Duke of Hereford
Duke of Hereford was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England . The title is derived from the English County of Hereford (Herefordshire) .
The title was created on September 29, 1397 for Henry Bolingbroke , a cousin of King Richard II , in recognition of his support against Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester . As the widower of the heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, Henry had owned his lands in Herefordshire and Northamptonshire since 1384. When Henry Bolingbroke himself usurped the English royal throne as Henry IV in 1399 , the title became extinct by merging with the crown and has not been granted again since then.
Further or subordinate titles of the 1st Duke were Duke of Lancaster (created 1399), Duke of Aquitaine (1399), Earl of Leicester (1265), Earl of Lancaster (1267), Earl of Derby (1337) and Earl of Northampton ( 1384).
Dukes of Hereford (1397)
- Henry Bolingbroke, 1st Duke of Hereford (1367-1413), title merged with the Crown in 1399