Margaret de Bohun | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Devon | |
 Margaret de Bohun, detail of her effigy (heavily restored)[1] situated next to that of her husband on a chest tomb in Exeter Cathedral | |
| Born | 3 April 1311 Caldecote, now Caldicot, South Wales |
| Died | 16 December 1391 (aged 80) |
| Buried | Exeter Cathedral |
| Noble family | Bohun |
| Spouse(s) | Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon |
| Issue | Sir Hugh Courtenay, KG Thomas Courtenay Sir Edward Courtenay Robert Courtenay William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Peter Courtenay, KG Humphrey Courtenay Margaret Courtenay (the elder) Elizabeth Courtenay Katherine Courtenay Anne Courtenay Joan Courtenay Margaret Courtenay (the younger) ______ Courtenay (7th daughter) ______ Courtenay (8th daughter) ______ Courtenay (9th daughter) |
| Father | Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Rhuddlan |
Effigy of unknown female, situated under recessed alcove, north wall of chancel, Powderham Church, Devon. Generally assumed to be of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan,[3] the youngest daughter of King Edward I and mother of Margaret de Bohun, wife of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon. Samuel Lysons, writing in 1822, stated this effigy then to be situated 'in a window of the north aisle'.[4]
Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 – 16 December 1391) was the granddaughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, and the wife of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1303–1377). Her seventeen children included an Archbishop of Canterbury and six knights, of whom two were founder knights of the Order of the Garter. Unlike most women of her day, she received a classical education and was a lifelong scholar and collector of books.
- ^ Lysons described the effigies in 1822 as "much mutilated" (Magna Britannia, vol. 6, pp. 323–345)
- ^ Heavily restored. Lysons described the swans in 1822 as "the remains of two birds" (Magna Britannia, vol. 6, pp. 323–345).
- ^ Pevsner, N., Buildings of England: Devon, p.692, illustrates the typical confusion concerning this female effigy, whom he describes as: "Elizabeth de Bohun (d.1378?) [sic] whose daughter married the third [sic] Earl of Devon. Effigy with the queer headgear of that period". Clearly he is incorrect in two of his details, namely the date of her death, which he places 62 years too late, and the identity of her husband.
- ^ Lysons, Samuel, Magna Britannia