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Alianore de Bohun

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✓ Alianore (Eleanor) de Bohun, da. of Sir Humphrey de Bohun (s. and h. ap. of Humphrey, Earl of Hereford and Essex) by his 1st wife Alianore, 4th da. and coh. of Sir William de Braiose; m. 26 June 1269, as his 2nd wife, Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby (forfeited 1266; d. 1279); dower ordered 27 Apr 1279; d. 20 Feb 1313/4, bur. Walden Abbey. His 1st wife Mary de Lusignan (m. 1249 as a child of 7) 'd. s.p.m.', so John de Ferrers of Chartley (b. 1271) was Alianore's son. CP note (b): 'She is usually said to have been Alianore, da. of Ralph, Lord Basset' - CP's identification from the record is followed; the Basset version is not used. Earl Robert's charter to St Thomas, Stafford, names 'Marie et Alianore uxorum mearum'. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. IV (1916), 'Derby' pp.200-202 and note (b) (archive.org djvu text, read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]

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