Earl Humphrey DE BOHUN, V

Abt 1202 - 1275  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Humphrey DE BOHUN
  Prefix	Earl
  Suffix	V
  Born	Abt 1202	Kimbolton, Norfolkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LZKG-1SV
  Occupation	1220  [1]
  	Constable of England
  Title of Nobility	1 Jun 1220  [1]
  	2nd Earl of Hereford
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	Earl of Hereford and Essex
  Occupation	[1]
  	Constable of the Exchequer, England and Dover Castle
  Occupation	Between 1239 and 1240  [1]
  	Sheriff of Kent
  _UID	636B93CC4F814A5C84C35BCFC0D14BF5E5DA
  Died	24 Sep 1275	Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I3894	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir Henry de BOHUN, 1st Earl of Hereford,   b. 1175, Oaksey Manor, Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 1 Jun 1220, Palestine  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Countess Maud FITZGEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE - COUNTESS OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX,   b. 1184, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 27 Aug 1236, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F536728298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud DE LUSIGNAN,   b. Abt 1204, Eu, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France ,   d. 14 Aug 1241, Caundle Haddon, Dorset, England  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Children	1. Humphrey DE BOHUN,   b. 1224, Kimbolton, Norfolkshire, England ,   d. 27 Oct 1265, Beeston Castle, Chester  (Age 41 years)   2. Alice DE BOHUN,   b. Sep 1235, Hereford, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 24 May 1264, Croft Ambrey, Herefordshire, England  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F1913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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).

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 10 Dec 2022), entry for Humphrey DE BOHUN, person ID LZKG-1SV. (Reliability: 3).