HEREFORD, Margaret of

1122 - 1197  (75 years)

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• Name	HEREFORD, Margaret of
  Birth	1122
  Gender	Female
  Royalty & Nobility	Constable of England
  Death	6 Apr 1197
  Person ID	I9289	My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 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	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• 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".