George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1488 – 24 March 1544) was the son of
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron HastingsEdward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings was an English peer born in Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire, England to William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Katherine Neville. Edward married Mary Hungerford, Baroness Botreaux daughter of Thomas Hungerford and Anne Percy...
and Mary Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux. George Hastings was created the first
Earl of HuntingdonEarl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family....
by
Henry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy...
on 3 November, 1529. On the same day his son Francis gained a seat at the so-called Reformation Parliament. He was a close friend of Henry VIII and his wife, Anne Stafford, was a mistress of the King's in 1510 and possibly until 1513 She was later prosecuted for adultery with another of her husband's friends,
William ComptonWilliam Compton may refer to:*William Compton , courtier to Henry VIII *William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton *William Compton , Royalist army officer...
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George Hastings was the second husband of
Anne StaffordAnne Hastings née Stafford was the youngest daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville. In 1510, her affair with King Henry VIII was the subject of a scandal at court.-Background:...
, a daughter of
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamHenry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham played a major role in Richard III of England's rise and fall. He is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower...
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George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1488 – 24 March 1544) was the son of
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron HastingsEdward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings was an English peer born in Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire, England to William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Katherine Neville. Edward married Mary Hungerford, Baroness Botreaux daughter of Thomas Hungerford and Anne Percy...
and Mary Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux. George Hastings was created the first
Earl of HuntingdonEarl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family....
by
Henry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy...
on 3 November, 1529. On the same day his son Francis gained a seat at the so-called Reformation Parliament. He was a close friend of Henry VIII and his wife, Anne Stafford, was a mistress of the King's in 1510 and possibly until 1513 She was later prosecuted for adultery with another of her husband's friends,
William ComptonWilliam Compton may refer to:*William Compton , courtier to Henry VIII *William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton *William Compton , Royalist army officer...
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Marriage and children
George Hastings was the second husband of
Anne StaffordAnne Hastings née Stafford was the youngest daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville. In 1510, her affair with King Henry VIII was the subject of a scandal at court.-Background:...
, a daughter of
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamHenry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham played a major role in Richard III of England's rise and fall. He is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower...
. They had eight children.
- Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
(1514 - 25 January, 1569). Father of both Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
and George Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon.-Ancestry:...
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- William Hastings.
- Catherine Hastings.
- Sir Thomas Hastings. Married Winifred Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu was most famous as one of the peers in the trial of Anne Boleyn. He was the oldest son of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury and Sir Richard Pole...
and Jane Neville. Jane was a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron BergavennyGeorge Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny was an English Peer.The son of Sir Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny, who was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel le Despenser.He married Margaret Fenne, and they had...
and Margaret Fenne.
- Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough
Edward Hastings was born circa 1521 in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He married Joane Harrington daughter of John Harrington of Bagworth,Leicestershire, abt 1544.In 1547 he represented Leicester in Parliament.He was Sheriff of...
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- Henry Hastings.
- Mary Hastings. Married Thomas Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley.
- Dorothy Hastings. Married Sir Richard Deveraux, a son of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford was an English Peer.-Family:He was born in either Chartley Castle or the Chartley Manor which replaced it as the residence of the Barons Ferrers of Chartley following the Wars of the Roses...
. They were parents of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of EssexWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG , an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings....
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