Ancestral Trails 2016 » Margaret STAFFORD (1364-1396)

Personal data Margaret STAFFORD 

• Alternative name: Countess of Westmorland (also known as / alias)
• She was born in the year 1364 in Stafford, Staffordshire.
• She died on June 9, 1396 in Castle Raby, Raby With Kevers, Staindrop, County Durham, she was 32 years old.
• She is buried June 1306 in Brancepeth, County Durham.

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Ralph NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1392).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (John NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1384).

  Attention: Buried (??-06-1306) before birth (??-??-1364).

  Attention: Buried (??-06-1306) before death (June 9, 1396).

  Attention: Buried (??-06-1306) before marriage (June 19, 1382).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Alice NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1386).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Philippe NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1388).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Elizabeth NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1390).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Maud NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1383).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Margaret NEVILLE) was born (??-06-1396).

  Attention: Had already been buried (??-06-1306) when child (Anne NEVILLE) was born (??-??-1394).

• A child of Hugh STAFFORD and Phillippe BEAUCHAMP

Household of Margaret STAFFORD

She is married to RALPH NEVILLE.

They got married on June 19, 1382 at Raby, Staindrop, County Durham, she was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alice NEVILLE  1386-> 1453 
2. Margaret NEVILLE  1396-???? 
3. Elizabeth NEVILLE  1390-????
4. Anne NEVILLE  1394-????
5. Philippe NEVILLE  1388-???? 
6. Ralph NEVILLE  1392-???? 
7. Maud NEVILLE  1383-1438
8. John NEVILLE  1384-1420 

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about Margaret STAFFORD

Margaret Stafford (died 9 June 1396) was the daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, and Philippa de Beauchamp. She was the first wife of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and the grandmother of the 2nd Earl.

Margaret Stafford was the eldest daughter of Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, and Philippa Beauchamp, the daughter of Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, by Katherine Mortimer, the daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

Margaret had five brothers and two younger sisters

Margaret Stafford was the first wife of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. They had two sons and six daughters:

Sir John Neville (c.1387 - before 20 May 1420), who married Elizabeth Holland, fifth daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, and Alice FitzAlan, and by her had three sons, Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, John Neville, Baron Neville, and Sir Thomas Neville, and a daughter, Margaret Neville.
Sir Ralph Neville (d. 25 Feb 1458), who married, before 1411, his stepsister, Mary Ferrers, daughter of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers, and Joan Beaufort.
Maud Neville (d. October 1438), who married Peter de Mauley, 5th Baron Mauley.
Alice Neville, who married firstly Sir Thomas Grey, beheaded 2 August 1415 for his part in the Southampton Plot, and secondly Sir Gilbert Lancaster.
Philippa Neville, who married, before 20 July 1399, Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland (d. 5 January 1458).
Elizabeth Neville, who became a nun.
Anne Neville (b. circa 1384), who married, before 3 February 1413, Sir Gilbert Umfraville, son of Sir Thomas Umfreville (d. 12 February 1391) and Agnes Grey (d. 25 October 1420), daughter of Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton (d. before 22 October 1369). He was slain at the Battle of Baugé in Anjou on 22 March 1421.
Margaret Neville (d. 1463/4), who married firstly, before 31 December 1413, Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton, and secondly, William Cressener, esquire.

Margaret Stafford died 9 June 1396, and was buried at Brancepeth, Durham.

After Margaret Stafford's death, Westmorland married, before 29 November 1396, Joan Beaufort, the widow of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers. Joan was the legitimated daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, by his mistress and later third wife, Katherine Swynford. By his second marriage Westmorland had nine sons and five daughters.
SOURCE: Wikipedia


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