Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex
Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1479 |
| Died | before 11 May 1532 |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Katherine Woodville |
Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex (c. 1479 – 11 May 1532) was an English noblewoman.
Family
Elizabeth Stafford was the daughter of
By her father's marriage to Catherine Woodville, Elizabeth Stafford had two brothers, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham,[2] and Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and a sister, Anne, who married firstly, Sir Walter Herbert (died 16 September 1507), an illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke,[3] and secondly, George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon.[4]
After the execution of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, his widow, Catherine Woodville, married Jasper Tudor, second son of Owen Tudor and King Henry V's widow, Catherine of Valois. After Jasper Tudor's death on 21 December 1495, Catherine Woodville married Sir Richard Wingfield (died 22 July 1525). Catherine Woodville died 18 May 1497. After her death, Sir Richard Wingfield married Bridget Wiltshire, daughter and heiress of Sir John Wiltshire of Stone Castle, Kent.[5]
Elizabeth Stafford's only paternal aunt was Margaret Dayrell who was wife to
Her first cousins included (among others)
Her father was executed for treason by order of Richard III of England on 2 November 1483. She would remain in the care of her mother until her own marriage.[citation needed]
Elizabeth Stafford died before 11 May 1532,[6] and was buried in Boreham, Essex.[citation needed]
Marriage and issue
Elizabeth Stafford married, shortly after 23 July 1505,
- Queen Elizabeth.
- Sir Humphrey Radcliffe (c. 1508/09–13 August 1566) of Elstow, Bedfordshire, who married Isabel Harvey, daughter and heir of Edmund Harvey of Elstow[8] and Margaret Wentworth,[citation needed] by whom he had two sons, Edward Radcliffe, 6th Earl of Sussex, and Thomas Radcliffe, and at least three daughters.
- George Radcliffe, who married Catherine Marney, the daughter of John Marney, 2nd Baron Marney.[9]
After Elizabeth Stafford's death,
Ancestry
 |
| Ancestors of Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Footnotes
- ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 738; Richardson IV 2011, p. 82; Dockray 2004.
- ^ According to Davies she may have had another brother, Humphrey Stafford, who died young.
- ^ Harris 2002, p. 145.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 374; Richardson IV 2011, p. 82; Davies 2008.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 82–3; Davies 2008.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 374.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 374.
- ^ Bindoff III 1982, p. 169.
- ^ Bindoff III 1982, p. 169; Grummitt 2004.
- ^ Margaret had three brothers, John, Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, and Henry.
- ^ Grummitt mentions Anne, but not Jane, and states that Sir John Radcliffe (died 1568) was the son of Robert Radcliffe's second marriage to Margaret Stanley, whereas Stanton states that Sir John Radcliffe (died 1568) was the son of Robert Radcliffe's third marriage to Mary Arundell.
- ^ Cokayne 1953, pp. 519–20; Richardson I 2011, p. 374; Richardson IV 2011, pp. 94–5; Stanton 2004; Grummitt 2004
References
- Bindoff, S.T. (1982). The House of Commons 1509–1558. Vol. III. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 169–70.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1953). The Complete Peerage edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII (Part I). London: St Catherine Press.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII (Part II). London: St Catherine Press.
- Davies, C.S.L. (2008). "Stafford, Edward, third duke of Buckingham (1478–1521)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26202. Retrieved 5 November 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.) (subscription required)
- Davies, C.S.L. (2004). "Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham (1455–1483)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26204. Retrieved 5 November 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Dockray, Keith (2004). "Stafford, Henry, earl of Wiltshire (c. 1479–1523)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70804. Retrieved 7 November 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.) (subscription required)
- Grummitt, David (2004). "Radcliffe, Robert, first earl of Sussex (1482/3–1542)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22991. Retrieved 11 November 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.) (subscription required)
- Harris, Barbara J. (2002). English Aristocratic Women, 1450–1550. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Pollard, Albert Frederick (1898). Edward Stafford (1478–1521). Vol. 53. Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 446–7. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
{{ISBN 1449966373 - Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
{{ISBN 1449966381 - Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
{{ISBN 1460992709 - Stanton, Pamela Y. (2004). "Arundell, Mary (married names Mary Radcliffe, countess of Sussex; Mary Fitzalan, countess of Arundel (died 1557)". required.) (subscription required)