Bohun family
The Bohun family played an important part in English history during the late Middle Ages.
Humphrey with the Beard (died c. 1113) who founded the English family, held the manor of Bohun (or Bohon) in Normandy – on the Cotentin Peninsula between Coutances and the estuary of the Vire.[1] This is still reflected in place names such as Saint-André-de-Bohon and Saint-Georges-de-Bohon.
- Eleanor de Bohun (c.1366–1399); elder sister and co-heiress of Mary de Bohun.
- Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176–1220); a Norman-English nobleman.
- Henry de Bohun (d. 1314); English knight killed by Robert I of Scotland at Bannockburn.
- Humphrey de Bohun (disambiguation), multiple people with the name.
- Mary de Bohun (c. 1368–1394); the first wife of King Henry IV of England and mother of King Henry V.
- William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (ca. 1312 – 1360); English nobleman and military commander who won the Battle of Crécy for England.
- Gilbert de Bohun (c. 1303 – 1381); heir to the titles of Lord High Constable of England, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, Earl of Northampton, four castles, and over one-hundred lordship manors; had issue Joan de Bohun.
- Joan de Bohun (c.1332 – 1414); heiress to her father's (cousin's) titles, married Walter Weaver in 1362; had male issue.
- John Bohun, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds, 1453–1469
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Davis, Henry (1911). "Bohun". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137.
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