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Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

Male 1374 - 1420  (45 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of EuLord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England (son of Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy and Eleanor de Louvaine); died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England.

    William married Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu on 20 Nov 1405 in Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester) was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex was born in 1406; died on 4 Apr 1483; was buried in Little Easton Church, Essex, England.
    2. William Bourchier, 9th Baron Fitzwaryn was born in 1407; died in 1474.
    3. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral was born in 1413; died on 30 Mar 1486 in Knole House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.
    4. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners was born about 1415 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 16 May 1474 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.
    5. Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk was born in 1417; died in Nov 1474.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in NormandyLord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy was born about 1 May 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England (son of Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex); died on 5 Jul 1375 in Little Eaton, Essex, England.

    William married Eleanor de Louvaine. Eleanor (daughter of John de Louvaine) was born on 27 Mar 1345; died on 5 Oct 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor de Louvaine was born on 27 Mar 1345 (daughter of John de Louvaine); died on 5 Oct 1397.
    Children:
    1. 1. Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. John Bourchier was born about 1375; died on 21 May 1400.
    3. Fulk Bourchier was born about 1374.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron BourchierSir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier was born on 6 Oct 1306 (son of Sir John de Bourchier, Knight and Helen de Colchester); died on 9 Apr 1349 in Halstead, Essex, England; was buried in Halstead, Essex, England.

    Robert married Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham and Anne, of Essex) was born on 7 Oct 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 1 Jun 1360 in Little Eaton, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex was born on 7 Oct 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England (daughter of Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham and Anne, of Essex); died on 1 Jun 1360 in Little Eaton, Essex, England.
    Children:
    1. Lord John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier was born in 1329; died on 21 May 1400.
    2. 2. Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy was born about 1 May 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England; died on 5 Jul 1375 in Little Eaton, Essex, England.
    3. Maud de Bourchier was born about 1335.
    4. Henry de Bourchier was born about 1335.
    5. Bartholomew de Bourchier

  3. 6.  John de Louvaine died in 1347.
    Children:
    1. 3. Eleanor de Louvaine was born on 27 Mar 1345; died on 5 Oct 1397.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir John de Bourchier, Knight was born about 1278 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England (son of Sir Robert de Bourchier and Emma de Holbroke, of Suffolk); died about 1330.

    John married Helen de Colchester. Helen was born in 1281 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died in 1349 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Helen de Colchester was born in 1281 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died in 1349 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier was born on 6 Oct 1306; died on 9 Apr 1349 in Halstead, Essex, England; was buried in Halstead, Essex, England.
    2. John Bourchier, Archdeacon of Essex

  3. 10.  Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham

    Thomas married Anne, of Essex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anne, of Essex
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex was born on 7 Oct 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 1 Jun 1360 in Little Eaton, Essex, England.