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Birth:          ABT 1204 of Hungerford, Essex, England
Death:          24 Sep 1275 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_de_Bohun,_2nd_Earl_of_Hereford
Humphrey (IV) de Bohun (1204 – 24 September 1275) was 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st 
Earl of Essex, as well as Constable of England. He was the son of Henry de Bohun, 
1st Earl of Hereford, and Maud FitzGeoffrey.
Career[edit]

He was one of the nine godfathers of Prince Edward, later to be Edward I of England. 
He served as High Sheriff of Kent for 1239–1240.

In 1258, after returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Humphrey fell away, like 
his father, from the royal to the baronial cause. He served as a nominee of the 
opposition on the committee of twenty-four which was appointed, in the Oxford 
parliament of that year, to create the Provisions of Oxford to reform the administration. 
It was only the alliance of Montfort with Llewelyn of North Wales that brought the earl 
of Hereford back to his allegiance. Humphrey V headed the first secession of the 
Welsh Marchers from the party of the opposition (1263), and was amongst the 
captives whom the Montfortians took at the Battle of Lewes.[1]

The earl's son and namesake was on the victorious side, and shared in the defeat of 
Evesham, which he did not long survive. Humphrey V was, therefore, naturally 
selected as one of the twelve arbitrators to draw up the Dictum of Kenilworth (1266), 
by which the disinherited rebels were allowed to make their peace. Dying in 1275, he 
was succeeded by his grandson Humphrey VII.[1]

Marriage and children[edit]

He married c. 1236 Maud de Lusignan (c. 1210 – 14 August 1241, buried at Llanthony, 
Gloucester), daughter of Raoul I of Lusignan, Comte d'Eu by marriage, and second 
wife Alix d'Eu, 8th Comtesse d'Eu and 4th Lady of Hastings, and had issue. Their 
children were:
1.Humphrey (V) de Bohun, who predeceased his father in 1265. The earldom therefore 
passed through him to his son Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford)
2.Henry de Bohun
3.Geoffrey de Bohun
4.Ralph de Bohun, Clerk
5.Maud de Bohun, married (1) Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke; (2) Roger de 
Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester
6.Alice de Bohun, married Roger V de Toeni
7.Eleanor de Bohun, married Sir John de Verdun, Baron of Westmeath

He married secondly, Maud de Avenbury (d. 8 October 1273), with whom he had two 
sons:
1.John de Bohun
2.Sir Miles de Bohun

Death & burial[edit]

He died in Warwickshire and was buried at Llanthony Secunda, Gloucester.

Parents
DE BOHUN Henry (1176 - 1 Jun 1220)
FITZ GEOFFREY Maud (BEF 1177 - 27 Aug 1236)

Siblings
DE BOHUN Humphrey (IV) (ABT 1204 - 24 Sep 1275)

Marriage To DE LUSIGNAN Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1210 - 12 Aug 1241)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Raoul (ABT 1190 - 1 May 1219)
D'EU Alice (ABT 1182 - May 1246)

Children by DE LUSIGNAN Maud (Matilda) ABT 1210 - 12 Aug 1241
DE BOHUN Alicia (Cecilia) (ABT 1225 - ABT 1255)
DE BOHUN Humphrey (ABT 1227 - 27 Oct 1265)
DE BOHUN Eleanor (ABT 1228 - AFT 10 Jun 1278)

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