Humphrey de Stafford 
Humphrey was born about 1402 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Humphrey's father was Edmund de Stafford and his mother was Anne Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were Sir Hugh De Stafford and Lady Phillippa de Beauchamp; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Plantagenet and Alianore de Bohun. He had a sister named Anne. He was the older of the two children. He had three half-brothers named Sir William, Henry and John. He died on July 27th, 1460 in Killed at the battle of Northampton.General Notes
Humphrey Stafford, first Duke of Buckingham, b. in 1402 and d. in 1460, was son of Edmund, fifth Earl of Stafford. His mother was the dau. of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, and dau. of Edward III and Eleanor Bohun, dau. of the Earl of Hereford, Northampton and Essex. He was created Earl of Stafford at the death of his father who was killed at the battle of Shrewsbury, July 21, 1403. At the age of 22 he took a prominent position in the Council of Henry IV. In 1430 he was made Constable of France and Governor of Paris, and was Licutenant-General of Normandy until 1432. After the death of his mother he became Duke of Buckingham. This title was borne, during the war of the roses, by the noble family of Stafford. It descended to Humphrey through his mother who was daughter of the Duke of Gloucester, who was the youngest son of Edward the III. He inherited a number of large estates and became the owner of real estate in all sections of the country. He was ambitious in elevating his position as Duke and was jealous of any interference. He was prompt in securing recognition and full recompense for his services. He was killed at the battle of Northampton, July 10, 1460. In the battle of St. Albans, 1455, in which was shed the first blood in that domestic quarrel of thirty years' continuance, which required twelve pitched battles before it was brought to a close, cost the lives of eighty princes and almost annihilated the ancient nobility of England, was slain Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, eldest son of Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham. He was for a time estranged from Queen Margaret for the dismissal of his step brothers from their offices. But on the whole, his sympathies were with the royal parties. He had ideas of holding the balance of power between Margaret and the Duke of York. Humphrey was perhaps the greatest landholder in England. His estates lay all over central England from Holderness to Breeknoe, and from Stafford to Tunbridge.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1243 d.1293
- b.17 Jul 1273 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.12 Aug 1308 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1248
- b.24 Sep 1301 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1242 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England d.31 Dec 1299 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England
- b.~ 1283 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England d.17 MAR 1335/36 in Bur Tysoe, Warwick, England
- b.~ 1239 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1334 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.16 Oct 1386 in Isle of Rhodes, Greece
- b.1267 in Audley, Staffordshire, England d.12 Apr 1326
- b.1289 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England d.10 Nov 1347 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1275 in Wigmore, England d.1338
- b.1325 in Tonbridge, Stafford, England d.16 Sep 1345
- b.02 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d.07 Dec 1295
- b.Oct 1292 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England d.09 Apr 1342 in France
- b.1272 in D'Acres, Palestine d.26 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.2 MAR 1376/77 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.21 Jul 1403 in Battle of Shrewsbury, fighting on the King's side.
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d.09 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.1272 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d.12 Aug 1315 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.1237 in Bernard Castle, Warwick, England d.16 Apr 1301 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.14 FEB 1312/13 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.13 Nov 1369 in Calais, France (Plague)
- b.1255 in Castle Maud, Radnor and Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d.29 Jul 1295 in Gascony, France
- b.8 JAN 1281/82 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d.1 JAN 1323/24
- b.~ 1260 d.> 1283
- b.1334 in Elmley, England d.06 Apr 1386
- b.~ 1252 in Wigmore, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, England
- b.25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.29 Nov 1330 in hanged at the Elm, Tyburn, London, England
- b.~ 1270 in Wigmore, England d.7 FEB 1332/33
- b.~ 1310 in Wigmore, England d.1363 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1255 in Trim Castle, co. Meath, Ireland d.08 Jun 1292
- b.2 FEB 1284/85 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England d.19 Oct 1356
- b.~ 1255 in Lusignan, France d.1323
- b.~ 1402 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.27 Jul 1460 in Killed at the battle of Northampton
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1244 in Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Navarre, Spain d.1305 in Château De Vincennes, Vincennes, France
- b.7 JAN 1354/55 in Windsor, England d.08 Sep 1397
- b.~ 1247 in Brabant, Brabant, Belgium d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1252 in Luxembourg, Belgium d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Valois, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roi, , France
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1273 in Napoli, Italy d.1299
- b.Apr 1383 in Windsor, England d.16 Oct 1438
- b.~ 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 MAR 1320/21 in Slain at Boroughbridge, York, England
- b.Nov 1310 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.Sep 1360 in Northampton, England
- b.05 Aug 1282 in Rhudlan Castle, Carnarvon, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England
- b.24 MAR 1340/41 in Northampton, England d.16 JAN 1372/73
- b.1274 in Chilham Castle Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged in Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1313 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1355 in Richmond Palace, Surrey
- b.~ 1286 in Tonebridge, Suffolk, England d.1333
- b.~ 1362 in Northampton, England d.02 Oct 1399
- b.01 May 1290 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded without trial in Hereford, England
- b.1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1287 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.~ 1344 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.1419
- b.1281 in London, England d.22 Sep 1345
- b.~ 1311 in Grismond Castle, England d.11 JAN 1370/71
- b.1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales d.1322
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They had three sons and five daughters, named Humphrey, Henry, John, Anne, Joanna, Elizabeth, Margaret and Catherine.
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Children
Humphrey de Stafford
Humphrey was born about 1424 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He died in 1455 in Battle of St. Albans.
Catherine de Stafford
Catherine was born about 1438 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. She died on December 26th, 1476.
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