Ralph de Stafford
       2nd Baron and 1st Earl of Stafford
       Born 24 September 1301
       Died 31 August 1372
       Buried Tunbridge
       Married (1) circa 1326 /1327
       Katharine Hastang, daughter of Sir John Hastang, of Chebsey
       and Eve
       Married (2) before 6 July 1336 
       Margaret de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, Earl of
       Gloucester and Lady Margaret de Clare
       Died 7 September 1349
       Buried Tonbridge
                 Children, Generation I

       Generation I
        (1) 1  Joan Stafford
               Married Sir Nicholas Beke

        (2) 2  Ralph Stafford
               Died 1345 / 1349
               Married Maud of Lancaster, daughter of Henry, Duke of
               Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont
               Born 4 April 1335
               Died 10 April 1362
                         S.P.

            3  Hugh de Stafford
               3rd Baron & 2nd Earl of Stafford
               Born circa 1342
               Died October 1386 Rhodes
               Buried Stone
               Married before 1 March 1351
               Lady Philippa de Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas de
               Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick and Catherine Mortimer
               Died before 6 April 1386
               Buried Stone
                         Children, Generation II-1

            4  Beatrice Stafford
               Died 14 April 1415
               Married (1) 1350
               Maurice FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Desmond, son of Morice
               FitzThomas "Morice The Great", 1st Earl of Desmond and
               Katherine de Burgh
               Born 31 July 1336 Newcastle, co. Limerick
               Died 20 April 1358 / 5 June 1358
               Buried Tralee Abbey
               Married (2) 1 January 1359 *
               Thomas de Ros, 4th Lord de Ros, son of William de Ros, 2nd
               Lord de Ros and Margery Badlesmere
               Born 13 January 1337 Stoke Albany, Northants.
               Died 8 June 1383 Uffington, Lincs.
               Married (3) before 20 August 1385
               Sir Richard Burley

            5  Joan Stafford
               Died before 1397
               Married (1) John Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton, Lord Powis,
               son of John Cherleton, 2nd Lord Cherleton, Lord of Powis
               and Maud Mortimer
               Born circa 1334
               Died 13 July 1374
               Married (2) before 16 November 1379
               Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Lord Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, 2nd
               Lord Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn
               Born circa 1332
               Died 24 April 1387 Roales, Spain

            6  Elizabeth Stafford
               Died 7 August 1375
               Married (1) 12 March 1347 *
               Fulk Lestraunge, son of Sir John Lestraunge, of Whitchurch
               Born 2 February 1331
               Died 1349 (pestilence)
               Married (2) 19 October 1349 *
               John de Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers of Chartley, son of Sir
               Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Chartley and
               Margaret
               Born circa 10 August 1331
               Died 3 April 1367 Najera (in battle)

            7  Margaret Stafford
               Married Sir John Stafford, of Bramshill, son of Sir William
               Stafford, of Sandon

       II-1 (I-3)
            1  Ralph de Stafford
               Died 1385 (murdered)

            2  Margaret Stafford
               Died 1395
               Married before 1370
               Ralph Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, son of John Nevill,
               3rd Lord Nevill of Raby and Maud Percy
               Born before 1364 Raby Castle
               Died 21 October 1425 Raby Castle
               Buried Church of Staindrop, Raby

            3  Thomas de Stafford
               4th Baron & 3rd Earl of Stafford
               Born circa 1368
               Died 4 July 1392
               Married circa 1390
               Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st
               Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun
               Born April 1383
               Died 16 October 1438
                         S.P.

            4  Katherine Stafford
               Died 8 April 1419
               Buried Wingfield
               Married 1 February 1382 *
               Michael de La Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, son of Michael de
               La Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield
               Born 1367
               Died 18 September 1415 Harfleur (in battle)
               Buried Wingfield

            5  Joan Stafford
               Born 1371
               Died 30 September 1442 / 1 October 1442
               Married after 20 October 1392
               Thomas de Holand, 3rd Earl of Kent, son of Thomas de
               Holand, 2nd Earl of Kent and Lady Alice Fitzalan
               Born 1371
               Died 7 January 1400 Cirencester (beheaded)
                         S.P.

            6  William de Stafford
               5th Baron & 4th Earl of Stafford
               Born 21 September 1375
               Died 6 April 1395 Pleshey, Essex
               Buried Tonbridge

            7  Edmund de Stafford
               6th Baron & 5th Earl of Stafford
               Born 2 March 1377 / 1378
               Died 21 July 1403 Shrewsbury (in battle)
               Married 28 June 1398
               Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st
               Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun
               Born April 1383
               Died 16 October 1438
                         Children, Generation III-1

            8  Sir Hugh Stafford
               Baron Bourchier
               Died 25 October 1420
               Married before  September 1410
               Elizabeth Bourchier, sue jure Baroness Bourchier, daughter
               of Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Lord Bourchier and Idoine
               Lovey
               Born circa 1399
               Died 1 July 1433
                         S.P.

      III-1 (II-1-7)
            1  Humphrey Stafford
               1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford
               Born 15 August 1402
               Died 10 July 1460 Northampton (in battle)
               Married before 18 October 1424
               Lady Anne Nevill, daughter of Ralph Nevill, 1st Earl of
               Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort
               Died 20 September 1480
               Buried Pleshy
                         Children, Generation IV-1

            2  Philippa Stafford
               Died young

            3  Anne Stafford
               Died 20 September 1432
               Married (1) circa 1415
               Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 8th Earl of Ulster, son
               of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster
               and Lady Eleanor de Holand
               Born 4 November 1391 New Forest
               Died 19 January 1425 Trim Castle
               Married (2) before 15 July 1427
               John de Holand, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon, son of
               John de Holand, 1st Duke of Exeter and Elizabeth of
               Lancaster
               Born 29 March 1395 Dartington, Devon
               Died 5 August 1447
               Buried St.Catherine's Tower of London

       IV-1 (III-1-1)
            1  Humphrey Stafford
               Earl of Stafford
               Born 1428
               Died 22 May 1455 St. Albans (in battle)
               Married 1444
               Margaret Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of
               Somerset and Lady Eleanor de Beauchamp
               Died 1474
                         Children, Generation V-1

            2  Lady Catherine Stafford
               Died 26 December 1476
               Married circa 1467
               John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of Waterford, son
               of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Elizabeth
               Butler
               Born 12 December 1448
               Died 28 June 1473 Coventry
               Buried Worksop Priory

            3  John Stafford
               1st Earl of Wiltshire
               Died 8 June 1473
               Married 1458 Maxstoke Castle
               Constance Green, daughter of Henry Green and Margaret Roos
               Died 2 March 1475
                         Children, Generation V-2

            4  Lord Henry Stafford
               Died 1481
               Married circa 1459
               Lady Margaret Beaufort, daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke
               of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp
               Born 31 May 1443 Bletso, Hertfordshire
               Died 29 June 1509 Westminster Palace
                         S.P.

            5  Lady Anne Stafford
               Died April 1472
               Buried Lingfield
               Married (1) January 1443
               Aubrey de Vere, son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
               and Elizabeth Howard
               Died 20 February 1462 Tower of London (beheaded)
               Married (2) Sir Thomas Cobham, son of Sir Reginald Cobham,
               of Sterborough and Eleanor Colepepper
               Died 1471
               Buried Lingfield

            6  Lord Edward Stafford
               Died young

            7  Richard Stafford
               Died young

            8  Lady Joane Stafford
               Born circa 1440
               Died after 1491
               Married (1) before 4 May 1461 Div.bef.1477
               William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, Lord Bardolf, son
               of John Beaumont, 6th Lord & 1st Vicount Beaumont and
               Elizabeth Phelip
               baptised 23 April 1438 Edenham, co. Lincoln
               Died 19 December 1507 Wivenhoe, Essex
               Married (2) circa 1477
               Sir William Knyvett, son of John Knyvett and Alice Lynne
               Born 1450
               Died 2 December 1510 / 1515

            9  Elizabeth Stafford

            10 George Stafford
               Died young

            11 William Stafford
               Died young

            12 Margaret Stafford

        V-1 (IV-1-1)
            1  Henry Stafford
               2nd Duke of Buckingham
               Born 4 September 1455
               Died 2 November 1483 Salisbury (beheaded)
               Buried Grey Friars
               Married February 1466
               Catherine Widville, daughter of Richard Widville, 1st Earl
               Rivers and Jacquetta de Luxembourg
               Born 1449 ?
               Died 22 July 1525
                         Children, Generation VI-1

            2  Humphrey Stafford
               Died young

        V-2 (IV-1-3)
            1  Edward Stafford
               2nd Earl of Wiltshire
               Born 7 April 1470
               Died 24 March 1499 Drayton
               Buried Lowick
               Married 3 July 1494
               Margaret Grey, daughter of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle
               and Elizabeth Talbot, 3rd Baroness Lisle
               Died 8 August 1500 / 9 September 1504
                         S.P.

       VI-1 (V-1-1)
            1  Lady Elizabeth Stafford
               Died before 11 May 1532
               Married after 23 July 1505
               Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, 10th Lord FitzWalter,
               son of John Radcliffe, Lord Fitzwalter and Margaret
               Whetehill
               Born circa 1483
               Died circa 23 November 1542 Chelsea

            2  Lady Anne Stafford
               Buried Stoke Pagis
               Married (1) 1489
               Sir Walter Herbert, son of Sir William de Herbert, 1st Earl
               of Pembroke and Anne Devereux
               Died 16 September 1507
               Married (2) December 1509
               George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, son of Edward
               Hastings, Lord Hungerford and Hastings and Mary Hungerford,
               Baroness Hungerford, Baroness Moleyns
               Born 1488
               Died 24 March 1544

            3  Edward Stafford
               3rd Duke of Buckingham
               Born 3 February 1478
               Died 17 May 1521 Tower Hill (beheaded)
               Married 14 December 1490 *
               Lady Eleanor Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of
               Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert
               Died 13 February 1530
               Buried London, Greyfriars
                         Children, Generation VII-1

            4  Henry Stafford
               Earl of Wiltshire
               Born circa 1479
               Died March 1523
               Married 22 November 1503 / 18 Oct.1505
               Cecily Bonville, daughter of William Bonville, 6th Lord
               Harington and Lady Catherine Nevill
               Born circa 1460 /1461
               Died 12 May 1529 Shacklewell Hackney
               Buried Astley
               Child by (a) NN
                         Children, Generation VII-2

            5  Humphrey Stafford
               Died young

      VII-1 (VI-1-3)
            1  Lady Elizabeth Stafford
               Born circa 1494
               Died 30 November 1558 Lambeth
               Married before 8 January 1513
               Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, son of Thomas Howard,
               2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney
               Born 1473
               Died 25 August 1554 Kenninghall, Norfolk
               Buried Framlingham, Norfolk

            2  Lady Catherine Stafford
               Died 14 May 1555 Holywell
               Married before  June 1520
               Ralph Nevill, 4th Earl of Westmorland, son of Ralph Nevill,
               Lord Nevill and Edith (Elisabeth) Sandys
               Born 21 February 1498
               Died 1549

            3  Henry Stafford
               1st Baron Stafford
               Born 18 September 1501 Penshurst, Kent
               Died 30 April 1563 Caus Castle, Salop
               Married circa 16 February 1518
               Lady Ursula Pole, daughter of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret,
               Countess of Salisbury
               Died 12 March 1570
                         Children, Generation VIII-1

            4  Lady Mary Stafford
               Married circa  June 1519
               George Nevill, 3rd & 5th Baron Abergavenny, son of George
               Nevill, 2nd & 4th Baron Abergavenny and Margaret Fenne
               Born circa 1471
               Died after 4 June 1535
               Buried Birling, Kent

            5  NN Stafford

      VII-2 (VI-1-4)
        (a) 1  Margaret Stafford
               Died 25 May 1537 London
               Married (1) William Cheyne
               Married (2) John Bulmer, son of Sir William Bulmer and
               Margery Conyers
               Died 25 May 1537 London

     VIII-1 (VII-1-3)
            1  Henry Stafford
               Died in infancy

            2  The Hon. Dorothy Stafford
               Born 1526
               Died 1604
               Married 1545
               William Stafford, of Grafton
               Died 1554

            3  The Hon. Elizabeth Stafford
               Married Sir William Nevil, of Chebsey

            4  Henry Stafford
               2nd Lord Stafford
               Born before 1534
               Died 1 January 1566 Stafford Castle
               Married before 25 September 1557
               Elizabeth Davy, daughter of John Davy and Maud
                         S.P.

            5  Edward Stafford
               3rd Lord Stafford
               Born 17 January 1536 Stafford Castle
               Died 18 October 1603
               Buried St.Mary's, Stafford
               Married before 23 November 1566
               Lady Mary Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of
               Derby and Lady Dorothy Howard
               Died 3 September 1609
               Buried Thornbury, Gloucester
                         Children, Generation IX-1

            6  The Hon. Richard Stafford
               Married Mary Corbet, daughter of John Corbet, of Lee
                         Children, Generation IX-2

            7  The Hon. Walter Stafford

       IX-1 (VIII-1-5)
            1  Edward Stafford
               Died 27 January 1569
               Buried 1 February 1569 St.Mary's, Stafford

            2  The Hon. Ursula Stafford
               Married Walter Erdeswick

            3  Edward Stafford
               4th Lord Stafford
               baptised 20 September 1572 St.Mary's, Stafford
               Died 25 September 1625
               Buried 26 September 1625 Castle Church, Stafford
               Married before 22 November 1595
               Isabel Forster, daughter of Thomas Forster, of Salop and
               Ursula Vise
               Died after  July 1646
                         Children, Generation X-1

            4  The Hon. Dorothy Stafford
               baptised 20 September 1572 St.Mary's, Stafford

       IX-2 (VIII-1-6)
            1  Roger Stafford
               5th Lord Stafford
               Born circa 1572 /1575
               Died circa 1640

            2  Jane Stafford

        X-1 (IX-1-3)
            1  The Hon. Edward Stafford
               baptised 9 January 1601 St.Mary's, Stafford
               Died 6 April 1621
               Buried St.Andrew's, Holborn
               Married circa 1619
               Anne Wilford, daughter of James Wilford
               Died 1649
                         Children, Generation XI-1

       XI-1 (X-1-1)
            1  Mary Stafford
               Countess of Stafford
               Born 1619
               Died 3 January 1694
               Buried Westminster Abbey
               Married 11 October 1637 London
               Sir William Howard, Viscount Stafford, son of Thomas
               Howard, Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk and Lady
               Alathea Talbot
               Born 30 November 1612
               Died 29 December 1680 Tower Hill (beheaded)

            2  Henry Stafford
               5th Lord Stafford
               Born 24 September 1621
               Died 4 August 1637 Ankerwyke

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