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Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176-1220)

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Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford, was born 1176 to Humphrey de Bohun (bef1144-1181) and Margaret of Huntingdon (1140-1201) and died 1 June 1220 Egypt of unspecified causes. He married Maud Fitzgeoffrey (-1236) .

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Arms of Bohun, adopted at start of age of heraldry (c.1200-1215): Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant of the last

Pleshey Castle (3) (22075584835)

The motte and late-medieval brick bridge of Pleshey Castle in Essex, chief residence of Henry de Bohun

Henry de Bohun, 1er comte de Hereford

Arms of Bohun drawn by Matthew Paris (d.1259)

Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176 – 1 June 1220) of Pleshey Castle in Essex, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who became Hereditary Constable of England from 1199.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Humphrey IV de Bohun of Trowbridge Castle in Wiltshire and of Caldicot Castle in south-east Wales, 5th feudal baron of Trowbridge,[1] who served King Henry II as Lord High Constable of England. His mother was Margaret of Huntingdon, widow of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d.1171) and a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, son of King David I of Scotland by his wife Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon. Henry's half-sister was Constance, Duchess of Brittany.

Earldom

His paternal grandmother was Margaret of Hereford, a daughter of Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock (died 1143), Sheriff of Gloucester and Constable of England. After the male line of Miles of Gloucester failed, in 1199 King John created Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Constable of England. His lands lay chiefly on the Welsh Marches, and from this date the Bohuns took a foremost place among the Marcher barons.[2]

Henry de Bohun was one of the twenty-five barons elected by their peers to enforce the terms of Magna Carta in 1215. He was subsequently excommunicated by the Pope. In the civil war that followed Magna Carta, he was a supporter of King Louis VIII of France and was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.

Marriage and issue

He married Maud de Mandeville (alias Maud FitzGeoffrey), daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, of Pleshey Castle in Essex, by whom he had issue including:

Death

He died in June 1220 while on crusade to the Holy Land. That year the crusaders were in the midst of a multi-year effort to capture Cairo, Egypt on the Nile River - their gateway to the Holy Land. [3]



Children


Offspring of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford and Maud Fitzgeoffrey (-1236)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford (c1208-1275) 1208 England 24 September 1275 Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Maud de Lusignan (c1210-1241)
Maud de Avenbury (-1273)
Henry de Bohun (c1210-)
Ralph de Bohun (c1212-)



Siblings


Offspring of Humphrey de Bohun (bef1144-1181) and Margaret of Huntingdon (1140-1201)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176-1220) 1176 1 June 1220 Egypt Maud Fitzgeoffrey (-1236)


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Notable Ancestors

Notable Descendants

Peerage Tables

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Humphrey III de Bohun 		Lord High Constable
1199–1220 		Succeeded by
Humphrey (V) de Bohun
Peerage of England
New creation Earl of Hereford
1199–1220 		Succeeded by
Humphrey (V) de Bohun

References

  1. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.91
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Davis. "Bohun". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 137. 
  3. ^ BOMC: Profiles of Magna Charta Sureties and Other Supporters


Footnotes (including sources)

¶ Death
  • Weis, Frederick Lewis with additions by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. with William R. Beall, The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 5th Edition, 1999, page 25.



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