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First Earl of Hereford Sir Henry De Bohun, First Earl Of Hereford[1, 2, 3]
1175 - 1220 (45 years)
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Name Henry De Bohun Title First Earl of Hereford Prefix Sir Suffix First Earl Of Hereford Birth 1175 Oaksey Manor, Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England 
Gender Male Birth 1176 Death 1 Jun 1220 - Jerusalem
Reference Number - 11158
Occupation Constable of England, Sheriff of Kent _AMTID 192683649534:1030:204653251 _COLOR 25 _FSFTID L2VZ-XXJ _UID 5681DE64D020B346FFFFFE850F2C8230702D Death 1 Jun 1220 Holy Land, Palestine Burial Hempsted, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Person ID I220 World of Hyde Last Modified 16 Aug 2023
Father Humphrey De Bohun, III, b. 1143, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. Dec 1181, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 38 years) Mother Margaret Eanric, Of Huntingdon Princess Of Scotland Dutchess Of Brittany, b. 1145, Angus, Scotland d. 1201, Richmond, Yorkshire, England (Age 56 years) Marriage Apr 1175 Hereford, Herefordshire, England Married - ~
Family ID F67184 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maud Fitzpiers de Mandeville, b. 1178, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 27 Aug 1236, Gloucestershire, England (Age 58 years) Marriage Abt 1198 England - ~
Children 1. Henry De Bohun, b. 1200, Warwickshire, England d. England, Unitd Kingdom 2. Ralph De Bohun, b. 1202, Warwickshire, England d. Yes, date unknown3. Humphrey V. Bohun, 2nd Earl Of Hereford And Essex, b. 1 Nov 1208, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Essexshire, England d. 24 Sep 1275, Warwickshire, England (Age 66 years)Family ID F56 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Sep 2025
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Notes - Henry De Bohun was in reality the first Earl of Hereford of this familyffice of Lord High Constable of England he inherited as he took prominent part with the barons against King John. His lands were seqyestered but he received them again at the granting of the Magna Charta. He was elected one of the 25 Sureties. Having been ex-communicated by the Pope with other barons, he did not return to his allegiance on the decrease of King Johnbut was one of the commandersin the army of Louis, the Dauphin at the Bale of Lincoln and was taken prisoner by William Marshall. After the defeat, he joined Saher de Quincy and other Magna Charta barons on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1220 and died on the passage, 1 June 1220. His body was returned home and buried in the Chapter House at Lanthony Abbey in Cloucestershire, England.
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- Henry De Bohun was in reality the first Earl of Hereford of this familyffice of Lord High Constable of England he inherited as he took prominent part with the barons against King John. His lands were seqyestered but he received them again at the granting of the Magna Charta. He was elected one of the 25 Sureties. Having been ex-communicated by the Pope with other barons, he did not return to his allegiance on the decrease of King Johnbut was one of the commandersin the army of Louis, the Dauphin at the Bale of Lincoln and was taken prisoner by William Marshall. After the defeat, he joined Saher de Quincy and other Magna Charta barons on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1220 and died on the passage, 1 June 1220. His body was returned home and buried in the Chapter House at Lanthony Abbey in Cloucestershire, England.
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Sources - [S47] BOYD Web Site, Henry De Bohun (Reliability: 3).
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- [S47] BOYD Web Site, Henry De Bohun (Reliability: 3).