Ralph+ Stafford 
Ralph+ was born on September 24th, 1301 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, England. Ralph+'s father was Edmund+ Stafford and his mother was Margaret+ Basset. His paternal grandparents were Nicholas+ Stafford and Alienor De+ Langley; his maternal grandfather was Ralph+ Basset and his maternal grandmother is Hawise+ Grey. He had two sisters named Margaret De+ and Catherine De. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 70 on August 31st, 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, England. He was buried in Tonburton Priory, England.General Notes
Seneschal of Gascony, Aquitaine
1st Earl, 2nd Baron of Stafford
Knight of the Bath; Knight of the Garter
"Noted soldier and friend of King Edward III. Margaret de Audley's father charged that Stafford married his daughter against her will and abducted her before July 6, 1336. Supposedly, Stafford and some his relatives abducted Margaret and burglarized his home. A commission was appointed to investigate the complaint. Edward III intervened and protected Stafford. In the end he and his wife were given much of her father's inheritance.
He was summoned to Parliament as the 2nd Baron Stafford on November 29,1336. He fought with distinction & valour for Edward III at Crecy. He fought under the Black Prince in the Prince's battalion on August 26, 1346. He received property after Edward III converted Calais into an English city after August 1347. He was one of the original companion of the Knights of the Garter of King Edward III."
CITES:Sources:
- person: Renaud de Paysac, L. Gustavsson, o guionneau
- family: L. Gustavsson, o guionneau/Renaud de Paysac http://www.geneastar.org
SOURCES: LDS Family History Library Ancestral File #8501-BG (familysearch.org)
WEB:
"Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini, Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage}, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain's Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse), Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon........... http://geneastar.org.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.< 1145 d.<25 Aug 1214
- b.~ 1185 in Staffordshire, England d.<12 May 1237
- b.~ 1164 in Staffordshire, England d.<Jan 1224 in Stone Priory, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1213 in Staffordshire, England\Alternate DOB given d.<04 Jun 1261 in Alternate DOD given
- b.~ 1140 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, England d.<21 Oct 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.~ 1187 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.>Feb 1227 in England
- b.1246 in Staffordshire, England d.01 Aug 1287 in Seige of Drosland Castle, Wales
- b.~ 1165 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England d.1222
- b.~ 1196 in Caus, Shropshire, England d.Sep 1274 in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1178 in Wem, Shropshire, England d.< 1227
- b.~ 1216 in Caus, Shropshire, England d.> 1253
- b.~ 1165 in Caus, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1205 in Caus, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1170
- b.15 Jul 1273 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England d.<26 Aug 1308 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England d.< 1287
- b.24 Sep 1301 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, England d.31 Aug 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, England
- b.~ 1160 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1189 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d.~ 1254 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1165 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.1215 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Slain, Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1194 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.1246 in Of, Stafford, England d.31 Dec 1299 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1158 d.1211
- b.~ 1207 in Dinas Powys, Wales d.<26 Aug 1273 in Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1189 in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.18 Jun 1229 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.18 Jun 1293 in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1175 in Arundel, Essex, England d. in Cainell By Rome, Latium Italy
- b.~ 1205 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.1240 in Dudley Castle, Strafford, England
- b.~ 1177 in Of, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1281 in Trubridge, Stafford, England d.31 Aug 1372 in Tonburton Priory, England
- b.~ 1152 in Cornwall, Oxford, England d. in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1171 in Codner, Derbyshire, England d.1219
- b.~ 1152 in Cornwall, Oxford, England
- b.~ 1199 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England d.Mar 1265
- b.~ 1140 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1175 in Hoo, Kent or Thurrock, Essex, England d.<18 Jun 1246
- b.~ 1149 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1253
- b.~ 1225
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Ralph+ and Margaret De+ were married in a religious ceremony on July 6th, 1335 in Staffordshire, England. They had two sons and five daughters, named Hugh+, Ralph, Margaret+, Catherine+, Joan+, Elizabeth+ and Beatrice+.
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Children
Hugh+ Stafford
Hugh+ was born about 1336 in Staffordshire, England. He died on October 16th, 1386 in England.
Catherine+ Stafford
Catherine+ was born in 1340 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England. She died at the age of 21 in December 1361.
Joan+ Stafford
Joan+ was born about 1342 in Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England. She died before 1397.
Beatrice+ Stafford
Beatrice+ was born in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England. She died on April 14th, 1415 in England.
They had a daughter named Jane+.