William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

William Bourchier (1386 – Troyes, 28 May 1420), founder of the fortunes of the Bourchier family, was 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy.

He was the son of Sir William Bourchier, a scion of the Barons Bourchier, and Alianore de Lovayne (27 March 1345-5 October 1397). He married Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince, Thomas of Woodstock and Eleanor de Bohun.

Children

Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404 – 4 April 1483)
Eleanor Bourchier, (ca. 1417 – November, 1474) she became Duchess of Norfolk, as wife to John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Sir William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin jure uxoris.
Thomas Bourchier, (ca. 1404 – 30 March 1486) later cardinal
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (1415 – 16 May 1474)

Ancestors of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

8. John Bourchier

18. Walter of Colchester

9. Helen Colchester

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2. Sir William Bourchier

10. Thomas Prayers

5. Margaret Prayers

22. Hugh of Essex

11. Margaret de Essex

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1. William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

12. Thomas de Louvaine

6. Sir John de Louvaine

13. Joan de Basing

3. Alianore de Lovayne

14. Sir Thomas Weston

7. Margaret Weston

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