Mary de Bohun

Abt 1369 - 1394  (25 years)

• Name	Mary de Bohun  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1369	Hereford, Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Jul 1394	Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  	She died giving birth to her last child, a daughter, Philippa of England at Peterborough Castle
  Burial	Leicestershire, England   [2]
  	Church of St Mary de Castro
  Person ID	I7989	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Henry Plantagenet, IV,   b. 30 May 1366, Lincolnshire, England d. 20 Mar 1413, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1380	Arundel, Sussex, England   [1]
  	At the time of her marriage at Arundel Castle, Mary was perhaps little more than twelve years old
  Marriage End	1394
  	Death of Mary
  Children	1. John Lancaster,   b. 20 Jun 1389, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England d. 15 Sep 1435, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. King of England, Prince Regent France, Lord of Ireland Plantagenet Henry Plantagenet, V,   b. 16 Sep 1387, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 31 Aug 1422, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1369 - Hereford, Herefordshire, England Marriage - 27 Jul 1380 - Arundel, Sussex, England Death - 4 Jul 1394 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Burial - - Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Mary de Bohun Mary de Bohun (c. 1369/70[1] – 4 Jun 1394) was the first wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Northampton and Hereford and the mother of King Henry V. Mary was never queen, as she died before her husband came to the throne as Henry IV.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Henry Plantagenet http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-1565558120&indiv=try [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Mary de Bohun Plantagenet 1370-1394 - Quenn of England. English nobility. A wealthy heiress and daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Joan FitzAlan. She married Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, at Arundel Castle. She was 12, Henry was 14. The marriage brought to Henry great estates and the title Duke of Hereford. Henry's uncle, Thomas Woodstock, tried to prevent the marriage, hoping to put Mary in a convent in an effort to gain control of her vast wealth and Welsh estates. It is said the couple shared a love of music and playing chess. Mary had seven children, including the future Henry V. She died at Peterborough Castle while giving birth to her daughter Philippa. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8081106/mary-plantagenet