Count d\' Hereford

The title of count de Hereford was created several times in the Pairie of England, and even during the Anglo-Saxon time. The county of Hereford, Herefordshire is located at the west of the England, in edge of the Wales.

History of the title

Creation pre-conquest (1043)

1043 - 1052 : Sven Godwinson († 1052), created count de Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset in 1043 by Edouard the Confessor ;
1053 - 1057 : Ralph the Shy person (1053 - 1057), wire of Dreux, Count de Vexin and of Amiens and Godjifu, sister of the king Edouard the Confessor ;
1057 - 1066 : Harold Godwinson (1022 - 1066), Count de Wessex and of East-Anglia. Reach the throne in 1066 under the name of Harold II of England.

The first creation (1067)

1067 - 1071 : Guillaume FitzOsbern († 1071) ;
1071 - 1075 : Roger de Breteuil (1053 - after 1087).

Title confiscated for treason.

The second creation (1141)

1141 - 1143 : Miles of Gloucester (1100 - 1143) ;
1143 - 1155 : Roger Fitzmiles († 1155). Wire of the precedent.

the title is extinct.

The third creation (1199)

1199 - 1220 : Henry de Bohun (1176 - 1220) ;
1220 - 1275 : Humphrey V of Bohun (about 1208 - 1275), Count d' Essex. Wire of the précédent ;
1275 - 1297 : Humphrey VII of Bohun (1249 - 1297), count d' Essex. Grandson of the précédent ;
1297 - 1322 : Humphrey VIII of Bohun (1276 - 1322), count d' Essex. Wire of the précédent ;
1322 - 1336 : John de Bohun (1307 - 1336), count d' Essex. Wire of the précédent ;
1336 - 1361 : Humphrey IX of Bohun (1309 - 1361), count d' Essex. Brother of the précédent ;
1361 - 1373 : Humphrey X of Bohun (1342 - 1373), count d' Essex and of Northampton. Nephew of the precedent.

the title is extinct.

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