Search results
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.
Eleanor, who most contemporaries and historians considered to be a highly ambitious woman, was thrilled beyond belief when, in 1435, her husband became heir to England's throne (to the so far childless Henry VI), upon the death of Gloucester's elder brother, the Duke of Bedford.
For a few years in the fifteenth century, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester—an adulteress and the daughter of a mere knight—was within a heartbeat of becoming queen of England. Instead, she ended her life a prisoner, bereft of her wealth and forcibly divorced from the man who had brought her to the pinnacle of English society.
Eleanor first appeared on the scene in the early 1420s, when she was a lady-in-waiting for Jacqueline of Hainaut, the wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Humphrey was the fourth and youngest son of King Henry IV of England.
People also ask
What happened to Eleanor of Gloucester after she married Humphrey?
Who was Eleanor de Bohun?
Who was Eleanor in 'Hainaut'?
How old was Eleanor of Gloucester when her father died?
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester. H6P2DuchessGlouConjure.jpg. Henry VI, Part 2: The Duchess of Gloucester Attends a Conjuration. Image. Please offer comments and suggestions on any aspects the site to: Director Hugh Richmond at richmondh77@gmail.com. See samples at the site Blog.
