William de Bohun 
William was born in 1310 in Caldecott, Northampton, England.1 William's father was 4th Earl of Hertford & Essex Humphrey de Bohun VIII and his mother was Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were 8th Earl of Hereford & Essex Humphrey de Bohun VII and Maud de Fiennes; his maternal grandparents were Edward (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England I and Princess Eleanor of Castile. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Humphrey, John, Edward, Eleanor, Agnes, Margaret, Aeneas and <Unknown>. He died at the age of 50 on September 16th, 1360.2 General Notes
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (ca. 1310-1360) was an English nobleman and military commander.
He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He had a twin brother, Edward. His maternal grandparents were Edward I of England and his first Queen consort Eleanor of Castile.
In 1332 he received many new properties: Hinton and Spaine in Berkshire; Hasley, Ascot, Dedington, Pyrton and Kirklington in Oxfordshire; Wincomb in Buckinghamshire; Longbenington in Lincolnshire; Kneesol in Bottinghamshire; Newnsham in Gloucestershire, Wix in Essex, and Bosham in Sussex. He was created Earl of Northampton in 1337, adding to the titles of Count of Hereford and Essex.
In 1339 he accompanied the King to Flanders. He served variously in Brittany and in Scotland, and was present at the great English victories at Sluys and was a commander at Crécy.
In addition to being a warrior, William was also a renowned diplomat. He negotiated two treaties with France, one in 1343 and one in 1350. He was also charged with negotiating in Scotland for the freedom of David Bruce, prisoner of the English.
De Bohun was succeeded by his son Humphrey, who also succeeded his uncle and became 7th earl of Hereford. His daughter Elizabeth de Bohun was married to Richard Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel.
(Wikipedia)
William de Bohun, 4th son, was a personage of great eminence in the turbulent times in which he lived, and was one of the gallant heroes of Cressy. In the Parliament held in London, in the 11th of Edward III, 1337, upon the advancement of the Black Prince to the dukedom of Cornwall, he was created Earl of Northampton, and from that period his lordship appears the constant companion in arms of the illustrious Edward, the Black Prince, and his martial father Edward III. He was entrusted at different periods with the most important offices, such as ambassador to treat of peace with hostile powers, commissioner to levy taxes, etc., and he was finally honoured with Knight of the Garter. His lordship
married Elizabeth de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare; daughter of Thomas de Clare and Juliana FitzGerald; son of Thomas de Clare, Governor of London 1274; son of Richard de Clare (son of Gilbert de Clare, Surety, son of Richard de Clare, Surety) and his wife Maud de Lacie; daughter of John de Lacie, Surety, and Margaret de Quincey; daughter of Robert de Quincey; son of Saire de Quincey, Surety for the Magna Charta. William de Bohun had issue Humphrey, who succeeded his uncle as Earl of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England, and a daughter Elizabeth. He died 1360.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 535)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1176 in Warwick, England d.01 Jun 1220
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275 in Lanthony, Cloucester, England
- b.1177 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.27 Aug 1236 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- b.1220 in Hereford, England d.27 Oct 1265 in Beeston Castle, Chester, England
- b.1164 in La Marche, France d.01 May 1219 in Shenton, England
- b.1208 in La Marche, France d.12 Aug 1241
- b.1180 in Shenton, England d.15 May 1246 in La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Poitou
- b.1249 in Herefordshire, Essex, England d.31 Dec 1297 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England
- b.1182 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1228 in Brecon, Wales
- b.1197 in Brecknock, Surrey, Wales, England d.02 May 1230 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1186 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1223
- b.1230 in Bramber Castle, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, Berkshire, England
- b.1206 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales d.1246 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1168 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 Mar 1322 in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
- b.1134 in Buckinghamshire, England d.1189 in Palestine
- b.1160 in Buckinghamshire, England d.1240
- b.1132 in Buckinghamshire, England d.1225
- b.1197 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d.1268
- b.1135 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, England
- b.1166 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1138 in Ponthieu, Ain, France d.Oct 1200
- b.1259 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.06 Nov 1298 in Walden, Essex, England
- b.1160 d.1230
- b.1184 in Hainault, France
- d.1249
- b.1210 in Buckinghamshire, England d.1280
- b.1310 in Caldecott, Northampton, England d.16 Sep 1360
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1160 in Angoileme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couroun, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Gali, France d.1218 in France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-San, Cumberland, England
- b.1174 d.Feb 1209
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1180 d.1209
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.20 Mar 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.20 Jan 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel, France
- b.07 Aug 1282 in Rhudlan Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Walden Abbey, Hertforshire, England
- b.1137 d.22 Jan 1188 in Benavente
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Valladolid, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaveuva da Sarria
- b.1139 d.16 Oct 1188
- b.1199 d.1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Gutierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.1180 d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.1244 d.28 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1135 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, France
- b.1138 in Ponthieu, Ain, France d.Oct 1200
- d.16 Mar 1279
- b.1179 d.06 Oct 1221
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandie d.Sep 1250 in Normandie
- b.1170 d.18 Jul 1218
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Details of William's family with Elizabeth Baddlesmere
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I5073
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I14462&style=TABLE
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