NameSir William II Bourchier Count of Eu
Birth1374, Little Eaton, Essex, England
Death28 May 1420, Troyes, Aube, France
BurialPriory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England
Spouses
BirthApr 1383, Pheshy, Essex, England
Death16 Oct 1438
BurialPriory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England
Notes for Sir William II Bourchier Count of Eu
3William Bourchier (1386 –
Troyes, 28 May 1420), founder of the fortunes of the Bourchier family, was
1st Count of Eu, in
Normandy.
He was the son of Sir William Bourchier, a scion of the
Barons Bourchier, and
Alianore de Lovayne (27 March 1345- 5 October 1397). He married
Anne of Gloucester,
Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince,
Thomas of Woodstock and
Eleanor de Bohun.
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Children
▪ Henry Bourchier,
1st Earl of Essex. (1404 – 4 April 1483)
▪ Eleanor Bourchier, (c. 1417 – November, 1474) she became
Duchess of Norfolk, as wife to
John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk ▪ Sir
William Bourchier,
9th Baron FitzWarin jure uxoris.
▪ Thomas Bourchier, (c. 1404 – 30 March 1486) later cardinal
▪ John Bourchier,
1st Baron Berners (1415 – 16 May 1474)
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Married 20 NOV 1405 to Bourchier, William, Count of Eu
Child 4: Bourchier, Henry, Earl of Essex 1st/14th, b. ABT 1404
Child 5: Bourchier, Thomas, Cardinal, b. 1413
Child 6: Bourchier, William, Lord Fitz-Waryn, b. CIR 1412
Child 7: Bourchier, John, Lord Berners, b. CIR 1415
Child 8: Bourchier, Eleanor, b. CIR 1417
Notes for Anne of Gloucester (Spouse 1)
Child 2: Plantagenet, Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, b. APR 1383
Notes: Countess of Buckingham, Hereford, Northampton. Lady of Brecknock and Holderness. The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.137.
Married BEF 28 JUN 1398 to Stafford, Edmund, Earl of Stafford 5
Child 1: Stafford, Anne, b. ABT 1400
Child 2: Stafford, Humphrey, Earl of Stafford 1st, b. 15 AUG 1402
Child 3: Stafford, Philippa
Married 20 NOV 1405 to Bourchier, William, Count of Eu
Child 4: Bourchier, Henry, Earl of Essex 1st/14th, b. ABT 1404
Child 5: Bourchier, Thomas, Cardinal, b. 1413
Child 6: Bourchier, William, Lord Fitz-Waryn, b. CIR 1412
Child 7: Bourchier, John, Lord Berners, b. CIR 1415
Child 8: Bourchier, Eleanor, b. CIR 1417