Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford KG (born March 2, 1378 , Staffordshire , England ; † fallen on July 21, 1403 , Shrewsbury , Shropshire , England) was an English nobleman.
Life
Edmund was the eighth of nine children of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford , and Philippa de Beauchamp . He married Anne of Gloucester on June 13, 1398 , daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , younger son of King Edward III. , and by Eleanor de Bohun . Anne was the widow of his older brother, Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford, who died in 1392 . Edmund succeeded William as Earl of Stafford on the death of his older brother William on April 6, 1395 . In 1399 he became Lord High Constable of England , also since 1399 Knight of the Bath and 1402 Knight of the Order of the Garter .
Edmund Stafford fell at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the age of 25, fighting on the side of King Henry IV . He was buried in the church of the Augustinian branch in Stafford .
Family and offspring
With Anne of Gloucester he had the following three children:
- Anne Stafford (around 1400 - 24 September 1432)
- ⚭ Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (6 November 1391 - 18 January 1425);
- ⚭ March 6, 1427 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (March 29, 1395 - August 5, 1447) ( House of Holland )
- Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (born August 15, 1402 - † July 10, 1460 at the Battle of Northampton ) ⚭ before October 18, 1424 Anne Neville (* around 1411 Westmorland , England; † September 20, 1480 Raby , Durham , England)
- Phillipa Stafford († as a child)
Individual proof
- ↑ Handbook of British Chronology, Second Edition, p. 450
Web link
- Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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William Stafford |
Earl of Stafford 1395-1403 |
Humphrey Stafford |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stafford, Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stafford, Edmund |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1378 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Staffordshire |
DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1403 |
Place of death | Shrewsbury |