Count de Kent

The title of count de Kent was created several times in the Pairie of England, and once in the Pairie of the United Kingdom. The county of Kent is located at the south-east of the England, vis-a-vis France.

The tite of marquis de Kent was created only once, for Henri Grey in 1706. This last was later created Duc of Kent in 1710.

History of the title

Pre-conquest Norman

1019 - 1053 : Godwin († 1053), Count de Wessex ;
1053 - 1066 : Leofwine Godwinson (1053 - 1066). Wire of the precedent.

The first creation (1067)

1067 - 1082 : Odon of Bayeux († 1097), bishop of Bayeux. Half-brother of William the Conqueror.

The second creation (1141)

1141 - 1155 : Guillaume d' Ypres (towards 1104 - 116?).

The Flemish mercenaries are expelled of England by Henri II, the title is thus taken again.

The third creation (1227)

1227 - 1243 : Hubert de Burgh ( Borough in French) († 1243).

The fourth creation (1321)

1321 - 1330 : Edmond de Woodstock (1301 - 1330). Carried out for treason. Wire of Edouard Ier ;

Titrate sleeping in 1330

1331 : Edmond II of Kent (about 1326 - 1331). Wire of the precedent ;
1331 - 1352 : Jean Plantagenet (1330 - 1352). Brother of the precedent ;
1352 - 1385 : Jeanne de Kent (1328 - 1385). Sister of the precedent. Mother of Richard II ;
1360 : Thomas Holland († 1360), husband of Jeanne. Became count in right of his wife.

Their son is salaried count in 1381.

The fifth creation (1381)

1381 - 1397 : Thomas Holland (1350 - 1397). Half-brother of Richard II. Wire of the precedents ;
1397 - 1400 : Thomas Holland (1374 - 1400), 1st Duke of Surrey (1398-1399) and Count Marshall (1398-1399). Carried out for treason. Wire of the precedent ;
1400 - 1408 : Edmond Holland (1384 - 1408). Brother of the precedent.

The title returns to the crown for lack of descendant.

The sixth creation (1461)

1461 - 1463 : William Neville († 1463).

The seventh creation (1465)

1465 - 1498 : Edmund Grey († 1498) ;
1498 - 1503 : George Grey († 1503). Wire of the precedent ;
1503 - 1524 : Richard Grey (1481 - 1524). The majority of the grounds sold. Wire of the precedent ;
1524 - 1562 : Henry Grey († 1562). Never formally the title carried. Half-brother of the precedent ;
1562 - 1573 : Reginald Grey († 1573) ;
1573 - 1615 : Henry Grey (1541 - 1615) ;
1615 - 1623 : Charles Grey († 1623) ;
1623 - 1639 : Henry Grey († 1639) ;
1639 - 1643 : Anthony Grey (1557 - 1643) ;
1643 - 1651 : Henry Grey (1594 - 1651) ;
1651 - 1702 : Anthony Grey (1645 - 1702) ;
1702 - 1740 : Henry Grey (1671 - 1740). Becomes marquis de Kent and Count d' Harold (1706), then Duc of Kent (1710), and finally Marquis Grey (1740).

The titles of count and duke of Kent die out with its death.

The eighth creation (1866)

1866 - 1900 : Alfred of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha (1844 - 1900), Duke of Edinburgh and Saxony-Coburg-Gotha

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