Sir Humphrey de BOHUN Earl [15793]

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Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG was an important medieval English noble during the reign of King Edward III of England.
He was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth de Badlesmere and thus grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan , daughter of King Edward I . He became heir to his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford .
On his death, because he had no son, the estates of the Earls of Hereford should have passed to his cousin Gilbert de Bohun. Due to the power of the crown, his great estates were divided between his two surviving daughters: Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV ), and Eleanor de Bohun , who married Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester. Humphrey's third daughter, Elizabeth, had died young.
His wife (and the mother of his daughters) was Joan Fitzalan , daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster , who were married after 9 September 1359.

Humphrey married Lady Joan FITZALAN [15794] [MRIN: 5637], daughter of Sir Richard FITZ-ALAN 10th Or 3Rd Earl of Arundel [6737] and Princess Eleanor PLANTAGENET [6738].