Henry de Bohun, earl of Hereford

1st earl of Hereford

Events

Date of Birth: about 1175.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Walker (ODNB).

Date of Death: 1 June 1220.

Place of Death: on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

The date is given by Walker (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:459). It is recorded in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Place of Burial: Llanthony (Secunda) Priory, Gloucestershire.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (6:459). It is recorded in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Relationships

Father: Humphrey de Bohun (before 1144 - 1181).

This relationship is given by Walker (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 332), and by the Complete Peerage (6:457). The relationship is recorded in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:134).

Mother: Margaret (died 1201), daughter of Henry of Scotland, earl of Northumberland.

This relationship is given by Walker (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:457). The relationship is recorded in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:134).

Spouse: Maud (died 1236), daughter of Geoffrey fitz Peter, earl of Essex.

This relationship is given by Walker (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:458). The relationship is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders of Walden Abbey given in Dugdale (4:139) and in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Humphrey de Bohun (died 24 September 1275) married (1) Matilda de Lusignan; married (2) Matilda de Avebury.

Henry de Bohun.

Ralph de Bohun.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Henry de Bohun” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Diaz Pascual, Lucia. The de Bohun Dynasty: Power, Identity and Piety 1066-1399. (Ph.D. thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London: 2017).

Dugdale, William. Monasticon Anglicanum (London: 1817-1840) 6 Volumes.

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Walker, David. “Bohun, Henry de, first earl of Hereford (c. 1175 - 1220)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).