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Katherine De STAFFORD

Katherine De STAFFORD[1]

Female Abt 1366 - 1419  (~ 53 years)

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  • Name Katherine De STAFFORD  [2, 3, 4
    Born Abt 1366  Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID GHLQ-8QW 
    Name Catharina STAFFORD  [5
    Name Katherine de STAFFORD  [5
    _UID 268EC9B5FDC24FFEB7703FF667A11A37F311 
    Buried 1419  Wingfiled Church, Wingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 8 Apr 1419  Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6
    Person ID I14311  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

    Father Hugh STAFFORD,   b. 1342, Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Philippa DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1334, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1386  (Age 52 years) 
    Married Bef 1362  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1415, Siege Of Harfluer, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Married Bef 23 Nov 1383  [3, 4, 6
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth De LA POLE,   b. Abt 1390, Cotton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 7 Jul 1421  (Age ~ 31 years)
     2. Isabel LE LA POLE,   b. Abt 1392, Cotton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1464, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     3. Michael De LA POLE, 3rd Earl Of Suffolk,   b. Abt 1394, Cotton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1415, Battle Of Agincourt, Artois/Pas-DE-Calais, France (Dspm) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. William De LA POLE, 1st Duke Of Suffolk,   b. 16 Oct 1396, Cotton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1450, Murdered/Executed At Sea Off Dover, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. Thomas De La POLE,   b. 1398, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1420  (Age 22 years)
     6. Catharine de la POLE,   b. 1404, Cotton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1473, Barking Abbey, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F7385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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]

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      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]

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      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 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2692 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 5-8 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, XII/1:442 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Katherine De STAFFORD, person ID GHLQ-8QW. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2682 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Philippa DE BEAUCHAMP, person ID LZZ1-47L. (Reliability: 3).