Biography of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 1249-1298

Paternal Family Tree: Bohun

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex was appointed Constable of England.

After 12 Aug 1241 [his father] Humphrey Bohun (age 20) and [his mother] Eleanor de Braose (age 13) were married at Brecon [Map]. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 37) and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex (age 31). They were fourth cousins.

Around 1249 Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex was born to Humphrey Bohun (age 28) and Eleanor de Braose (age 21).

In 1251 [his mother] Eleanor de Braose (age 23) died. She was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].

On 27 Oct 1265 [his father] Humphrey Bohun (age 44) died at Beeston Castle, Cheshire [Map].

In 1275 Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) and Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.

On 24 Sep 1275 [his grandfather] Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 71) died at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. He was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His grandson Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Hereford, 2nd Earl Essex.

In 1276 [his son] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex was born to Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 27) and [his wife] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford (age 22) at Pleshey Castle [Map].

In 1278 [his brother-in-law] Giles Fiennes (age 28) and Sibyl Filiol were married.

Around 1293 [his brother-in-law] Giles Fiennes (age 43) died.

Battle of Falkirk

On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.

John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.

The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:

Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).

Walter Beauchamp (age 55).

Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).

Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).

Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).

Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).

William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).

Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).

Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).

Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).

Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).

John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).

John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).

Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).

William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).

John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).

Nicholas Segrave (age 42).

Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).

Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).

Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).

Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).

John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 67).

Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).

Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).

Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 31).

Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).

John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).

Philip Darcy (age 40).

Robert Fitzroger.

Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.

Simon Fraser.

Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).

John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.

Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).

William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.

John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.

John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.

On 26 Nov 1298 [his wife] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford (age 44) died. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map].

On 31 Dec 1298 Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [his son] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Hereford, 3rd Earl Essex.

William Fiennes and Blanche Beaumont were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Royal Ancestors of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 1249-1298

Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 11 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 1249-1298

King Henry V of England x 1

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark x 1

Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 3

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 1

Queen Catherine Howard of England x 1

Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 2

President George Washington x 1

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 145

Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 34

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 360

Ancestors of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 1249-1298

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Baron Trowbridge

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun

Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Gloucester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford

GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saye

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Saye

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Mandeville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Saye

Father: Humphrey Bohun

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan VIII Count Lusignan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Lusignan Count Eu

GrandMother: Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alix Eu

Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Phillip de Braose 2nd Baron Bramber

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Totnes Baroness Bramber

Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber

Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald St Valery

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown

GrandFather: William de Braose

Great x 1 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere

Mother: Eleanor de Braose

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne

GrandMother: Eva Marshal

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham