Eleanor de Bohun
| Lady Eleanor de Bohun | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Essex Countess of Buckingham Duchess of Gloucester Duchess of Aumale |
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| Born | c. 1366 |
| Died | 3 October 1399 (aged c. 32–33) |
| Burial | Westminster Abbey, London |
| Spouse | |
| Issue |
Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham Anne of Gloucester Joan, Lady Talbot Isabel Philippa |
| Father | Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford |
| Mother | Joan Fitzalan |
Lady Eleanor de Bohun (c. 1366 – 3 October 1399) was the elder daughter and co-heiress with her sister, Mary de Bohun, of their father Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341–1373). Her mother was Lady Joan Fitzalan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster.
In 1376, she married . Thomas was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Following their marriage, the couple went to reside in Pleshey Castle, Essex. Eleanor and her husband had the tutelage of her younger sister, Mary, who was being instructed in religious doctrine. This was being done in the hope that she would enter a convent, thus leaving her share of the considerable Bohun inheritance to Eleanor and Thomas.
Together Eleanor and Thomas had five children:
Eleanor de Bohun was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter in 1384. She became a nun sometime after 1397 at Barking Abbey. She died on 3 October 1399 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Eleanor appears briefly in Anya Seton's historical romance Katherine, based upon the life of Eleanor's sister-in-law Katherine Swynford, the third wife of John of Gaunt. She also appears in Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Richard II, where she unsuccessfully urges John of Gaunt to avenge her murdered husband.
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