Dukes and Duchess of Northampton
1337 - 1378: William I Bohun (House of Bohun) [1]
1378 - 1399: Edward I (House of Bohun) [2]
1399 - 1422: Humphrey I (House of Bohun) [3]
1422 - 1442: Roger (House of Bohun) [4]
1442 - 1487: Humphrey II (House of Bohun) [5]
1487 - 1498: Jasper I (House of Bohun) [6]
1498 - 1565: William II (House of Rodger-Bohun) [7]
1565 - 1601: Jasper II (House of Rodger-Bohun) [8]
1601 - 1639: Richard (House of Rodger-Bohun) [9]
1639 - 1694: Eleanor (House of Rodger-Bohun) [10]
Dukes of Northampton and Wallonia
1694 - 1747: Richard II (House of de Pardaillan-Gondrin) [11]
[1] Created Earl of Northampton by King Edward III of England for his help in overthrowing Roger Mortimer in 1330, William de Bohun was a close cofidant of King Edward who was also a close kinsman due thier shared ancestry of Edward I. He served with the Kingdom in various battles in France, Scotland and Brittany including a stunning victory over a larger French force in 1342 where he used pitfalls to stop the French Cavalry. After this and several other victories over the French, including at Crecy, He was promoted to a Duke, a title he held until his death in his sleep. He was succeeded by his oldest survivng son Edward, a man of twenty years of age.
[2] Named for his father's friend, King Edward, Duke Edward I was not as capable as his father militarily. He primaily served as a bridge between Duke William I and Edward's son, the great duke Humphrey.
[3] Humphrey became famous for two things, being the victorious major general during the battle of Hereford, seeing off Richard, Duke ofLancaster and having his second daughter, Mary marry Henry Plantagenet, the future Edward V.
[4] Roger is famous for three things. The first concerns his tenure as the Lord High Treasurer. He received this post due to King Edward V's reign and his connection. The second focuses on the allegations that he profited from this post (although never proven). Roger built his famous Manor of Northampton which rivaled the King's palace and that provoked some altering of the estate. The third concerns his promotion to Lord Admiral where he spent much of his time modernizing the fleet although scandal dogged him throughout his post. Towards the end of his life he had to quit being the Lord High Treasurer and adopted an austere lifestyle. Roger adopted his nephew, Humphrey, as his heir. He fell into severe disagreement with King Edward V over several matters that will not be discussed here and he gifted the Manor to the King because of unknown reasons. He died while overseeing the construction of the Second Fleet.
[5] Humphrey II finished the construction of the Second Fleet which his uncle had begun, and established a School of Navigation at Exeter. For this, Humphrey became known as Duke Humphrey the Navigator. He was succeeded by his son, Jasper.
[6] Jasper proved to be cut from a different cloth than his father, a young man when he became Duke. Jasper quickly descended into a hedonistic spiral that caused Henry VII to dub him 'the most vile and debauched man in England'. Jasper died of alcohol poisoning 1498 and was succeeded by, his cousin, William Dudly-Bohun.
William Rodger-Bohun, was the second son of Sir William Rodger, an Irish peer and Mary Bohun, granddaughter of Roger I.
[7] William rose to greatness when he helped topple king Henry VIII and installed, Lord James Grey on the English throne, who became King James I in 1531.
William was given, over the next 34 years, the three powerful offices of government, Secretary of State, Lord Admiral and Lord High Treasurer. He was also the chief advisor to King James I for most of his reign. He was given back his family home by decree of the King.
He was succeeded by his son, Jasper.
[8] Jasper was the youngest son of William, born late in his reign, and becoming heir when his older brothers died to a fever that swept through in 1558. He was given control over some of the newly formed over seas colonies in the Americas, Jamesland to be precise (OTL New England). He spent much of his time in the colony's capital city of Corby (OTL Providence, Rhode Island). He ruled for forty years passing the throne to his heir, Richard.
[9] Richard took after his father in that he spent much of his time in the colonies. However, he was joined by his wife, Katherine Grey (a distant cousin of the royal family), who insisted on being at his side. Three of their five surviving children were born in Corby. Richard, however, did not limit himself to the established areas of the colonies, and spent a great deal of time mounting exploration expeditions, and even made the effort to make friends with the local inhabitants that had long preceded the English on those lands. He helped establish several new towns down the coast of New London (OTL N. and S. Carolina) before his death in 1639. However, his continued presence and interests in the colonies left the Dukedom in some state of disrepair.
[10] Eleanor was Richard's only living, legitimate child and had been left behind in England with her mother, Diane de Beauleclerk. Inheriting her father's duchy at thirteen, it was left to her mother to bring the families properties and finances back in order even as England fell into chaos. The absolutist reign of James III had managed to upset the complex balance of power in English society, unleashing the English Civil War. By the time Eleanor had turned eighteen the House of Grey had been destroyed, but the 'Radicals' led by General Cromwell had been unable to capitalize on defeating the King and killing his only heir, they turned to infighting, thus allowing a coalition of Scotland and France to invade and install Charles, the Duke of Berry and the grandson Louis XIV of France on the English throne as Charles I of England. The newly of age Eleanor, Duchess of Northampton married a French nobleman, Marquis Louis de Pardaillan-Gondrin of Wallonia, who had been an officer and a friend of Charles. The marriage proved to be a happy and fruitful one and Eleanor and her husband proved to be a popular couple in the King's court. Eleanor had seven children, five of whom lived to adulthood, though rumors emerged that one of her daughters was the King's bastard. Ultimately, Eleanor outlived her husband by two decades and died at age 66 in her sleep and passed her titles to her son, Richard, who already had his father's titles.
[10] Richard spent most of his reign between the two courts, working with both King Charles II (son of Charles I) and King Louis V (son of Louis XIV) and later King Louis VI.
For his honourable work in both these kingdom, King Charles gave Richard his own ward in Dover castle, while King Louis V before his death, raised the title Richard had inherited from his father, from a marquis to a duke. He was succeeded by his grandson, ______, after the death of his only son, James, two years before his own death.
1337 - 1378: William I Bohun (House of Bohun) [1]
1378 - 1399: Edward I (House of Bohun) [2]
1399 - 1422: Humphrey I (House of Bohun) [3]
1422 - 1442: Roger (House of Bohun) [4]
1442 - 1487: Humphrey II (House of Bohun) [5]
1487 - 1498: Jasper I (House of Bohun) [6]
1498 - 1565: William II (House of Rodger-Bohun) [7]
1565 - 1601: Jasper II (House of Rodger-Bohun) [8]
1601 - 1639: Richard (House of Rodger-Bohun) [9]
1639 - 1694: Eleanor (House of Rodger-Bohun) [10]
Dukes of Northampton and Wallonia
1694 - 1747: Richard II (House of de Pardaillan-Gondrin) [11]
[1] Created Earl of Northampton by King Edward III of England for his help in overthrowing Roger Mortimer in 1330, William de Bohun was a close cofidant of King Edward who was also a close kinsman due thier shared ancestry of Edward I. He served with the Kingdom in various battles in France, Scotland and Brittany including a stunning victory over a larger French force in 1342 where he used pitfalls to stop the French Cavalry. After this and several other victories over the French, including at Crecy, He was promoted to a Duke, a title he held until his death in his sleep. He was succeeded by his oldest survivng son Edward, a man of twenty years of age.
[2] Named for his father's friend, King Edward, Duke Edward I was not as capable as his father militarily. He primaily served as a bridge between Duke William I and Edward's son, the great duke Humphrey.
[3] Humphrey became famous for two things, being the victorious major general during the battle of Hereford, seeing off Richard, Duke ofLancaster and having his second daughter, Mary marry Henry Plantagenet, the future Edward V.
[4] Roger is famous for three things. The first concerns his tenure as the Lord High Treasurer. He received this post due to King Edward V's reign and his connection. The second focuses on the allegations that he profited from this post (although never proven). Roger built his famous Manor of Northampton which rivaled the King's palace and that provoked some altering of the estate. The third concerns his promotion to Lord Admiral where he spent much of his time modernizing the fleet although scandal dogged him throughout his post. Towards the end of his life he had to quit being the Lord High Treasurer and adopted an austere lifestyle. Roger adopted his nephew, Humphrey, as his heir. He fell into severe disagreement with King Edward V over several matters that will not be discussed here and he gifted the Manor to the King because of unknown reasons. He died while overseeing the construction of the Second Fleet.
[5] Humphrey II finished the construction of the Second Fleet which his uncle had begun, and established a School of Navigation at Exeter. For this, Humphrey became known as Duke Humphrey the Navigator. He was succeeded by his son, Jasper.
[6] Jasper proved to be cut from a different cloth than his father, a young man when he became Duke. Jasper quickly descended into a hedonistic spiral that caused Henry VII to dub him 'the most vile and debauched man in England'. Jasper died of alcohol poisoning 1498 and was succeeded by, his cousin, William Dudly-Bohun.
William Rodger-Bohun, was the second son of Sir William Rodger, an Irish peer and Mary Bohun, granddaughter of Roger I.
[7] William rose to greatness when he helped topple king Henry VIII and installed, Lord James Grey on the English throne, who became King James I in 1531.
William was given, over the next 34 years, the three powerful offices of government, Secretary of State, Lord Admiral and Lord High Treasurer. He was also the chief advisor to King James I for most of his reign. He was given back his family home by decree of the King.
He was succeeded by his son, Jasper.
[8] Jasper was the youngest son of William, born late in his reign, and becoming heir when his older brothers died to a fever that swept through in 1558. He was given control over some of the newly formed over seas colonies in the Americas, Jamesland to be precise (OTL New England). He spent much of his time in the colony's capital city of Corby (OTL Providence, Rhode Island). He ruled for forty years passing the throne to his heir, Richard.
[9] Richard took after his father in that he spent much of his time in the colonies. However, he was joined by his wife, Katherine Grey (a distant cousin of the royal family), who insisted on being at his side. Three of their five surviving children were born in Corby. Richard, however, did not limit himself to the established areas of the colonies, and spent a great deal of time mounting exploration expeditions, and even made the effort to make friends with the local inhabitants that had long preceded the English on those lands. He helped establish several new towns down the coast of New London (OTL N. and S. Carolina) before his death in 1639. However, his continued presence and interests in the colonies left the Dukedom in some state of disrepair.
[10] Eleanor was Richard's only living, legitimate child and had been left behind in England with her mother, Diane de Beauleclerk. Inheriting her father's duchy at thirteen, it was left to her mother to bring the families properties and finances back in order even as England fell into chaos. The absolutist reign of James III had managed to upset the complex balance of power in English society, unleashing the English Civil War. By the time Eleanor had turned eighteen the House of Grey had been destroyed, but the 'Radicals' led by General Cromwell had been unable to capitalize on defeating the King and killing his only heir, they turned to infighting, thus allowing a coalition of Scotland and France to invade and install Charles, the Duke of Berry and the grandson Louis XIV of France on the English throne as Charles I of England. The newly of age Eleanor, Duchess of Northampton married a French nobleman, Marquis Louis de Pardaillan-Gondrin of Wallonia, who had been an officer and a friend of Charles. The marriage proved to be a happy and fruitful one and Eleanor and her husband proved to be a popular couple in the King's court. Eleanor had seven children, five of whom lived to adulthood, though rumors emerged that one of her daughters was the King's bastard. Ultimately, Eleanor outlived her husband by two decades and died at age 66 in her sleep and passed her titles to her son, Richard, who already had his father's titles.
[10] Richard spent most of his reign between the two courts, working with both King Charles II (son of Charles I) and King Louis V (son of Louis XIV) and later King Louis VI.
For his honourable work in both these kingdom, King Charles gave Richard his own ward in Dover castle, while King Louis V before his death, raised the title Richard had inherited from his father, from a marquis to a duke. He was succeeded by his grandson, ______, after the death of his only son, James, two years before his own death.
