Eleanor Cobham (Sterborough Castle, Kent, c. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format 1400 – c. 1452 or 1454 Peel Castle, Isle of Man) was an English noblewoman. Peel Castle is a Castle in Peel, Isle of Man originally constructed by Vikings The castle stands on St Patrick's Isle which is The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
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Lineage
She was daughter of Sir Reynald Cobham, of Sterborough, Kent[1], 3rd Lord Cobham (son of Sir Reynold Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham of Sterborough, and wife Eleanor Maltravers), and his wife Eleanor Culpeper, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper, of Rayal. Eleanor Maltravers Lady Arundel (Mautravers (1345 &ndash January 12, 1405) was an English noblewoman and heiress during the reigns of King Edward III of
Wife to the King's Brother
She was wife to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, a son of Henry IV of England and his first wife Mary de Bohun, and a brother of King Henry V. Humphrey Duke of Gloucester ( 3 October 1390 – February 23, 1447) was the fourth son of King Henry IV of England by his first wife Henry IV (3 April 1367 &ndash 20 March 1413 was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399&ndash1413 Mary de Bohun (c 1369 &ndash 4 June 1394 was the first wife of King Henry IV of England and the mother of King Henry V, but was never queen as she died before Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century
Mistress
She married Humphrey three years after his marriage was declared invalid, c. 1431. She was an attendant to Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, first wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Jacqueline of Wittelsbach ( 16 August 1401 &ndash 8 October 1436, Dutch Jacoba van Beieren, French Jacqueline de Bavière She was also Humphrey’s mistress during his first marriage.
Close to the Throne
In 1435, after the death of his older brother John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Humphrey became the heir to their nephew Henry VI of England. John of Lancaster 1st Duke of Bedford ( 20 June 1389 – 14 September 1435) also known as John Plantagenet, was the third surviving Henry VI (6 December 1421 &ndash 21 May 1471 was King of England 1422–1461 (though with a Regent until 1437 and then 1470–1471 and a claimant to the kingdom
Charges of Witchcraft
In 1441 three priests, Roger Bolingbroke, Eleanor's secretary; John Hunne, her chaplain; and Thomas Southwell were executed for conspiring to kill the king by witchcraft. Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers Eleanor was tried on the same charges and admitted five of the twenty-eight counts.
The authorities sentenced her to do public penance in London, divorced her from Humphrey and imprisoned her for life. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Exile
She was exiled in the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
Children
- Arthur d. 1447
- Antigone who married Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, Lord of Powys (c. The title of Earl of Tankerville has been created three times twice in the Peerage of England and most recently in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles 1419-1450) and then to John d'Amancier.
References
- ^ The Complete Peerage says Sterborough is in Surrey
Further reading
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