HEREFORD, Margaret of

HEREFORD, Margaret of

Female 1122 - 1197  (75 years)

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  • Name HEREFORD, Margaret of 
    Birth 1122 
    Gender Female 
    Royalty & Nobility Constable of England 
    Death 6 Apr 1197 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    OF MERCIA, Ealdgyth,   b. 1034, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1080  (Age 46 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I9289  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Father DE GLOUCESTER, Lord High Constable of England Miles,   b. 1100, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1143, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother DE NEUFMARCHE, Lady of Brecknock Sibyl,   b. 1100, Brecon Castle, Breconshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1143, Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 29 May 1121 
    Family ID F7032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DE BOHUN, Humphrey II   d. 1164 
    Children 
     1. DE BOHUN, Humphrey III,   b. 1144   d. Dec 1181 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F7031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Following the death of her father in a hunting accident in 1143, and sometime before Margaret's husband died in about 1165, all five of her brothers died without legitimate offspring. After her eldest brother Roger's death, the earldom of Hereford fell into abeyance. As a consequence of these events, Miles' lands and properties were divided between Margaret and her two sisters. Being the eldest daughter, she received the lordship of Herefordshire and the office of Constable of England. This office was later passed to her eldest son Humphrey, grandson Henry, and would continue to be held by her direct descendants. As a widow she exercised lordship until her own death, over thirty years later.[6] In her book Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500, Jennifer C. Ward described Margaret as having exemplified "the roles which a woman could play in her estates".


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