Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon^{[1, 2]}

1311 - 1391  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret de Bohun
  		Arms of de Bohun
  Suffix	Countess of Devon
  Born	3 Apr 1311	Caldecote, Northamptonshire   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Dec 1391  [3]
  Buried	Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devonshire, England
  		Courtenay Effigies Exeter Cathedral
  		Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Exeter
  Person ID	I11041	Dickinson
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Humphrey VIII de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and 3rd Essex,   b. 1276,   d. 16 Mar 1322, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire  (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales ,   d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England  (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	14 Nov 1302	Westminster Palace, Westminster, London   [3]
  Family ID	F3068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl Devon, 2nd Baron Courtenay,   b. 12 Jul 1303,   d. 2 May 1377  (Age 73 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1325  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Hugh de Courtenay, KG,   b. 22 Mar 1327,   d. 2 Sep 1349  (Age 22 years)  [Birth]   2. Margaret Courtenay,   d. After 28 Jan 1391  [Birth]   3. Elizabeth Courtenay,   d. 7 Aug 1395  [Birth]   4. Thomas Courtenay, Canon of Crediton and Exeter  [Birth] + 5. Edward de Courtenay of Goodrington,   d. ca. 1370  [Birth]   6. Katherine Courtenay,   d. 31 Dec 1399  [Birth]   7. William de Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury,   b. ca. 1342, St. Martin's Parish, Exeter, Devon ,   d. 31 Jul 1396, Maidstone, Kent  (Age ~ 54 years)  [Birth]   8. Humphrey Courtenay  [Birth] + 9. Philip I de Courtenay of Powderham, KG,   b. ca. 1355,   d. 29 Jul 1406  (Age ~ 51 years)  [Birth]   10. Anne Courtenay  [Birth]   11. Peter de Courtenay, KG,   d. 2 Feb 1405  [Birth]   12. Joan Courtenay  [Birth]
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F3094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Apr 1311 - Caldecote, Northamptonshire Buried - - Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#MargaretBohundied1391. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Bohun,_Countess_of_Devon. "Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 - 16 December 1391), was the granddaughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, and the wife of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1303-1377). Her thirteen children included an Archbishop of Canterbury and six knights, of whom two were founder knights of the Order of the Garter. Unlike most women of her day, she received a classical education and was a lifelong scholar and collector of books." [S162] Foundations Journal, (Vowchurch, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), Brad Verity, "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England," 6: 3-10. [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 104.