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Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy

Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy

Male Abt 1330 - 1375  (45 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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.

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

    Children:
    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: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  Helen de Colchester was born in 1281 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died in 1349 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. 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. 6.  Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham

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


  4. 7.  Anne, of Essex
    Children:
    1. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir Robert de BourchierSir Robert de Bourchier was born about 1252 in Stansted Hall, Essex, England; died in 1328; was buried in Stanstead, Essex, England.

    Robert married Emma de Holbroke, of Suffolk. Emma was born in 1256. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Emma de Holbroke, of Suffolk was born in 1256.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir John de Bourchier, Knight was born about 1278 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died about 1330.