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Mary de Bohun
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Mary de Bohun (c. 1369 – June 4, 1394) was the first wife of King Henry IV of England and the mother of King Henry V, but was never queen.
The daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, she was a great heiress, and her elder sister, Eleanor, became the wife of Thomas of Woodstock, first Duke of Gloucester, the youngest child of Edward III. Mary married Henry, then known as Bolingbroke and at the time not in direct line of succession to the throne, in 1380 or 1381. It was at Monmouth, one of her father's possessions, that she gave birth to her first two sons, Edward (who died in infancy) and Henry, later Henry V. Three more sons and two daughters were born in the years up to 1394. Mary died giving birth to the last child, Philippa of England, who married in 1406 Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
- Middleages.org article on Mary de Bohun
- thepeerage.com article on Henry Bolingbroke - contains information on Mary de Bohun
- Document on Women and Spirituality from the University of the West of England - contains information on Mary de Bohun's spiritual life