Earl Humphrey DE BOHUN, V

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• TitleOfNobility: ; Earl of Hereford and Essex
• Occupation: ; Constable of the Exchequer, England and Dover Castle
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• Occupation: 1220; Constable of England
• Title of Nobility: 1 Jun 1220; 2nd Earl of Hereford
• Occupation: Between 1239 and 1240; Sheriff of Kent

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Humphrey IV de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex (1204 ? 24 September 1275) was Hereditary Constable of England.
He was the eldest son and heir of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176-1220) by his wife Maud de Mandeville (alias Maud FitzGeoffrey), daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex.
Career
He was one of the nine godfathers of Prince Edward, the future King Edward I of England. He served as Sheriff of Kent for 1239? 40. In 1258 after returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Humphrey fell away, like his father, from the royal cause to that of the barons. He served as a nominee of the opposition on the "committee of twenty-four" which was appointed in the Oxford Parliament of that year, to create the Provisions of Oxford to reform the administration. The alliance of Simon de Montfort with Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of North Wales brought Bohun back to royal allegiance. He headed the first secession of the Welsh Marchers from the party of the opposition (1263), and was amongst the captives whom the Montfortians took at the Battle of Lewes in 1264.
He was amongst the victors at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, which extinguished the power of de Montfort, at which however his eldest son Humphrey V de Bohun was mortally wounded. Humphrey was selected as one of the twelve arbitrators to draw up the Dictum of Kenilworth (1266), by which the disinherited rebels were allowed to make their peace.

Marriages and issue
He married twice:
- Firstly in about 1236 to Maud de Lusignan (c.1210 ? 14 August 1241), daughter of Raoul I of Lusignan, Comte d'Eu, second husband of Alix d'Eu, 8th Comtesse d'Eu. She died in 1241 and was buried at Llanthony, Gloucester, together with her husband. By Maud he had issue including:
1. Humphrey V de Bohun (d.1265), eldest son and heir apparent, who predeceased his father, having shared with him in the defeat at the Battle of Evesham (1264), which he did not long survive. The earldom therefore passed to his son Humphrey VI de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, 2nd Earl of Essex (c.1249-1298).
2. Henry de Bohun
3. Geoffrey de Bohun
4. Ralph de Bohun, Cleric;
5. Maud de Bohun, who married firstly Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke; secondly Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester;
6. Alice de Bohun, who married Roger V de Toeni;
7. Eleanor de Bohun, who married Sir John de Verdun, Baron of Westmeath
- Secondly he married Maud de Avenbury (d. 8 October 1273), by whom he had two further sons:
1. John de Bohun
2. Sir Miles de Bohun

Death and burial
He died in 1275 in Warwickshire and was buried at Llanthony Secunda in Gloucester. He was succeeded by his grandson Humphrey VI de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, 2nd Earl of Essex (c.1249-1298).

Family/Spouse: Maud DE LUSIGNAN. Maud was born about 1204 in Eu, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France; died on 14 Aug 1241 in Caundle Haddon, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Humphrey DE BOHUN was born in 1224 in Kimbolton, Norfolkshire, England; died on 27 Oct 1265 in Beeston Castle, Chester.
2. Alice DE BOHUN was born in Sep 1235 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 24 May 1264 in Croft Ambrey, Herefordshire, England.

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Henry married Countess Maud FITZGEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE - COUNTESS OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX. Maud was born in 1184 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died on 27 Aug 1236 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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