Alice Holland, Countess of Kent

Alice Holland, Countess of Kent, was born around 1350 as Alice FitzAlan, daughter of the 10th Earl of Arundel, Richard FitzAlan, and Eleanor of Lancaster. She was married to Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, who was a half-brother to King Richard II. Through her marriage, she became the Countess of Kent in 1381 and was named a Lady of the Garter in 1388. She was the maternal grandmother of Anne de Mortimer, thus an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty and other English and Scottish royalty.

Following the death of her husband in 1397, Alice lived through tumultuous times, including the deposition of King Richard II and the execution of her eldest son, Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, after the failed Epiphany Rising against Henry IV. Alice passed away on 17 March 1416 at the age of sixty-six.