Mathilde (Maud) DE LUSIGNAN, Countess of Hereford
- Married (1):
- Died: 14 Aug 1241
- Buried: Llanthony by Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
 Research Notes:
A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records that “Henricus [mistake for Humfredus] quintus de Bohun comes Hereford et Essex et constabularius Angliæ et dominus Henricus de Bohun” married firstly “Matildem filiam comitis de Ewe in Normannia”, adding that she died “in vigilia assumptionis beatæ Mariæ” and was buried in Lanthony.
The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death “circa Assumptionem beatæ Mariæ” in 1241 of “comitissa Herefordiæ” and her burial “apud Lentoniam juxta Gloucestriam”. A manuscript in Aske’s collections names “…Maude daughter of the Erle of Ewes in Normanni, first wiff of…Humfre de Bohum the vth…” among those buried at Lanthony Priory. The necrology of Ulterioris Portus monastery records the death "14 Aug" of "Mathildis comitissa de Herefort, filia...Aelidis comitissæ Augi". 1
Marriage Information:
Mathilde married Humphrey V DE BOHUN, son of Henry DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford, and Humphrey V DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford & Essex. (Humphrey DE BOHUN was born about 1200 in Caldicot, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, died on 24 Sep 1275 and was buried in Chapel of St. Kyneburg, Llanthony Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.)
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