Eleanor de Bohun

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Lady Eleanor de Bohun , Duchess of Gloucester LG (* around 1366 - † October 3, 1399 in London ) was an English noblewoman.

Eleanor de Bohun came from the originally Anglo-Norman family Bohun . She was the elder of the two daughters of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan FitzAlan . Her father died in 1373, making Eleanor and her younger sister Mary the heiresses of the extensive estates of the Bohun family. Eleanor was married to Thomas of Woodstock , the youngest son of King Edward III , between 1374 and 1376 . married. In 1380 her husband also became the guardian of her younger sister, whom he wanted to deport to a monastery in order to become the sole heir of the Bohun family. However, while Thomas of Woodstock was on a campaign in France, his brother John of Gaunt married Mary to his son Henry , forcing the inheritance to be divided.

Eleanor was inducted into the Order of the Garter in 1384 . Her husband was made Duke of Gloucester in 1385, but he was one of the Lords Appellant to the opponent of King Richard II. In 1397 he was indicted, expropriated and murdered in September. Eleanor then entered the Benedictine monastery of Barking Abbey as a nun . She died in Aldgate Minorite Convent in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey .

Descendants and inheritance

She had five children from their marriage:

  1. ⚭ Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford
  2. ⚭ Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford
  3. ⚭ William Bourchier , Count of Eu
  • Joan of Woodstock (1384–1400) ⚭ Gilbert Talbot, 5th Baron Talbot
  • Isabella of Woodstock (around 1385–1402)
  • Philippa Plantagenet (around 1389 - before October 1399)

After her husband's expropriation, her son Humphrey was allowed to use the title of Earl of Buckingham, but he died in 1399. Eleanor's share of the Bohun inheritance eventually fell to her daughter Anne, through whom it fell to the Stafford family. Eleanor's grandson, Humphrey Stafford , was promoted to Duke of Buckingham in 1444.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westminster Abbey: Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester. Retrieved August 26, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Bohun, Eleanor de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gloucester, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH around 1366
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1399
Place of death London