married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter; the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child, but the marriage was never consummated. Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.
Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:
▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.∼This is actual burial. See original bural # 101998783, St Katherines, which was destroyed in early 1900 century. Her effigy is here, with brother John De Holland, along with remains.
Widow of Thomas Mowbray (engaged at age 4 but he died before marriage was consummated) and John De Grey of Ruthin.
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a direct descendant.
Sir John Grey married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter; the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child, but the marriage was never consummated. Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.
Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:
▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.∼This is actual burial. See original bural # 101998783, St Katherines, which was destroyed in early 1900 century. Her effigy is here, with brother John De Holland, along with remains.
Widow of Thomas Mowbray (engaged at age 4 but he died before marriage was consummated) and John De Grey of Ruthin.
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