de Bohun family

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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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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 ⓘ
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, Duchess of Gloucester ⓘ
linked to: Eleanor de Bohun

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 ⓘ

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

Norman Marcher lords → hasNotableMember → the Bohun family ⓘ
linked to: de Bohun family
Edward de Bohun → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ
Edward de Bohun → paternalLineage → de Bohun family of Hereford and Essex ⓘ
linked to: de Bohun family
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 ⓘ
Earl of Salisbury → heldByFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ
Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford → memberOf → de Bohun family ⓘ
subject linked to: 6th Earl of Hereford
Lady of Okehampton → historicallyHeldBy → de Bohun family ⓘ
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Earl of Northampton
5th Earl of Hereford → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ
Humphrey de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford → nobleFamily → de Bohun family ⓘ
subject linked to: 5th Earl of Hereford
Maud de Fiennes → notableFamilyConnection → de Bohun family ⓘ