Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 5th Earl of Hereford, and the Sheriff of Kent.

In 1200, he was made the Hereditary Constable of England.

In 1215, he was a Magna Charta Surety.

Died:
He died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Henry married Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, Countess of Essex about 1197. Maud (daughter of Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex and Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex) died on 27 Aug 1236. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Humphrey de Bohun V, Earl of Hereford, and Essex was born in 1208; died on 24 Sep 1275.

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Name:
He was Baron de Bohun, Lord of Hereford, and Constable of England.

Humphrey married Margaret de Huntingdon. Margaret (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne) was born in 1154 in Northumberland, England; died in 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
He was the Baron de Bohun, and Lord of Hereford.

Humphrey married Margaret of Hereford about 1149 in England. Margaret (daughter of Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford and Sybil de Neufmarche) died in 1146. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also a Prince of Scotland.
• Title(s): 1136

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Title(s):
He became the Earl of Huntingdon.

Henry married Ada de Warenne in 1139. Ada (daughter of William II de Warren, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1120 in Surrey, England; died in 1178. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Maud Devereux. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
She inherited a large number of estates and passed them on to her husband.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1121
• Charter/Grant/Gift: 1136
• Military: 1138
• Title(s): 25 Jul 1141
• Religion: say 1142

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Title(s):
From this marriage in 1121, Miles FitzWalter became the Lord of Brecknock.

Charter/Grant/Gift:
In 1136, he attended the Easter Court and witnessed as constable, King Stephen's Charter of Liberties.

Military:
In 1138, he was at the siege of Shrewsbury, but soon after, 1139, joined the forces of the Empress Maud. He received her in Bristol, and took her to Gloucester where he did homage.

Title(s):
He was created the Earl of Herefored by the Empress Maud. She also bestowed the Castle of Abergaveny on him.

Religion:
He founded the Llanthony Priory.

Miles married Sybil de Neufmarche between Apr 1121 and May 1121 in England. Sybil (daughter of Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Brecon and Nest verch Osbern) was buried in Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 1124 to 1154; King of the Scots
• Crowned: 22 Apr 1124, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

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Death: Moriarty (1952) gives his death date as 29 May 1153

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King David introduced feudalism into Scotland thereby undermining Celtic common law. He also brought Normans into Scotland establishing them as feudal lords. In England, he was the Earl of Huntingdon.

Crowned:
He was crowned the King of Scotland.

David married Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland in 1113/14. Maud (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland and Judith de Lens) was born in 1072; died in 1130/31. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
She was also Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was the 2ed Earl of Warren.
• Military: 1106; He fought at Tenchebray in 1106 for Henry I.

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Military:

William married Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester about 1118. Isabel (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois) was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France; died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.