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 1304 - 1363 (58 years)
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Eleanor de Bohun |
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Lady |
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Countess of Ormonde |
| Birth |
17 Oct 1304 |
Knaresborough Castle, North Yorkshire, England  [1] |
- The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c.1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out at the castle by Henry I.[1] In the 1170s Hugh de Moreville and his followers took refuge there after assassinating Thomas Becket.
In 1205 King John took control of Knareborough Castle.[2] He regarded Knaresborough as an important northern fortress and spent ¹1,290 on improvements to the castle.[citation needed] The castle was later rebuilt at a cost of ¹2,174 between 1307 and 1312 by Edward I and later completed by Edward II, including the great keep.[3] John of Gaunt acquired the castle in 1372, adding it to the vast holdings of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The castle was taken by Parliamentarian troops in 1644 during the Civil War, and largely destroyed in 1648 not as the result of warfare, but because of an order from Parliament to dismantle all Royalist castles. Indeed, many town centre buildings are built of 'castle stone'.
The remains are open to the public and there is a charge for entry to the interior remains. The grounds are used as a public leisure space, with a bowling green and putting green open during summer. It is also used as a performing space, with bands playing most afternoons through the summer. It plays host to frequent events, such as FEVA.[4] The property is owned by the monarch as part of the Duchy of Lancaster holdings, but is administered by Harrogate Borough Council.
The castle, now much ruined, comprised two walled baileys set one behind the other, with the outer bailey on the town side and the inner bailey on the cliff side. The enclosure wall was punctuated by solid towers along its length, and a pair, visible today, formed the main gate. At the junction between the inner and outer baileys, on the north side of the castle stood a tall five-sided keep, the eastern parts of which has been pulled down. The keep had a vaulted basement, at least three upper stories, and served as a residence for the lord of the castle throughout the castle's history. The castle baileys contained residential buildings, and some foundations have survived.
The upper storey of the Courthouse features a museum that includes furniture from the original Tudor Court, as well as exhibits about the castle and the town.
Map & Picture ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knaresborough_Castle
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Female |
| Death |
7 Oct 1363 [1] |
| Person ID |
I44763 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Father |
Sir Humphrey de Bohun, VII, 4th Earl of Hereford, b. ~ 1276, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d. 16 Mar 1322, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 46 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England, b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Nov 1302 |
Westminster Abbey, 20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom [2, 3, 4, 5] |
- Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. The building itself is the original abbey church.
According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time of Mellitus, a Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.
Since 1066, when Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror were crowned, the coronations of English and British monarchs have been held there. There have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100. Two were of reigning monarchs (Henry I and Richard II), although, before 1919, there had been none for some 500 years.
more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
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F15824 |
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Sir James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, b. ~ 1305, Arlow, County Wicklow, Ireland d. 6 Jan 1338, Gowran Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland (Age ~ 33 years) |
| Marriage |
1327 [6, 7] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, b. 4 Oct 1331, (Arlow, County Wicklow, Ireland) d. 18 Oct 1382, Knocktopher, Ireland (Age 51 years) |
| | 2. Petronella Butler, b. 1332, Ormonde, Kerry, Munster, Ireland d. 23 Apr 1368 (Age 36 years) |
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F16297 |
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30 Apr 2023 |
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond (17 October 1304 – 7 October 1363) was an English noblewoman born in Knaresborough Castle to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, and Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. After the deaths of her parents, she was placed in the care of her aunt Mary Plantagenet and brought up at Amesbury Priory alongside various cousins including Joan Gaveston, Isabel of Lancaster and Joan de Monthermer. Edward II of England gave the priory a generous allowance of 100 marks annually for the upkeep of Eleanor and her younger cousin, Joan Gaveston.[1]
Eleanor was married twice; first in 1327 to James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, (son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Lady Joan FitzGerald) who died in 1337 and secondly, six years later in 1343, to Thomas de Dagworth, Lord Dagworth who was killed in an ambush in Brittany in 1352.
By her first marriage, Eleanor was an ancestress of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr,[2] Queens consort of King Henry VIII of England. Other descendants include the Dukes of Beaufort, Newcastle, Norfolk, Earls of Ormond, Desmond, Shrewsbury, Dorset, Rochester, Sandwich, Arundel, and Stafford.[1]
Children
By James Butler:
John Butler (born 6 November 1330, died young)
Petronilla (or Perina) Butler, Baroness Talbot (died 1387) who married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot and had a daughter, Elizabeth Talbot, who married Sir Henry de Grey of Wilton, 5th Lord Grey of Wilton.[3]
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 1331 – 18 October 1382) who married Elizabeth Darcy
By Thomas de Dagworth:
Eleanor de Dagworth who married at Vachery (in Cranley), Surrey by license dated 23 June 1362 Walter Fitz Walter, Knt, 3rd Lord Fitz Walter. Eleanor was living 29 Nov 1375. At her death, she was buried in Dunmow Priory.[4]
See also
Butler dynasty
References
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Jump up ^ Weis, Frederick; Sheppard, Walter; Beall, William Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700: lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals, pg 20.
Jump up ^ Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson. pp. 165–166, 345–346. ISBN 9781460992708.
Jump up ^ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p.347
thepeerage.com Accessed 22 March 2008
Eleanor de Bohun Accessed 23 March 2008 [1]
- Images of Knaresborough Castle ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Knaresborough+Castle&espv=2&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS591US591&biw=1440&bih=815&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj5KWR9bXJAhXJMSYKHVw7AcAQsAQIIw&dpr=1 [8]
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- [S8649] "Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde" biography, abstracted November 29, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, https://en.wikipe.
- [S7510] "William Brereton (1506- ?)" Pedigree & 9-Generation Ahnentafel, cited on "Our Family Histories", August 24, 2015, http:.
- [S7511] "Humphrey (VII) de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 - 16 March 1322)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey.
- [S8964] "Lady Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (7 August 1282 - 5 May 1316)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan.
- [S9922] "A Registry of Henry de Bohun (~ 1177-1220)", accessed & downloaded November 12th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, http://ww.
- [S8648] "James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (~1305-1338)" biography, abstracted November 29, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, https://e.
- [S10405] "James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (~1305-1338)" biography, abstracted November 29, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, info@clas.
- [S8650] https://www.google.com/search?q=Knaresborough+Castle&espv=2&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS591US591&biw=1440&bih=815&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sou.
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