Henry De Bohun 
Henry was born in 1177. Henry's father was Humphrey IV De Bohun and his mother is Margaret of Huntingdon. His paternal grandparents are Humphrey III De Bohun and Margaret De Neufmarche; his maternal grandparents were Henry of Huntingdon and Ada De Warrenne. He had a brother named Humphrey V. He is the younger of the two children. He had a half-sister named Constance of.General Notes
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Henry De Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176 - 1220) was an English noblema
n. He was Earl of Hereford and Hereditary Constable of England from 11
99 to 1220.
He was the son of Humphrey De Bohun and Princess Margaret, daughter of Hen
ry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, a son of David I of Scotland. H
is paternal grandmother was Margaret, daughter of Miles De Gloucester, 1
st Earl of Hereford and Constable of England. Bohun's half-sister was Cons
tance, Duchess of Brittany.
The male line of Miles of Gloucester having failed, on the accession of Ki
ng John of England, Bohun was created Earl of Hereford and Constable of En
gland (1199). He married Maud of Essex, daughter of Geoffrey Fitzpeter, 1
st Earl of Essex. Their children were:
Humphrey De Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Margery De Bohun, married Waleran De Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick.
Bohun was one of the 25 executors of the Magna Carta, and was subsequent
ly excommunicated by the Pope. He was also a supporter of King Louis VI
II of France and was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217. He died wh
ilst on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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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.~ 1120 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1143 in Gloucestershire, England d.1182
- b.~ 1122
- b.1177
- b.~ 1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Bothganowan, Elgin, Scotland
- b.~ 1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.1016 in Northumbria d.1040
- b.1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1016 in Wessex d.1057 in Hungary
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1018 in West Friesland, Barvaria, Germany d.> 1066
- b.~ 1115 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.~ 1000 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1046 in Northumbria d.31 May 1076 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1020 in Bernicia, Northumberland, England
- b.1072 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.< 1034 in Boulogne, Flanders d.1054 in Bataille De Lille, Flanders
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 1027 in Normandy, France d.< 1090
- b.~ 1140 in Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0998 in Normandy, France d.~ 1059 in Varenne, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1040 d.24 Jun 1088 in Pevensey, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1004 in Rouen, France
- b.~ 1065 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1025
- b.~ 1045 d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.1031 in Flanders, Belgium d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1114 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.1008 in Kiev, Ukraine d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Brie, France
- b.1053 in France d.18 Oct 1101 in Tarsus
- b.1024 in Kiev, Ukraine d.> 1075 in France
- b.1085 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.13 Feb 1131 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1028 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.1080 in France
- b.1065 in France d.1120
- b.~ 1032 in Valois, Picardy, Brittany, France
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They had a son named Humphrey VI.
Family Notes
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Children
Humphrey VI De Bohun
Humphrey VI was born about 1208 in Herfordshire, England. He died on September 24th, 1274.
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