Family tree of the Earls of Essex, Earls of Hereford, and Viscounts Hereford
Godwin
(c. 1001–1053)
Earl of Wessex
Earl of Hereford (1st creation), 1043Earl of Hereford (3rd creation), 1058Earl of Hereford (2nd creation), 1052Earl of Hereford (4th creation), 1067
Sweyn Godwinson
(1020–1052)
Earl of Hereford		Harold Godwinson
(c. 1022–1066)
Earl of Hereford, King of the English		William de Mandeville
(d. before 1130)		Ralph the Timid
(d. 1057)
Earl of Hereford		William FitzOsbern
(1011–1071)
1st Earl of Hereford
Earldom of Hereford (1st creation) forfeit, 1051Earldom of Hereford (3rd creation) extinct, 1066Earldom of Hereford (2nd creation) extinct, 1057
Earl of Essex (1st creation), 1140Earl of Hereford (5th creation), 1141
William de Say IBeatrice ("Beatrix") de Say
(d. 1197)		Geoffrey de Mandeville
(d. 1144)
1st Earl of Essex		Roger de Breteuil
(1058– after 1087)
2nd Earl of Hereford		Miles of Gloucester
(d. 1143)
1st Earl of Hereford
Earldom of Hereford (4th creation) forfeit, 1074
William de Say II
(d. 1184)		Geoffrey de Saye I
(d. 1214)		Geoffrey de Mandeville
(d. 1166)
2nd Earl of Essex		William de Mandeville
(d. 1189)
3rd Earl of Essex		Margaret of Hereford
(1122/1123–1197)		Roger Fitzmiles
(before 1125–1155)
2nd Earl of Hereford
Earldom of Essex (1st creation) extinct, 1189Earldom of Hereford (5th creation) extinct, 1155
Earl of Essex (2nd creation), 1199
Geoffrey Fitz Peter
(c. 1162–1213)
1st Earl of Essex		Beatrice de SayGeoffrey de Saye II
(1155–1230)		Hawise ("Alice") de ClareHumphrey III de Bohun
(before 1144–1181)
Earl of Hereford (6th creation), 1199
Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville
(c. 1191–1216)
2nd Earl of Essex		William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville
(d. 1227)
3rd Earl of Essex		Maud FitzGeoffrey
Maud de Mandeville		Henry de Bohun
(1176–1220)
1st Earl of Hereford
Earldom of Essex (2nd creation) extinct, 1227
Earl of Essex (3rd creation), 1239
Humphrey de Bohun
(1204–1275)
1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Humphrey de Bohun
(d. 1265)
Edward I
(1239–1307)
King of England		Humphrey de Bohun
(c. 1249–1298)
2nd Earl of Essex, 3rd Earl of Hereford
Edward II
(1284–1327)
King of England		Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
(1282–1316)		Humphrey de Bohun
(1276–1322)
3rd Earl of Essex, 4th Earl of Hereford
Edward III
(1312–1377)
King of England		John de Bohun
(1306–1336)
4th Earl of Essex, 5th Earl of Hereford		Humphrey de Bohun
(1309–1361)
5th Earl of Essex, 6th Earl of Hereford		William de Bohun
(c. 1312–1360)
1st Earl of Northampton
Humphrey de Bohun
(1342–1373)
6th Earl of Essex, 7th Earl of Hereford
Earldom of Essex (3rd creation) and Earldom of Hereford (6th creation) extinct, 1373
Earl of Essex (4th creation), 1376
Thomas of Woodstock
(1355–1397)
Earl of Essex		Eleanor de Bohun
(c. 1366–1399)		Mary de Bohun
(c. 1369/1370–1394)		Henry IV
(1367–1413)
King of England
Earldom of Essex (4th creation) forfeit, 1397
William Bourchier
(1374–1420)		Anne of Gloucester
(1383–1438)
Earl of Essex (5th creation), 1461
Henry Bourchier
(c. 1404/1406–1483)
1st Earl of Essex
William Bourchier
(d. 1480)
Viscount Bourchier		Anne Woodville
(1438–1489)		Elizabeth Woodville
(c. 1437–1492)		Edward IV
(1442–1483)
King of England
John Devereux
(c. 1464–1501)
9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley		Cecily Bourchier
(died c. 1492/1493)		Henry Bourchier
(c. 1467/80–1540)
2nd Earl of Essex		Elizabeth of York
(1466–1503)		Thomas Parr
(1478–1517)
Earldom of Essex (5th creation) forfeit 1540
Viscount HerefordEarl of Essex (6th creation), 1540
Walter Devereux
(1488–1558)
1st Viscount Hereford, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley		Thomas Cromwell
(1485–1540)
Earl of Essex		Henry VIII
(1491–1547)
King of England
Earldom of Essex (6th creation) forfeit, 1540Earl of Essex (7th creation), 1543
Richard Devereux
(c. 1513–1547)		Catherine Parr
(1512–1548)		William Parr
(1513–1571)
Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex
Earldom of Essex (7th creation) forfeit 1553, restored 1559, extinct 1571
Earl of Essex (8th creation), 1572Devereux Baronet of Castle Bromwich, 1611
Walter Devereux
(1541–1576)
1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford		Edward Devereux
c. 1550–1622
1st Baronet
Robert Devereux
(1565–1601)
2nd Earl of Essex, 3rd Viscount Hereford		Walter Devereux
1578–1658
5th Viscount Hereford, 2nd Baronet		George Devereux
(c. 1581–1665)
Earldom of Essex forfeit, 1601
Earldom of Essex (8th creation) restored, 1604Baron Capell of Hadham, 1641
Robert Devereux
(1591–1646)
3rd Earl of Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford		Arthur Capell
(1604–1649)
1st Baron Capell of Hadham		Leicester Devereux
1617–1676
6th Viscount Hereford, 3rd Baronet
Earldom of Essex (8th creation) extinct, 1646
Earl of Essex (9th creation), 1661Baron Capell of Tewkesbury in the County of Gloucester, 1692
Arthur Capell
(1631–1683)
2nd Baron Capell of Hadham
1st Earl of Essex		Henry Capell
(1638–1696)
Baron Capell of Tewkesbury		Price Devereux
(c. 1637–1673)		Vaughan Devereux
(d. 1700)
Barony Capell of Tewkesbury extinct, 1696
Algernon Capell
(1670–1710)
2nd Earl of Essex		Leicester Devereux
1674–1683
7th Viscount Hereford, 4th Baronet		Edward Devereux
1675–1700
8th Viscount Hereford, 5th Baronet		Price Devereux
1664–1740
9th Viscount Hereford, 6th Baronet		Arthur Devereux
d. 1711
William Capell
(1697–1743)
3rd Earl of Essex		Price Devereux
1694–1748
10th Viscount Hereford, 7th Baronet		Edward Devereux
c. 1710–1760
11th Viscount Hereford, 8th Baronet
Frances Hanbury-Williams
(c. 1735–1759)		William Capell
(1732–1799)
4th Earl of Essex		Harriet Bladen
(1735–1821)		Edward Devereux
1740–1783
12th Viscount Hereford, 9th Baronet		George Devereux
1744–1804
13th Viscount Hereford, 10th Baronet
George Capel-Coningsby
(1757–1839)
5th Earl of Essex		John Thomas Capell
(1769–1819)		Henry Fleming Lea Devereux
1777–1843
14th Viscount Hereford, 11th Baronet
Arthur Algernon Capell
(1803–1892)
6th Earl of Essex		Algernon Capell
(1807–1886)		Adolphus Capell
(1813–1899)		Henry Devereux
1807–1839		Robert Devereux
1809–1855
15th Viscount Hereford, 12th Baronet
Arthur de Vere Capell
(1826–1879)
Viscount Malden		Charles Capell
(1845–1924)		Horatio Bladen Capell
(1839–1933)		Robert Devereux
1843–1930
16th Viscount Hereford, 13th Baronet
George Devereux de Vere Capell
(1857–1916)
7th Earl of Essex		Arthur Algernon de Vere Capell
(1891–1950)		Horace Charles George Arthur Capell
(1868–1953)		Algernon Essex Capell
(1869–1952)		Henry Addison Devereux Capell (1873–1925)Robert Charles Devereux
1865–1952
17th Viscount Hereford, 14th Baronet
Algernon George de Vere Capell
(1884–1966)
8th Earl of Essex		Bladen Ozro Capell
(1897–1959)		Algernon Arthur CapellRobert Capell
Sixth in line to the Earldom of Essex		Robert Devereux
1894–1934
Earldom of Essex (9th creation) revived, 1989
Reginald George de Vere Capell
(1906–1981)
9th Earl of Essex		Robert Edward de Vere Capell
(1920–2005)
10th Earl of Essex		Bladen Horace Capell
(1922–1978)		Colin CapellRobert Milo Leicester Devereux
1932–2004
18th Viscount Hereford, 15th Baronet
Earldom of Essex (9th creation) dormant, 1981
Frederick Paul de Vere Capell
(b. 1944)
11th Earl of Essex		William Jennings "Bill" Capell
(b. 1952)
Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Essex		Clint Capell
Third in line to the Earldom of Essex		Craig Capell
Fourth in line to the Earldom of Essex
Kevin Capell
(b. 1982)
Second in line to the Earldom of Essex		Dylan Capell
Fifth in line to the Earldom of Essex		Charles Robin de Bohun Devereux
b. 1975
19th Viscount Hereford, 16th Baronet
Henry Devereux
b. 2015
Heir apparent to the Hereford Viscountcy
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