Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton

Abt 1309 - 1360  (51 years)

• Name	William de Bohun
  	He was the 1st Earl of Northampton. [2]
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1309	Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales   [1, 4]
  	He was a twin. [2, 4]
  History	birth to death
  	On 16 March 1336, he was created the Earl of Northampton. [1, 4] On 26 August 1346, he fought at the Battle of Crécy. [1]
  Death	16 Sep 1360  [1, 4, 5]
  Burial	Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England   [4]
  Siblings	9 Siblings
  1. Margaret de Bohun,   b. 1302, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England d. 7 Feb 1304  (Age 2 years)   2. Humphrey de Bohun,   b. 10 Sep 1304, Knaresborough Castle, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England bur. 8 Nov 1304, Westminster Abbey, London, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond,   b. 17 Oct 1304   d. 7 Oct 1363, Vachery Manor, Cranleigh, Surrey, England  (Age 58 years) ▻ James Butler, Earl of Ormond,  m. Feb 1328 to 21 Nov 1328 ;   Thomas, Lord Dagworth,  m. 24 Jan 1344   4. John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex,   b. 23 Nov 1305, Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England d. 20 Jan 1335, Kirkby Thore, Westmorelandshire, Wales  (Age 29 years) ▻ Alice FitzAlan,  m. 1325 ;   Margaret Basset, Countess of Hereford and Essex,  m. by 1330   5. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord High Constable,   b. Between 1309 and 1311, Lochmaben Castle, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 16 Oct 1361, Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England  (Age 52 years)   6. Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon,   b. 3 Apr 1311, Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England d. 27 Dec 1391  (Age 80 years) ▻ Sir Hugh de Courtenay, KG, Earl of Devon,  m. 11 Aug 1325   7. Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton,   b. Abt 1309, Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 16 Sep 1360  (Age 51 years) ▻ Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton,  m. 1335   8. Sir Edward de Bohun of Annandale,   b. Abt 1309, Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Before 8 Nov 1334, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland  (Age 25 years) ▻ Margaret de Ros   9. Eneas de Bohun,   b. Abt 1313   d. 29 Sep 1331, Kimbolton Castle, Kimbolton, Cambrdgeshire, England  (Age 18 years)   10. Isabella de Bohun,   b. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England d. 6 May 1316 to 30 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I2885	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of Hereford and Essex,   b. 1276, Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England d. 16 Mar 1321, Boroughbridge, Yorkshiure, England (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1302	Westminster Abbey, London, England
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 11 months - She : 20 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F2265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton   d. 8 Jun 1356  [1, 2, 4]
  Marriage	1335	England   [1, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ??.
  Children	1. Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex,   b. 24 Mar 1341/42, Hereford, Herefordshire, England d. 16 Jan 1372/73 (Age 30 years)   2. Elizabeth de Bohun   d. 3 Apr 1385
  Family ID	F2273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1309 - Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales Marriage - 1335 - England Child - Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex - 24 Mar 1341/42 - Hereford, Herefordshire, England Burial - - Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia. Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S1875] Verity, Brad. "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 6, 2014). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).