Margaret de Stafford
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Margaret de Stafford was the second daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
and Philippa de Beauchamp
. She became the first wife of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.
She was a maternal first cousin of the 1st Earl of Worcester and the 13th Earl of Warwick
; as well as a maternal aunt of the soldier and commander William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
and a paternal aunt of the military commander Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
.
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, KG was the eldest son of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley.Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Audley circa 1358...
and Philippa de Beauchamp
Philippa de Beauchamp
Philippa de Beauchamp was the daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.On or before 1 March 1350 she married Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley.Philippa and Hugh had seven...
. She became the first wife of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.
She was a maternal first cousin of the 1st Earl of Worcester and the 13th Earl of Warwick
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.-Early Life:...
; as well as a maternal aunt of the soldier and commander William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG , nicknamed Jack Napes , was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England.He also appears prominently in William Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 1 and Henry VI, part 2 and other...
and a paternal aunt of the military commander Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG , an English nobleman, great grandson of King Edward III on his mother's side, was best known as a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and in the Wars of the Roses....
.
Marriage and children
In 1382, Lady Margaret married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. They had nine children:- Maud de Neville (d. October 1438), married Piers de Mauley, 5th Baron Mauley
- Alice de Neville, married first Sir Thomas Grey of Heton; married second Sir Gilbert Lancaster
- Philippa de NevillePhilippa de NevillePhilippa de Neville or Philippa Neville, Baroness Dacre was born in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.Philippa's father was Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and her mother was Margaret de Stafford...
, married Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron DacreThomas Dacre, 6th Baron DacreThomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre was born in Naworth Castle, Cumberland, England.Dacre's father was William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre, born in 1357 and his mother was Mary, whose surname is not known... - John de Neville, Lord Neville (d. 1420)
- Sir Ralph Neville (d. 25 February 1458), married Mary Ferrers, daughter of Sir Robert FerrersRobert Ferrers (1373-1396)Sir Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem . He was born in Willisham, Suffolk.Robert was the son of Sir Robert Ferrers and Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem, who died in June 1411, and paternal grandson of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Agnes or Aeneas de Bohun...
and had issue - Elizabeth de Neville, a nun
- Anne de Neville, married Sir Gilbert UmfravilleUmfravilleUmfraville, the name of an English baronial family, derived from Amfreville in Normandy. Members of this family obtained lands in Northumberland, including Redesdale and Prudhoe, from the Norman kings, and a later member, Gilbert de Umfraville , married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, earl of Angus,...
- Margaret de Neville (d. c. 1465), married first Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton; married second William Cressoner
- Anastasia de Neville