Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373)

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Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford was born 25 March 1341 to William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (c1312-1360) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313-1356) and died 16 January 1373 of unspecified causes. He married Joan FitzAlan (1347-1419) 9 September 1359 ^JL .

Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG ^[1] was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I. He became heir to the Earldom of Hereford after the death of his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford.^[2]^[3]

Following King Peter I's visit to England, Humphrey participated in the sack of Alexandria in 1365.^[4]

Marriage and Family

His wife and the mother of his daughters was Joan FitzAlan (1347-1419), daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and Eleanor of Lancaster, whom he married after 9 September 1359.

On his death, his estates were inherited by his two surviving daughters and his titles went into abeyance:

Eleanor de Bohun (c1366-1399); married Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III; mother of Anne of Gloucester.
Mary de Bohun (c1368-1394) who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England.
Elizabeth de Bohun (c1370-c1370) - died young.

Children

Offspring of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan FitzAlan (1347-1419)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Eleanor de Bohun (c1366-1399)	1366	3 October 1399	Thomas of Woodstock (1355-1397)
Mary de Bohun (c1368-1394)	1368	4 July 1394 Peterborough Castle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom	Henry IV of England (1367-1413)
Elizabeth de Bohun (c1370-c1370)	1370 England	1370 England

Siblings

Offspring of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (c1312-1360) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313-1356)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373)	25 March 1341	16 January 1373	Joan FitzAlan (1347-1419)
Elizabeth de Bohun (c1350-1385)	1350 Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom	3 April 1385	Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346-1397)

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Notable Ancestors

Notable Descendants

Peerage Tables

Political offices
Preceded by Humphrey de Bohun	Lord High Constable 1361–1372	Succeeded by Thomas of Woodstock
Peerage of England
Preceded by William de Bohun	Earl of Northampton 1360–1373	In abeyance Title next held by Henry Bolingbroke
Preceded by Humphrey de Bohun	Earl of Hereford 1361–1373	Extinct or in abeyance or dormant next held as dukedom by Henry Bolingbroke
Preceded by Humphrey de Bohun	Earl of Essex 1361–1373	In abeyance Title next held by Thomas of Woodstock

References

^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. 1. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 3. OCLC 247620448.
^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 244. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
^ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy: The Lords Appellant under Richard II, (The University of Miami Press, 1971), 12.

Footnotes (including sources)

[Shaw-1] Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. 1. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 3. OCLC 247620448.

[2] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 244. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[3] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

[4] Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy: The Lords Appellant under Richard II, (The University of Miami Press, 1971), 12.

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