Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton,
Edward I. He became heir to the Earldom of Hereford after the death of his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford
.
Following King Peter I's visit to England, Humphrey participated in the sack of Alexandria in 1365.[2]
His wife and the mother of his daughters was
Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and Eleanor of Lancaster
, whom he married after 9 September 1359.
On his death, his estates were inherited by his two surviving daughters and his titles went into abeyance:
- Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III; mother of Anne of Gloucester.
- Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England.
- Elizabeth de Bohun, died young.
References
- Hazlitt, William Carew, and Thomas Blount. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors. 4th. London: Ballentine and Company, 1874. ad
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