Count William D'EU

Male 984 - 1054  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Count William D'EU was born in 984; died on 2 Jan 1054.

    William married Leceline de HARCOURT. Leceline (daughter of Turchetil de HARCOURT and Adeline de MONTFORT) was born about 996; died in 1058. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret D'EU  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1032; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret D'EU Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1032; and died.

    Margaret married Henry de Bohun. Henry was born about 1030; and died. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Humphrey "with a Beard" de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1056; died about 1113.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Humphrey "with a Beard" de Bohun Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.William1) was born about 1056; died about 1113.

    Notes:

    Dominus Humfredus de Bohun, cum barba, qui prius venit cum Willielmo Conquestore in Angliam de Normannia, cognatus dicti Conquestoris... ("Lord Humphrey de Bohun, with the beard, who first came with William the Conqueror to England from Normandy, a relative of the said Conqueror"). – Humphrey being called "with a beard" was first recorded in a chronicle of Llanthony Prima, edited by William Dugdale in the Monasticono Anglicanum (VI. 134)

    Name:
    Also referred to as Humphrey "the Old".

    Humphrey married Billeheude de St. Sauveur. Billeheude (daughter of Neil II DE ST. SAUVEUR and Helen OF NORMANDY) was born about 1045; and died. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1113.
    2. 5. Richard de Meri sire de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1070; died in 1113.
    3. 6. Humphrey I 'the Great' de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1080; died about 1123.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Robert de Bohun Descendancy chart to this point (3.Humphrey3, 2.Margaret2, 1.William1) died before 1113.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Robert predeceased his father.


  2. 5.  Richard de Meri sire de Bohun Descendancy chart to this point (3.Humphrey3, 2.Margaret2, 1.William1) was born in 1070; died in 1113.

  3. 6.  Humphrey I 'the Great' de Bohun Descendancy chart to this point (3.Humphrey3, 2.Margaret2, 1.William1) was born about 1080; died about 1123.

    Notes:

    Humphrey de Bohun II., the Great succeeded his father as lord of Taterford. By order of King William Rufus he married Maud of Evereux, daughter of Edward de Evereux (de Saresbury), progenitor of the ancient Earls of Salisbury, through which marriage he acquired large estates in Wiltshire. He was Sheriff of Wiltshire and Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy. Humphrey and his wife had children.

    Name:
    By his lucrative marriage to Maud of Salisbury, he became regarded as "the founder of the fortunes of his family". This along with his later prominence in Hereford and Essex, resulted in him traditionally being called Humphrey I, even though his father, Humphrey, Lord of the Manor Bohun, preceded him.

    Humphrey married Mathilda de Evreux about 1119. Mathilda (daughter of Edward de Evreux of Salisbury, High Sheriff of Wiltshire and Maud OF SALISBURY) was born about 1093 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Margaret de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Humphrey II de Bohun  Descendancy chart to this point died before 29 Sep 1165.


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