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Eleanor Cobham (c.1400 – 7 July 1452) was an English noblewoman, first the mistress and then the second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who in 1441 was forcibly divorced and sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy, a punishment likely to have been politically motivated.
Eleanor de Bohun (c. 1366 – 3 October 1399) was the elder daughter and co-heiress (with her sister, Mary de Bohun), of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341–1373) and Joan Fitzalan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster.
Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester. Eleanor was a daughter and co-heir of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton (1342-1373) and his wife Joan, daughter of Richard (Fitzalan), Earl of Arundel. She was aged 7 at her father's death and she and her younger sister Mary inherited his large estates.
When Thomas of Woodstock, youngest son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, was created duke of Gloucester around 1385, his wife Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan Fitzalan, became duchess of Gloucester.
Duchess of Gloucester. Name variations: Eleanor de Bohun. Born in 1366; died on October 2, 1399; buried in Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of Humphrey Bohun, 7th earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton,and Joan Fitzalan (d. 1419); married Thomas of Woodstock, 1st duke of Gloucester (r. 1356–1397), in 1374; children: Humphrey (c. 1382 ...
May 23, 2024 · Second wife of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. Eleanor was convicted of treasonable necromancy in 1441, abjured, and did barefoot penance. She was then forcibly divorced and imprisoned until her death.
Eleanor. Edwin Austin Abbey. The Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, 1900. Oil on canvas, 49 x 85 inches. Museum of Art, The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In Act II, Scene iii, of Henry VI, Part 2, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, is accused of witchcraft.
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