HEREFORD, Margaret of
1122 - 1197 (75 years)
Set As Default Person 
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Name HEREFORD, Margaret of Birth 1122 Gender Female Royalty & Nobility Constable of England Death 6 Apr 1197 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I9289 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father DE GLOUCESTER, Lord High Constable of England Miles, b. 1100, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 
d. 24 Dec 1143, Gloucestershire, England (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother DE NEUFMARCHE, Lady of Brecknock Sibyl, b. 1100, Brecon Castle, Breconshire, Wales d. 24 Dec 1143, Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (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
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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".
