Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford
Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford (* around 1424, † around 1459) was an English nobleman .
Life
He was born the eldest son of Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford . His mother was Anne Neville , a sister of Cecily Neville and thus sister-in-law of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York .
Since his father had been raised to Duke of Buckingham in 1444 , Humphrey carried the courtesy title of Earl of Stafford as his Heir Apparent . Since his father survived him, Humphrey did not inherit, but his son Henry in 1460 as 2nd Duke.
Humphrey married Margaret Beaufort (1427-1474) , daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , and Eleanor Beauchamp. His brother Henry married another Margaret Beaufort , cousin of the first.
Like his father, Humphrey was a loyal follower of King Henry VI of Lancaster . in his conflict with the representative of the House of York , Richard Plantagenet. At the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses , Humphrey followed the royal army and fought on May 22, 1455 in the First Battle of St Albans , in which his father-in-law was killed. He himself was seriously injured in the battle.
Humphrey and Margaret had two sons together:
- Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455-1483);
- William Stafford.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter W. Hammond: The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times. Volume XIV, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 1998. cit. after The Peerage
- ^ Frederick Maurice Powicke, Edmund Boleslav Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society, London 1961, p. 450.
Web links
- Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 12, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stafford, Humphrey, Earl of Stafford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Great-great-grandson of the English King Edward III. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1424 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stafford |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1459 |