Katherine De STAFFORD^[1]

Abt 1366 - 1419  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Katherine De STAFFORD  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1366	Staffordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharina STAFFORD  [5]
  Name	Katherine de STAFFORD  [5]
  _FSFTID	GHLQ-8QW
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHLQ-8QW
  _UID	268EC9B5FDC24FFEB7703FF667A11A37F311
  Burial	1419	Wingfiled Church, Wingfield, Suffolk, England   [5]
  Death	8 Apr 1419	Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England   [3, 4, 6]
  Person ID	I14311	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Hugh STAFFORD,   b. 1342, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Philippa DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1334, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 6 Apr 1386 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1362	England   [7]
  Family ID	F536728724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael De LA POLE, 2nd Earl Of Suffolk,   b. Bef 1367, Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England d. 18 Sep 1415, Siege Of Harfluer, France (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	Bef 23 Nov 1383  [3, 4, 6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth De LA POLE,   b. Abt 1390, Cotton, Suffolk, England d. Aft 7 Jul 1421 (Age ~ 31 years)   2. Isabel LE LA POLE,   b. Abt 1392, Cotton, Suffolk, England d. Abt 1464, Norwich, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 72 years)   3. Michael De LA POLE, 3rd Earl Of Suffolk,   b. Abt 1394, Cotton, Suffolk, England d. 25 Oct 1415, Battle Of Agincourt, Artois/Pas-DE-Calais, France (Dspm) (Age ~ 21 years)   4. William De LA POLE, 1st Duke Of Suffolk,   b. 16 Oct 1396, Cotton, Suffolk, England d. 2 May 1450, Murdered/Executed At Sea Off Dover, England (Age 53 years)   5. Thomas De La POLE,   b. 1398, Suffolk, England d. 21 Aug 1420 (Age 22 years)   6. Catharine de la POLE,   b. 1404, Cotton, Suffolk, England d. 1473, Barking Abbey, Suffolk, England (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F7385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Katherine de Stafford, Countess of Suffolk (born around 1376 died 8 April 1419) was a daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. By her marriage to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, she became known as the Countess of Suffolk. Family Katherine was one of nine children born to Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. Some of her siblings included Margaret de Stafford, Countess of Westmorland and Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford. Her paternal grandparents were Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. Her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Through his paternal and maternal grandmothers, she was descended from Edward I and John, King of England respectively. Marriage and children Katherine was married to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk in April 1383. He was a son of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield. They had the following issue, the eldest of whom would not be born until 1394, eleven years after their marriage: 1.) Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1394–1415) 2.) William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396–1450) 3.) Sir Alexander de la Pole (d. 1429), killed at the Battle of Jargeau 4.) Sir John de la Pole (d. 1429), died a prisoner in France. 5) Sir Thomas de la Pole (aft. 1397-1433), a clerk, died in France while a hostage for his brother William. He had an illegitimate daughter and heiress Katherine de la Pole (1416-1488, buried in Rowley Abbey, Oxfordshire), second wife of Sir Miles Stapleton, and had issue 6.) Katherine de la Pole, abbess at Barking 7.) Isabel de la Pole (d. 1466), married Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley, and had issue 8.) Elizabeth de la Pole, married first Edward Burnell, son of Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell, second Sir Thomas Kerdeston Michael died on 18 September 1415, from the flux. Katherine died four years later, on 8 April 1419. Katherine [2nd daughter of 3 listed]; married by 23 Nov 1383 Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (died 18 Sep 1415) of the 1385 creation, and died 8 April 1419. [Burke's Peerage] -------------------- Katherine Stafford, d. 8 Apr 1419; m. before 23 Nov 1383 Sir Michael de la Pole, b. in or before 1367, d. Harfleur 18 Sep 1415, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, son of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk 1385, d. 1388, and Katherine Wingfield. [Magna Charta Sureties] --------------------- He [Michael de la Pole] married (contract 1 February 1382/3, to marry on 13 April or soon after), before 23 November 1383, Katherine, daughter of Hugh (DE STAFFORD], 2nd EARL OF STAFFORD, by Philippe, daughter of Thomas (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK. He died of the flux 18 September 1415 at the siege of Harfleur and was buried at Wingfield. M.I. His widow died 8 April 1419 and was buried with him. M. I. [Complete Peerage XII/1:441-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  
  

• Sources

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