Elizabeth (Plantagenet) de Bohun (abt. 1282 - 1316)

Born about 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Johan (Holland) van Holland en Zeeland — married 18 Jan 1297 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Wife of Humphrey (Bohun) de Bohun — married 14 Nov 1302 in Westminster, London, England

Descendants

Died 5 May 1316 at about age 33 in Quendon, Essex, England

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Biography

Elizabeth of England^[1][2]

Daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, Elizabeth was born 7 August 1282 at Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire.^[1]

On 18 January 1297 she married Jan I, Count of Holland and Zeeland, at Ipswich Priory Church, Suffolk. He was born before 12 Aug 1283 and died 10 November 1299.^[3] They had no children.

On 14 November 1302 she married Humphrey de Bohun, Knt., Earl of Hereford and Essex, at Westminster Abbey.^[1] They were the parents of:

• Margaret, died young (born about 1303,^[4] died 7 February 1305/6^[5])
• Humphrey, died young (born 10 September 1304,^[6] died 28 October 1304^[7])
• Eleanor de Bohun, married (1) James le Boteler, K.B., (2) Thomas de Dagworth, Knt.^[8]
• John de Bohun (born in St. Clements 23 November 1306), Earl of Hereford and Essex, married (1) Alice de Arundel, (2) Margaret Basset^[9]
• Humphrey de Bohun (born 6 December 1309), Earl of Hereford and Essex^[10]
• Margaret de Bohun, married Hugh de Courtney, Knt., Earl of Devon^[8]; 2nd Countess of Devon^[11]
• William de Bohun (twin, born c1312), K.G., Earl of Northampton, married Elizabeth de Badlesmere^[8]
• Edward de Bohun (twin, born c1312), married Margaret de Roos^[10]
• Eneas de Bohun (living in 1325-6)^[8]
• Isabel (died before 1319)^[8]

Elizabeth died from complications in her last child’s birth.^[11]

"The History of the foundation of Walden abbey records the birth apud Quenden of quædam filia to Humfridus de Bohun and his wife Elizabethæ…regis Angliæ Edwardi…filiæ during whose birth her mother died, and in a later passage her burial at Waldon [612]."^[3][12]

"Elizabeth died at Quendon, Essex 5 May 1316, and was buried at Walden Abbey, Essex."^[1] The Walden Abbey Cartulary, in Monasticon Anglicanum confirms that Elizabeth died on 5 May 1316 ("tertio nonas Mai").^[13]

Research Notes

Names: "Elizabeth of England" in Richardson's works and Cawley's database, which both have her born at Rhuddlan, but do not call her "Elizabeth of Rhuddlan", as her Wikipedia article does.^{[1][2][11][14]} "Countess of Hereford" is attributable to Verity, but neither Richardson nor Cawley use that title.^[15]

Earl of Hereford; Earl of Essex:

Richardson has her husband as "Humphrey de Bohun, Knt., 8th Earl of Hereford, 9th Earl of Essex", and her sons John and Edward as simply "Earl of Essex and Hereford".^[1]

Wikipedia's article on Elizabeth has "Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, 3rd of Essex," but follows that information with a citation needed annotation. The Wikipedia article also lists her sons John and Humphrey as the 5th and 6th Earls of Hereford (respectively), son William as 1st Earl of Northampton, and daughter Margaret as 2nd Countess of Devon.^[11]

Cawley says that Humphrey "succeeded his father in 1298 as Earl of Hereford and Essex, hereditary Constable of England", and calls sons John and Humphrey the same, saying John "succeeded his father as Earl of Hereford and Essex, hereditary Constable of England but this office was removed from him 26 Oct 1330 in favour of his brother 'on account of his infirmity'".^[2]

First two children: Richardson has different dates for Elizabeth's first two children, who died young: Margaret (born 1302; died 7 February 1304) and Humphrey (born 1303; died 15 July 1304).^[9] For a full discussion, justifying the dates given above, see the Research Notes section on their profiles (Bohun-197 and Bohun-38, respectively).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume I, pages 420-424, BOHUN 9.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Charles Cawley. Elizabeth of England, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 2 April 2019).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cawley. Entry for Jan I, Count of Holland and Zeeland (accessed 2 April 2019).
4. ↑ Walden Cartulary, quoted in The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Brad Verity, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, p.4
5. ↑ Verity, Brad. The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, p.4, citing:
   • Luard, Henry Richards. Flores Historiarum, Vol. 3, 1266-1326, 1890, p.129 (erroneously gives her first name as Maria), Internet Archive
   • Marshall, Alison. The Childhood and Household of Edward II's Half-brothers, Thomas of Brotherton and Edmund of Woodstock in The Reign of Edward II: New Perspectives, 2002
6. ↑ Walden and Llanthony Abbey Cartularies, quoted in The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Brad Verity, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, pp.4-5. Note that the Walden Abbey Cartulary confuses his birth date with his death date.
7. ↑ Verity, Brad. The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, pp.4-5
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:424 BOHUN 9.vi-x., 10.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:422 BOHUN 9.i.-iii.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:423 BOHUN 9.iv.-v.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Wikipedia: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (accessed 2 April 2019)
12. ↑ Citation for quote: [612] Dugdale Monasticon IV, Walden Abbey, Essex, I, Fundationis Historia, pp. 139 and 140. (from her first husband's entry in Cawley's database).
13. ↑ Monasticon Anglicanum. By Sir William Dugdale, Knight. Vol. 4. London. New Edition 1846, p141. [1]
14. ↑ Her entry in Cawley's database names her simply "Elizabeth"; the link to her from Humphrey de Bohun's entry names her "Elizabeth of England".
15. ↑ Brad Verity. The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, pp.3-10

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
• Cokayne, G E. Complete Peerage, revised and enlarged, Vol. VI, St Catherine Press 1926, pp. 467-70: HEREFORD VIII. See also WikiTree's source page for Complete Peerage.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 2011, volume I, pages 239-243 BOHUN 5 (Google Books); see also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Mary Anne Everett Green (1857) Lives of the Princesses of England from the Norman Conquest, Vol 3. [2]

See also:

• Category: Who Do You Think You Are (US) - "Valerie Bertinelli," on Who Do You Think You Are (S5 E4). TLC. 13 Aug 2014. (Valerie is viewing a book Arundel 1 (p159) in the archives of the College and consulting with Peter O'Donoghue, the Herald of Arms at the College of Arms, London.)
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