Individual Details

Elizabeth Plantagenet Countess of Hereford and Essex

(Aug 1282 - 5 May 1316)

Events

BirthAug 1282Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales
Marriage14 Nov 1302Humphrey VIII de Bohun 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex
Death5 May 1316
BurialWalden Priory in Essex, England,

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Marriage

Elizabeth Plantagenet was born in August of 1282 at Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales. Her father, King Edward I, was on a millitary campaign in Wales, and Queen Eleanor had accompanied him, as was her custom. Elizabeth Plantagenet was first married to John I, Count of Holland, in 1297. After his death, she married Humphrey de Bohun on Nov. 14th, 1302. Although never done in continental royalty, a few daughters of the English Plantagenet Kings did marry commoners, such as in the case of Elizabeth. This fact is what permits any of the commoners of today to have a royal line of descent. Elizabeth had 6 sons and 4 daughters with Humphrey de Bohun, which included the twins William and Edward. Close to the same age, Elizabeth had a strong sibling relationship with her brother Edward, later to be the ill-fated King Edward II. Elizabeth Plantagenet died c. May 5, 1316, and was buried at Walden Priory in Essex.