Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
- Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton (1342 – January 16 1373) was an important medieval English noble during the reign of King Edward III of England.
Lineage
He was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth de Badlesmere. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I.. His maternal grandparents were Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. He was the last of this de Bohun line.
Inheritance
On his death, his great estates were divided between his two daughters: Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV and Eleanor de Bohun, who married Thomas of Woodstock.
His wife and the mother of his daughters was Joan Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster, whom he married after 9 September 1359.
Henry IV was created Duke of Hereford before he usurped the throne.
References
Hazlitt, William Carew , and Thomas Blount. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors. 4th. London: Ballentine and Company, 1874. ad
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