Nobility
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c. 1352–1400), English nobleman
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War
- Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
- Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand (1270–1328), English nobleman
- Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1314–1360), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
- Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397), English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II (1374–1400)
- Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374–1400), aka 3rd Earl of Kent
Read more about this topic: Holland (surname)
Famous quotes containing the word nobility:
“It is of the nobility of man’s soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours?”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)