Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton
Elizabeth de Bohun | |
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| Countess of Northampton | |
| Born | 1313 Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England |
| Died | 8 June 1356 (aged 43) Blackfriars, London |
| Noble family | Badlesmere (by birth) Mortimer (by marriage) Bohun (by marriage) |
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| Father | Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere |
| Mother | Margaret de Clare |
Elizabeth de Bohun (née de Badlesmere), Countess of Northampton (1313 – 8 June 1356) was the wife of two English noblemen, Sir Edmund Mortimer and William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. She was a co-heiress of her brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere.
At the age of eight she was sent to the Tower of London along with her mother, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings after the former refused entry to Queen consort Isabella to Leeds Castle by ordering archers to open fire against her group.