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2 unusual facts about Bohun


George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington

In 1702, he married Mary, daughter of Sir John Oldbury, a merchant, of St Dunstan's in the East, by his wife, Mary Bohun.

Ivan Bohun

Ivan Bohun is also well described in Bohun, a modern, historical novel about Polish-Cossack wars, written by Jacek Komuda.


Easebourne Priory

It was founded before 1238 by the de Bohun family of St. Ann’s Hill in nearby Midhurst, probably John de Bohun who fought at Crecy.

Elizabeth Plantagenet

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of Edward I of England, wife of John I, Count of Holland and then of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford

Helena Kurcewiczówna

Bohun took the wounded girl to the ravine on the river Dniester in order to hid her.

History of Huntingdonshire

Kimbolton was fortified by Geoffrey de Mandeville and afterwards passed to the families of Bohun and Stafford.

Horpyna

She foretold that Bohun will marry Helena, become a hetman and be betrayed by one of his friends.

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford

When the battle was lost Bohun retreated with the Earl of Angus and several other barons, knights and men to Bothwell Castle, seeking a safe haven.

Humphrey I de Bohun

Humphrey I de Bohun (died c.1123) was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat, the youngest son of Humphrey with the Beard, who had taken part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Humphrey with the Beard

At the time of the Conquest Humphrey possessed the honour of Bohun (today comprising two communes, Saint-André-de-Bohon and Saint-Georges-de-Bohon) in western Normandy.

Manningford

The western third of the Parish, held by Amelric de Drewes 1086, name from 12th century Humphrey de Bohun (related to Bohun Earls of Hereford).

Margaret of Huntingdon

Margaret of Huntingdon, Duchess of Brittany (1145–1201), daughter of Henry, Earl of Northumbria and Ada de Warenne; wife firstly of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and secondly of Humphrey de Bohun


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