Bohun, Eleanor (fl. 1327–1340)

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Bohun, Eleanor (fl. 1327–1340)

Countess of Ormonde. Name variations: Eleanor Butler; Eleanor Dagworth. Flourished between 1327 and 1340; daughter of Humphrey Bohun, 4th earl of Hereford, 3rd of Essex, andElizabeth Plantagenet (1282–1316); married James Butler (c. 1305–1338), 1st earl of Ormonde, in 1327; married Thomas Dagworth, Lord Dagworth; children: (first marriage) James Butler (1330–1382), 2nd earl of Ormonde.

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