de Bohun family

E383633

Anglo-Norman dynasty noble family

The de Bohun family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble house prominent in medieval England, noted especially for its earls of Hereford and Essex and its close ties to the English royal family.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
de Bohun family canonical	12
de Bohun family of Hereford and Essex	1
the Bohun family	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Norman dynasty ⓘ noble family ⓘ
allegiance	House of Plantagenet ⓘ
coatOfArms	Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant or ⓘ
connectedTo	Edward I of England ⓘ Edward II of England ⓘ Edward III of England ⓘ King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Norman ⓘ
extinctionOfMainLine	14th century ⓘ
feudalRole	marcher lords ⓘ
heldOffice	Lord High Constable of England ⓘ
historicalReputation	powerful marcher lords on the Welsh border ⓘ
language	Anglo-Norman ⓘ Middle English ⓘ
legacy	estates and claims passed to the House of Lancaster through Mary de Bohun ⓘ
maritalAlliance	English royal family ⓘ House of Gloucester ⓘ House of Lancaster ⓘ
militaryRole	feudal magnates providing knights and troops to the crown ⓘ
nobleRank	earl ⓘ
notableEvent	opposition to Edward II ⓘ participation in the Barons' Wars against Henry III ⓘ participation in the wars of Edward I in Wales and Scotland ⓘ
notableMember	Eleanor de Bohun ⓘ surface form: Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford ⓘ Mary de Bohun ⓘ William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton ⓘ
notableTitleHeld	Earl of Essex ⓘ Earl of Hereford ⓘ
originatesFrom	Bohun (Normandy) ⓘ
politicalAlignment	English royalist nobility ⓘ
region	Essex ⓘ Gloucestershire ⓘ Herefordshire ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	Caldecote ⓘ Pleshey Castle ⓘ Trowbridge Castle ⓘ
socialStatus	high nobility ⓘ
timePeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester → spouseFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Buckinghamshire County Flag → associatedWith → de Bohun family ⓘ

Norman Marcher lords → hasNotableMember → de Bohun family ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Bohun family

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Edward de Bohun → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Edward de Bohun → paternalLineage → de Bohun family ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Bohun family of Hereford and Essex

Eleanor de Bohun → memberOfNobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Mary de Bohun → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Earl of Hereford → associatedWithFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Blanche of England → motherNobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ

Eleanor de Bohun → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ