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John Holland, 13th Earl of Huntingdon (1416-1447); Knight of the Garter (1415); Admiral of England (1435); Governor of Aquitaine (1439); (restored) Duke of Exeter (1443-1447). An importent figure in the later stages of the Hundred Years War, John Holland fought for Henry V with distinction in France: at Agincourt in 1415 and in command of a fleet against the Genoese off Harfleur in 1417. He took part in the sieges of Caen and Rouen, distinguished himself again at Pontoise (1419) and won a victory at Fresney (1420). Hw was captured by the Dauphinist in 1421, and ransomed in 1425. He represented England at the conference of Arras in 1435, which reconciled Charles VII of France and Philip the Good, Duke of Burgandy, and commanded an expedition to relieve Guisnes in 1438. In 1416, John Holland was restored as Earl of Huntingdon, than restored in blood, as heir to his father and brother in the 4th year of Henry V. The next year he was made general of all the men at arms and archers at which time employed in the king's fleet at sea, in which capacity he assisted at the siege of Caen. In 1420 he was in the great fight against the French who came to raise the siege of Freney, wherein 5,000 were slain and 600 made prisoner. In 1443 his dukedom of Exeter was restored.
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John Holland (b. Abt. 1394, d. Abt. 1432)
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