Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford 1176-1220

Paternal Family Tree: Bohun

Maternal Family Tree: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Between February 1171 and April 1175 [his father] Humphrey Bohun [aged 27] and [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and [his grandmother] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria [aged 51].

In 1176 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford was born to Humphrey Bohun [aged 32] and Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 31].

In July 1181 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Plantagenet 2nd Duke Brittany [aged 22] and [his half-sister] Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. He by marriage Duke Brittany. She the daughter of Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany and [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 36]. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 48] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 59]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In December 1181 [his father] Humphrey Bohun [aged 37] died.

In 1188 [his brother-in-law] Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 18] and [his half-sister] Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Chester. She the daughter of Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany and [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 43]. He the son of Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester and Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1199 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Hereford.

In 1199 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 23] was appointed Constable of England.

Before 1200 [his brother-in-law] Guy Thouars [aged 59] and [his half-sister] Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany [aged 38] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany and [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 54]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1201 [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany [aged 56] died.

On 5th September 1201 [his half-sister] Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany [aged 40] died. Her son [his nephew] Prince [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Duke Brittany, 4th Earl Richmond.

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Before 1204 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 27] and Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Hereford. She the daughter of Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex [aged 41] and Beatrice Saye. He the son of Humphrey Bohun and Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany.

In 1204 [his son] Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex was born to Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 28] and [his wife] Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford [aged 27]. He married 1. 1236 Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex and had issue 2. after 14th April 1241 Maud Avenbury Countess Essex and Hereford and had issue.

In 1213 [his father-in-law] Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex [aged 51] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Earl Essex. Matilda Clare Countess Essex by marriage Countess Essex.

Before 1214 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [aged 22] and Matilda Clare Countess Essex were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex and Beatrice Saye.

On 20th January 1214 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [aged 23] and Isabella Fitzrobert 3rd Countess Gloucester and Essex [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Gloucester. She the daughter of William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester and Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester. He the son of [his father-in-law] Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex and Beatrice Saye.

On 15th June 1215 King John of England [aged 48] met with his Baron's at Runnymede [Map] where he agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta which attempted to reduce the King's authority through political reform. Those who signed as surety included:

Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 71]

his son Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk [aged 33]

Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 39]

Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [aged 62]

his son Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 35]

William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 25]

William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk [aged 42]

Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 45]

Robert Ros [aged 43], Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe [aged 45]

Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford [aged 50]

Eustace Vesci [aged 46]

John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth [aged 25]

John Lacy Earl Lincoln [aged 23].

William de Albini [aged 64], [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [aged 24]

Robert Clare Fitzwalter

William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle

William Hardell

William Huntingfield

William Llanvallei

William Malet 1st Baron Curry Mallet

Roger Montbegon, Richard Montfichet

Geoffrey Saye [aged 60] signed as surety the Magna Carta.

Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 45] witnessed.

On 23rd February 1216 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [aged 25] was killed in a tournament. His brother William succeeded 3rd Earl Essex.

In 1220 [his son] Ralph Bohun was born to Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 44] and [his wife] Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford [aged 43]. Date asjusted from 1227 to be consistent with his father's death. He married his third cousin once removed Sibyl Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and Sibyl Marshal, and had issue.

On 1st June 1220 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 44] died in the Middle East. His son Humphrey [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford.

On 27th August 1236 [his former wife] Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford [aged 59] died in Quendon, Essex.

William de Hertburn Fitzpatrick and [his mother] Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and [his grandmother] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria.

Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford 1176-1220 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford 1176-1220

Kings Wessex: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 6 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 8 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 6 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Scotland: Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 9 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford 1176-1220
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

King Henry V of England [1]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [3]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [4]

Queen Jane Seymour [2]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [4]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [3]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [5]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [1]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [1]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [2]

George Wharton [22]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [2]

Louis XIII King France [1]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [1]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [1]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [1]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [1]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [2]

Frederick I King Sweden [3]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [2]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [2]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [1]

President George Washington [2]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [2]

William Elector of Hesse [3]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [2]

Frederick William III King Prussia [1]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [2]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [2]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [3]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [2]

William I King Prussia [2]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [5]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [6]

King Christian IX of Denmark [3]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [4]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [5]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [11]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [11]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [99]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [6]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [6]

Constantine I King Greece [3]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [8]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [14]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [17]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [13]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [20]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [422]

Carl XVI King Sweden [27]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [135]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1172]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [2]

Ancestors of Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford 1176-1220

father: Humphrey Bohun 5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gloucester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Gloucester

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Balun

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun

Great x 1 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin de Balun Lord Abergavenny Balun

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dru de Balun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emme or Bertha Balun

Grandmother: Margaret Gloucester 4 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Turquetil Neufmarché

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geofrey "The Incompetent" Neufmarché

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeline Neuf Marché

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bernard Neufmarché

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada II Heugleville

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford 3 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzscrope 1st Baron Burford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Osbern St John 2nd Baron Burford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes or Nest St John 2 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn King Wales Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Nest verch Gruffydd Cadelling Baroness Burford Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ealdgyth Mercia

Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Duncan I of Scotland -2 x Great Grandson of King Duncan I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England son of King Æthelred II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ealdgyth Unknown

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland Granddaughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agatha

Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ealdred Northumbria Earl Bernicia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Northumbria

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

mother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey

Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Pavia Countess Vermandois

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph IV Count of Valois

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois