The title of Earl of Hereford was created six times in the

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. Dates indicate the years the person held the title for.

Earls of Hereford, First Creation (1043)

* Swegen Godwinson (1043–1051) ''earldom forfeit 1051–1052''

Earls of Hereford, Second Creation (1052)

* Ralph the Timid, Earl of Hereford (1052–1057) ''earldom extinct 1057–1058''

Earls of Hereford, Third Creation (1058)

* Harold Godwinson, Earl of Hereford (later Harold II of England) (1058–1066) ''earldom extinct 1066–1067''

Earls of Hereford, Fourth Creation (1067)

* William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1067–1071) * Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1071–1074) ''earldom forfeit 1074–1141''

Earls of Hereford, Fifth Creation (1141)

Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 24 December 1143) (''alias'' Miles of GloucesterSanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.7) was a great magnate based in the west of ...

(1141–1143) * Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1143–1155) ''earldom extinct 1155–1199''

Earls of Hereford, Sixth Creation (1199)

* Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1199–1220) * Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1220–1275) * Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (1275–1298) *

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford Humphrey (VII) de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 – 16 March 1322) was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses. Family background Humphrey de Bohun's b ...

(1298–1322) * John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (1322–1336) * Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford (1336–1361) *

Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG (March 25, 1342–January 16, 1373) was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, ...

(1361–1373) Heiresses: * Eleanor de Bohun (c. 1366 – 1399), who married Thomas of Woodstock; their great-great-great-grandson Walter Devereux was created

Viscount Hereford Viscount Hereford is the oldest and only extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, making the holder the Premier Viscount of England. The title was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. History The Devereux ...

in 1550 * Mary de Bohun (c. 1368 – 1394), who married Henry of Bolingbroke, the future

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; he was created Duke of Hereford in 1397

References

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