Margaret de Stafford

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Margaret Stafford, Baroness Neville de Raby
Ralph and his wifes.jpg
Effigy of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his two wives, Staindrop Church
Died9 June 1396
Spouse(s) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
IssueMaud Neville
Alice Neville
Philippa Neville
Sir John Neville
Elizabeth Neville
Anne Neville
Sir Ralph Neville
Margaret Neville
Father Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
Mother Philippa Beauchamp

Margaret Stafford (born c. 1364; 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.

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Family

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. [1]

Margaret had five brothers and two younger sisters: [2]

Marriage and issue

Margaret Stafford was the first wife of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. [3] They had two sons and six daughters:

Death

Margaret Stafford died 9 June 1396, and was buried at Brancepeth, Durham. [11]

After Margaret Stafford's death, Westmorland married, before 29 November 1396, Joan Beaufort, the widow of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers. [12] 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. [13]

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Footnotes

  1. Richardson IV 2011 , p. 74.
  2. Richardson IV 2011 , pp. 74–6.
  3. Cokayne 1959 , p. 547; Richardson III 2011 , p. 246.
  4. Richardson III 2011 , p. 249.
  5. Richardson II 2011 , p. 244; Richardson IV 2011 , p. 313.
  6. Richardson III 2011 , p. 249
  7. Richardson II 2011 , p. 257
  8. Cokayne 1916 , p. 18; Richardson II 2011 , p. 16.
  9. Richardson III 2011 , pp. 118–119.
  10. Richardson IV 2011 , p. 198
  11. Richardson III 2011 , p. 246.
  12. Richardson IV 2011 , p. 313; Weir 1996 , p. 108.
  13. Richardson III 2011 , p. 246.

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