page_title: Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford
section_title: Marriage and issue
hierarchical_section_title: Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford / Marriage and issue
context_page_description: Joan FitzAlan, Countess of Hereford, Countess of Essex and Countess of Northampton was the wife of the 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton. She was the mother of Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry of Bolingbroke who later reigned as King Henry IV, and Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester. She was the maternal grandmother of King Henry V.
  In 1400, she gave the order for the beheading of the Earl of Huntingdon in revenge for the part he had played in the execution of her brother, the 11th Earl of Arundel.
  The estates which comprised Joan's large dowry made her one of the principal landowners in Essex, where she exercised lordship, acting as arbitrator and feoffee in property transactions.
context_section_description: Sometime after 9 September 1359, Joan married Humphrey de Bohun, one of the most powerful noblemen in the realm. His titles included 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, and he was the hereditary Constable of England.
  He was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere. Their marriage united two of the most prominent noble families in the kingdom; an alliance which was further strengthened by her elder brother Richard's marriage to Humphrey's sister, Elizabeth.
  Together Humphrey and Joan produced two daughters, who upon the death of their father divided his vast estates between them: 
  Eleanor de Bohun (c.1366- 3 October 1399), co-heiress of her father. In 1376 she married Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. The marriage produced five children, including Anne of Gloucester. Eleanor died as a nun at Barking Abbey.
  Mary de Bohun (1369/70- 1394), co-heiress of her father.  On 27 July 1380 she married Henry of Bolingbroke, who would later be crowned King Henry IV.  She died before he ascended the throne.  The marriage produced six children including King Henry V of England.
caption: King Henry V of England, grandson of Joan Fitzalan and Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
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