Humphrey V. de Bohun

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Beeston Castle, where Humphrey V. de Bohun died in 1265

Sir Humphrey V. de Bohun († October 27, 1265 in Beeston Castle ) was an English nobleman and rebel.

Origin and marriage

Humphrey V. de Bohun came from the Anglo-Norman family Bohun . He was the eldest son of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and of Maud d'Eu, a daughter of Raoul de Lusignan, Count of Eu . After 1241 he married Eleanor de Braose, daughter of William de Braose, 7th Baron of Bramber and Eva Marshal. His wife became one of the heirs to the estates of her grandfather William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , after her mother's last brother had also died in 1246, and received from the inheritance the lordship of Brecknockshire in the Welsh Marches and Kington in Herefordshire . She died around 1251, and Humphrey took over the management of his legacy for his underage son. In his second marriage, Humphrey married Joan de Quincy, the eldest daughter of Robert de Quincy , Lord of Ware, a younger son of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester . The mother of his second wife was Helen , the eldest daughter of the Welsh prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth .

Life

From 1262 large parts of the rule Brecknockshire administered by him were conquered by the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd . Nevertheless, Humphrey V supported the Reform Party during the Second War of the Barons from 1263 under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , who was allied with the Welsh prince. In contrast, Humphrey's father, who had initially supported Montfort's reform party in 1258, was again a supporter of King Henry III from 1261 . Humphrey V was together with Henry de Montfort as a witness of the Reform Party in France, when in January 1264 King Louis IX. of France in the Mise of Amiens rejected the goals of the reform party. However, the arbitration decision of the French king did not bring an end to the conflict, but led to the outbreak of open war between the English king and the reform party. A royal force under the heir to the throne Edward raided Humphreys V's possessions in the Welsh Marches and captured Hay Castle . In May 1264, father and son de Bohun faced hostility at the Battle of Lewes . The battle ended in a clear Reform Party victory, and Humphrey's father was captured. Humphrey V. became one of the most important supporters of Montfort. However, this could not maintain his rule over England permanently. In August 1265, the supporters of the king and the supporters of Montfort led to the battle of Evesham , which became the decisive victory of the royal party. Humphrey V was captured and wounded in the battle. He was incarcerated in Beeston Castle near Chester , where he died of his injuries a few months later. He was buried at Combermere Abbey .

progeny

He had several children with his first wife, Eleanor, including:

His second marriage to Joan de Quincy was childless.

After his capture, the king entrusted Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, with the administration of Brecknockshire, which however was almost entirely in the hands of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The administration of his other estates was taken over by his son Humphrey VI until he came of age. his father.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990, ISBN 0-521-32317-7 , p. 55
personal data
SURNAME De Bohun, Humphrey V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Bohun, Humphrey sir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and rebel
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1265
Place of death Beeston Castle