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William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun 1312 – 1360 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1312

Birth Location: Of, Northamptonshire, , England

Death Date: 16-Sep-1360

Death Location: Walden Abbey, Essex, , England

Father: Humphrey Bohun

Mother: Elizabeth Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Badlesmere

Children(s): Humphrey Bohun, Elizabeth Bohun

The story of William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun began in 1312 in Of, Northamptonshire, , England. William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun married Elizabeth Badlesmere, and had children including Humphrey De Bohun, Elizabeth de Bohun. William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun passed away in 1360 in Walden Abbey, Essex, , England.

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Biography

  • The story of William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun began in 1312 in Of, Northamptonshire, , England.
  • William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun married Elizabeth Badlesmere, and had children including Humphrey De Bohun, Elizabeth de Bohun.
  • William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun passed away in 1360 in Walden Abbey, Essex, , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Humphrey Bohun
1276 – 1321
Birth Location: Pleshy Castle, Essex, , England
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Elizabeth Plantagenet
1282 – 1316
Birth Location: Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Badlesmere
1313 – 1356
Birth Location: Of Castle, Kent, , England
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Children(s)

Humphrey Bohun
1342 – 1372
Birth Location: Hereford, Herefordshire, , England
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Elizabeth Bohun
1350 – 1385
Birth Location: , Derbyshire, , England
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William Bohun's Ancestors

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William Bohun
1312 – 1360
Birth Place: Of, Northamptonshire, , England
Parents
Humphrey VIII de Bohun
1276 – 1321
Pleshy Castle, Essex, , England
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1282 – 1316
Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales, England
Grandparents
Humphrey (VII de) Bohun
1249 – 1298
Hereford, Essex, , England
Maud (De) Fiennes
1252 – 1298
Wendover, Buckinghamshire, , England
Edward (I the Longshanks, King of England) Plantagenet
1239 – 1307
Westminster, London, , England
Margerite (Le Hardi De) France
1254 – 1317
, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Bohun
1220 – 1265
Eleanor Braose
1230 – 1251
Henry Plantagenet
1207 – 1272
Eleanor Berenger
1217 – 1307
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Bohun
1208 – 1275
Maude d'Eu
1195 – 1241
John Plantagenet
1167 – 1216
Isabella Taillefer
1188 – 1246
Raymond Berenger
1198 – 1245
Beatrice Savoy
1198 – 1266

William Bohun's Descendants

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William ((Earl of Northampton) de) Bohun (1312 – 16-Sep-1360) m. Elizabeth Badlesmere (1313 – 08-Jun-1356)
  1. 1. Humphrey (De) Bohun (25 Mar 1342 – 16 Jan 1372) m. Joan FitzAlan (1340 – 7 Apr 1419)
    1. 1. Eleanor (De) Bohun (1366 – 3 Oct 1399) m. Thomas (of Woodstock) Plantagenet (7 Jan 1354 – 9 Sep 1397)
      1. 1. Humphrey Plantagenet (Apr 1382 – 2 Sep 1399)
      2. 2. Anne Plantagenet (30 Apr 1383 – 16 Oct 1438) m. William Bourchier (1386 – 28 May 1420)
        1. 1. Henry Bourchier (1404 – 4 Apr 1483)
        2. 2. John (De) Bourchier (1410 – )
        3. 3. William Bourchier (1412 – 9 Dec 1471) m. Thomasine Hankeford (23 Feb 1423 – 3 Jul 1453) m. Catherine AFFETON
        4. 4. Thomas (Cardinal) Bourchier (1413 – 30 Mar 1480)
        5. 5. John Bourchier (1415 – 16 May 1474) m. Margery Berners (1418 – 18 Dec 1475)
        6. 6. Eleanor Bourchier (1417 – Nov 1474)
      3. 3. Joan Plantagenet (1384 – 16 Aug 1400)
      4. 4. Isabel Plantagenet (12 Mar 1385 – Apr 1402)
      5. 5. Philippa Plantagenet (3 Oct 1389 – 3 Oct 1389)
    2. 2. Mary (De) Bohun (1368 – 4 Jun 1394) m. Henry (IV (King of England)) Plantagenet (3 Apr 1366 – 20 Mar 1413)
      1. 1. Henry (V (King of England)) Plantagenet (16 Sep 1387 – 31 Aug 1422) m. Catherine (of) Valois (27 Oct 1401 – 3 Jan 1437)
        1. 1. Henry (VI (King of England)) Plantagenet (6 Dec 1421 – 21 May 1471)
  2. 2. Elizabeth (de) Bohun (1350 – 03-Apr-1385) m. Richard ((11th Earl of Arundel and 9th Earl of Surrey)) FitzAlan (1346 – 21-Sep-1397)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Fitzalan) Goushill (1366 – 8 Jul 1425) m. Thomas Mowbray (22 Mar 1366 – 22 September 1399) m. Robert Goushill
      1. 1. Margaret Mowbray (1390 – 8 Jul 1425) m. Robert ((Sir)) Howard (1384 – 1 Apr 1437)
        1. 1. Katherine Howard (1414 – 29 Jun 1478) m. Edward ((Sir)) Neville (1417 – 18 Oct 1476)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Goushill (1396 – 1491) m. Robert Wingfield (1403 – 1454)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Wingfield (1434 – 28 Apr 1497) m. William Brandon (1433 – 28 Apr 1491)
      3. 3. Joan (de) Goushill (1404 – 1460) m. Thomas Stanley (1406 – 1458)
        1. 1. Katherine Stanley (1430 – 1498) m. John Savage (1422 – 22 Nov 1495)
        2. 2. Margaret Stanley (1433 – 1481) m. John Boteler (24 Aug 1429 – 26 Feb 1461) m. William Troutbeck (1432 – 23 Dec 1459)
        3. 3. William Stanley (1436 – 16 Feb 1492) m. Joyce Charlton (1445 – )
        4. 4. John Stanley (1441 – 1485) m. Elizabeth Weaver (1439 – )
    2. 2. Joan FitzAlan (1375 – 14-Nov-1435) m. William ((12th Earl of Warwick)) Beauchamp (1343 – 08-May-1411)
      1. 1. Joan Beauchamp (1401 – 3 Aug 1430) m. James ((4th Earl of Ormond)) Butler (1392 – 22-Aug-1452) m. James (IV) Boteler (1390 – 23 AUG 1452)
        1. 1. Thomas Butler (1426 – 3 Aug 1515) m. Anne Hankeford (1431 – 13 Nov 1485)
    3. 3. Alice FitzAlan (1378 – Mar 1415) m. Henry (de) Beaufort (1375 – 11 Apr 1447)
      1. 1. Jane (de) Beaufort (1392 – 1423) m. Edward Stradling (1389 – 1451)
        1. 1. Henry Stradling (1423 – 1476) m. Elizabeth Herbert (1425 – 1454)

William Bohun's Timeline

2 Records

1312
1312
Birth of William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun in Of, Northamptonshire, , England
Of, Northamptonshire, , England
1360
16-Sep-1360
Age 48
Death of William (Earl of Northampton) de Bohun in Walden Abbey, Essex, , England
Walden Abbey, Essex, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1312
    Event Place: Of, Northamptonshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16-Sep-1360
    Event Place: Walden Abbey, Essex, , England
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