Biography of John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex 1307-1336
Paternal Family Tree: Bohun
Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles
On 08 Jan 1297 John Gerulfing I Count Holland (age 13) and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 14) were married at Ipswich, Suffolk [Map]. She by marriage Countess Holland. The wedding was attended by her sister [his aunt] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant (age 21), her father [his grandfather] King Edward I (age 57), her brother [his uncle] Edward (age 12) and her future second husband [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 21). She the daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 57) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Floris Gerulfing V Count Holland and Beatrix Dampierre.
On 31 Dec 1298 [his grandfather] Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Hereford, 3rd Earl Essex.
On 14 Nov 1302 [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 26) and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 63) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex and Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford. They were third cousins.
Around 1307 John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 31) and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 24). He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Before 1316 Henry Hussey 2nd Baron Hussey (age 24) and [his future sister-in-law] Katherine Fitzalan (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel (age 30) and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
On 05 May 1316 [his sister] Isabel Bohun was born to [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 40) and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 33). His mother Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 33) died in childbirth. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 16 Mar 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44), John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.
Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.
[his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
In 1325 John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 18) and Alice Fitzalan Countess Essex and Hereford were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel (age 39) and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
After 1325 John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 18) and Margaret Basset Countess Essex and Hereford were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1326 [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Essex and Hereford died.
After 03 Dec 1329 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 25) and [his former sister-in-law] Eleanor Fitzalan (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
On 20 Jan 1336 John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 29) died. His brother [his brother] Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex (age 27) succeeded 6th Earl Hereford, 5th Earl Essex.
After 1347 [his former wife] Margaret Basset Countess Essex and Hereford died.
Froissart. And on the third day they dislodged and went forward till they came to the full of flint and great stones, called the water of Tyne. And on this river standeth the town and castle of Carlisle, [Note. Carlisle is on the River Eden rather than the River Tyne] the which sometime was king Arthur's, and held his court there oftentimes. Also on that river is assised the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne [Map], in the which town was ready the marshal of England with a great company of men of arms, to keep the country against the Scots: and at Carlisle [Map] was the lord Hereford and the lord Mowbray, who were governours there, to defend the Scots the passage; for the Scots could not enter into England, but they must pass this said river in one place or other. The Englishmen could hear no tidings of the Scots till they were come to the entry of the said country. The Scots were passed this river so privily, that they of Carlisle [Map] nor yet of Newcastle [Map] knew nothing thereof, for between the said towns it was twenty-four English mile. [Note. Geographical error. Fifty miles]
William Wrottesley and Joan Bassett were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Saye
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Lusignan Count Eu
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Eu
GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber
Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Braose
Great x 3 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor de Braose
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
Father: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandMother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford
John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John "Lackland" of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" Angoulême VI Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay
GrandFather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Mother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal
Great x 3 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Castile