2nd Earl of Hereford

Started by Taylor Marie Roberts on Sunday, March 6, 2011
3/6/2011 at 4:09 PM

Humphrey de Bohun (1208 or bef. 1208 – 24 September 1275) was 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex, as well as Constable of England. He was the son of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford and Maud of Essex.
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* 1 Career
* 2 Marriage and children
* 3 Death & burial
* 4 References

[edit] Career

He was one of the nine godfathers of Prince Edward, later to be Edward I of England.

After returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was one of the writers of the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.
[edit] Marriage and children

He married c. 1236 Mahaut or Maud de Lusignan (c. 1210 – 14 August 1241, buried at Llanthony, Gloucester), daughter of Raoul I of Lusignan, Comte d'Eu by marriage, and second wife Alix d'Eu, 8th Comtesse d'Eu and 4th Lady of Hastings, and had issue. Their children were:

1. Humphrey de Bohun (predeceased his father in 1265)
2. Alice de Bohun, married Roger V de Toeni
3. Maud de Bohun, married (1) Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke; (2) Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester

[edit] Death & burial

He died in Warwickshire and was buried at Llanthony Secunda, Gloucester.
[edit] References

* Complete Peerage

Peerage of England
Preceded by
Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford
1220–1275 Succeeded by
Humphrey de Bohun
Preceded by
William Fitzpeter Earl of Essex
1239–1275
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Categories: 1208 births | 1275 deaths | Earls in the Peerage of England | Earls of Hereford (1199) | Earls of Essex (1239) | 13th-century English people

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