Henry DE BOHUN (1176-1220)

Individual Events and Attributes

Additional Information

Marriage

Individual Note

Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176–1220) was an English Norman nobleman.

He was Earl of Hereford and Hereditary Constable of England from 1199 to 1220.

Lineage

He was the son of Humphrey III de Bohun and Margaret of Huntingdon, daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, a son of David I of Scotland. His paternal grandmother was Margaret, daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and Constable of England. Bohun's half-sister was Constance, Duchess of Brittany.

The male line of Miles of Gloucester having failed, on the accession of King John of England, Bohun was created Earl of Hereford and Constable of England (1199).

Henry de Bohun was one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta in 1215, and was subsequently excommunicated by the Pope.

He was also a supporter of King Louis VIII of France and was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217. Henry died in 1221

Marriage & children

He married Maud de Mandeville, daughter of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex. Their children were:

Humphrey (IV) de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, married Maud de Lusignan, by whom he had issue.

Maud de Bohun, married Henry d'Oilly of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, by whom she had issue.

Ralph de Bohun of Hereford, was father to Sir Franco de Bohun of Midhurst who married Sybil de Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby.

SOURCES:

Cokayne, G. (ed. by V. Gibbs). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. London:1887-1896, H-457-459²

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