Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford

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Humphrey (IV) de Bohun (1204 – 24 September 1275) was 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex, as well as Constable of England. He was the son of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford, and Maud FitzGeoffrey.

Career

He was one of the nine godfathers of Prince Edward, later to be Edward I of England. He served as High Sheriff of Kent for 1239–1240.

In 1258, after returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Humphrey fell away, like his father, from the royal to the baronial cause. 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. It was only the alliance of Montfort with Llewelyn of North Wales that brought the earl of Hereford back to his allegiance. Humphrey IV 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.[1]

The earl's son and namesake shared in the defeat of Evesham, which he did not long survive. Humphrey IV was, therefore, naturally 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. Dying in 1275, he was succeeded by his grandson Humphrey VI.[1]

Marriage and children

He married c. 1236 Maud de Lusignan (c. 1210 – 14 August 1241, buried at Llanthony, Gloucester), daughter of Raoul I of Lusignan, Comte d'Eu by marriage, and second wife Alix d'Eu, 8th Comtesse d'Eu.[2] Their children were:

  1. Humphrey (V) de Bohun, who predeceased his father in 1265. The earldom therefore passed through him to his son Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford)
  2. Henry de Bohun
  3. Geoffrey de Bohun
  4. Ralph de Bohun, Clerk
  5. Maud de Bohun, married (1) Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke; (2) Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester
  6. Alice de Bohun, married Roger V de Toeni
  7. Eleanor de Bohun, married Sir John de Verdun, Baron of Westmeath

He married secondly, Maud de Avenbury (d. 8 October 1273), with whom he had two sons:

  1. John de Bohun
  2. Sir Miles de Bohun

Death & burial

He died in Warwickshire and was buried at Llanthony Secunda, Gloucester.

Notes

  1. 1 2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bohun". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137.
  2. ↑ Pollock 2015, p. 101.

References

  • Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
  • Complete Peerage
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Henry de Bohun		 Earl of Hereford
1220–1275		 Succeeded by
Humphrey V de Bohun
New creation Earl of Essex
1239–1275
Preceded by
Henry de Bohun		 Lord High Constable
1220–1275		 Succeeded by
Humphrey V de Bohun

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