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Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu

Female 1383 - 1438  (55 years)


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  1. 1.  Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England (daughter of Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester); died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Plantagenet-114:
    Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and Eleanor de Bohun.

    Anne was born on 30 April 1383, and was baptised at Pleshey, Essex sometime before 6 May. Her uncle, John of Gaunt, ordered several payments to be made in regards to the event. Her father was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her mother was Eleanor de Bohun, the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan Fitzalan. Her mother was also a great-great-granddaughter of Edward I.

    Marriage with Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford

    Anne married three times. Her first marriage was to Thomas Stafford, 3rd.Earl of Stafford (1368 - 4 July 1392), and took place around 1390. The couple had no children, and after his death Anne married his younger brother Edmund.

    Marriage with Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

    On 28 June 1398, Anne married Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403), and had children:

    Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who married Anne, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland. Joan was a daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later third wife, Katherine Swynford
    Anne Stafford, Countess of March, who married Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Edmund was a great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. Edmund and Anne had no children. She married, secondly, John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (d. 1447), and had one son: Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (d. 1475), and a daughter Anne, who married John Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby
    Philippa Stafford, died young

    Marriage with William Bourchier, Count of Eu

    In about 1405 Anne married William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (d. 1420), son of Sir William Bourchier and Eleanor of Louvain, by whom she had the following children:

    Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Anne de Mortimer. Isabel was also an older sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk, married John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
    William Bourchier, 1st Baron FitzWaryn
    Cardinal Thomas Bourchier
    John Bourchier, Baron Berners. John was the grandfather of John, Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart
    Anne died on 16 Oct 1438 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire.

    Anne married Earl of Stafford Thomas Stafford in 1392. Thomas was born in 1368 in Stafford, Staffordshire; died on 4 Jul 1392 in Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sir Edmund Stafford. Edmund was born in 1378 in Staffordshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshie, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Anne married Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu on 20 Nov 1405 in Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England. William (son of Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy and Eleanor de Louvaine) was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex was born in 1406; died on 4 Apr 1483; was buried in Little Easton Church, Essex, England.
    2. William Bourchier, 9th Baron Fitzwaryn was born in 1407; died in 1474.
    3. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral was born in 1413; died on 30 Mar 1486 in Knole House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.
    4. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners was born about 1415 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 16 May 1474 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.
    5. Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk was born in 1417; died in Nov 1474.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan 1355 (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III and Philippa, of Hainault); died on 8 Sep 1397.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas Woodstock

    Notes:

    Youngest Son of King Edward III

    Thomas + Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester. Eleanor (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan) was born in 1366 in Herefordshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1399 in Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester was born in 1366 in Herefordshire, England (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan); died on 3 Oct 1399 in Aldgate, London, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. Joanna Plantagenet
    3. Emma Plantagenet
    4. Humphrey Plantagenet
    5. Joan Plantagenet
    6. Isabel Plantagenet
    7. Richard Berners Plantagenet
    8. Phillipa Plantagenet


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IIIEdward Plantagenet, King Edward III was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward II and Isabella, - of France); died on 21 Jul 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Notes:

    Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament—as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

    Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, and began his personal reign. After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. This started what would become known as the Hundred Years' War.[1] Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward's later years, however, were marked by international failure and domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity and poor health.

    Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time and for centuries after, Edward was denounced as an irresponsible adventurer by later Whig historians such as William Stubbs. This view has been challenged recently and modern historians credit him with some significant achievements.

    Edward married Philippa, of Hainault on 24 Jan 1328. Philippa was born on 24 Jun 1314; died on 15 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Philippa, of Hainault was born on 24 Jun 1314; died on 15 Aug 1369.

    Notes:

    Philippa of Hainault, LG or Philippa of Holland (24 June[1] 1314 – 15 August 1369) was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward III.[2] Edward, Duke of Guyenne, her future husband, promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years.[3] She was married to Edward, first by proxy, when Edward dispatched the Bishop of Coventry "to marry her in his name" in Valenciennes (second city in importance of the county of Hainaut) in October 1327.[4] The marriage was celebrated formally in York Minster on 24 January 1328, some months after Edward's accession to the throne of England. In August 1328, he also fixed his wife's dower.[5]

    Philippa acted as regent on several occasions when her husband was away from his kingdom and she often accompanied him on his expeditions to Scotland, France, and Flanders. Philippa won much popularity with the English people for her kindness and compassion, which were demonstrated in 1347 when she successfully persuaded King Edward to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais. It was this popularity that helped maintain peace in England throughout Edward's long reign.[6] The eldest of her fourteen children was Edward, the Black Prince, who became a renowned military leader. Philippa died at the age of fifty-five from an illness closely related to dropsy. The Queen's College, Oxford was founded in her honour.

    Children:
    1. Edward Plantagenet, The Black Prince was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1376.
    2. Isabella Plantagenet was born on 16 Jun 1332.
    3. Joan Plantagenet was born on 19 Dec 1333.
    4. William Plantagenet was born on 16 Feb 1337.
    5. Lionel Plantagenet was born on 29 Nov 1338.
    6. John Plantagenet, of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster was born on 6 Mar 1340 in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire; was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
    7. Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York was born on 5 Jun 1341.
    8. Blanche Plantagenet was born in Mar 1342.
    9. Mary Plantagenet was born on 10 Oct 1344.
    10. Margaret Plantagenet was born on 20 Jul 1346.
    11. Thomas Plantagenet, of Windsor was born in 1347; died in Sep 1348.
    12. 2. Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan 1355; died on 8 Sep 1397.

  3. 6.  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford was born on 25 Mar 1342 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England (son of 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere); died on 16 Jan 1373.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Humphrey Bohun

    Notes:

    Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG (25 March 1341 – 16 January 1373) was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I. He became heir to the Earldom of Hereford after the death of his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford.

    Following King Peter I's visit to England, Humphrey participated in the sack of Alexandria in 1365.

    On his death, because he had no son, the estates of the Earls of Hereford should have passed to his cousin Gilbert de Bohun. Due to the power of the Crown, his great estates were divided between his two surviving daughters:

    Eleanor de Bohun, who married Thomas of Woodstock.

    Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England . Elizabeth, died young.

    His wife and the mother of his daughters was Joan Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster, whom he married after 9 September 1359.

    from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bohun-14
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    Humphrey married Joan Fitzalan after 9 Sep 1359. Joan (daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel) was born about 1345; died on 17 Apr 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Joan Fitzalan was born about 1345 (daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel); died on 17 Apr 1419.
    Children:
    1. 3. Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester was born in 1366 in Herefordshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1399 in Aldgate, London, England.
    2. Queen Mary de Bohun, Queen of Henry IV died in 1394.
    3. Elizabeth de Bohun


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IIEdward Plantagenet, King Edward II was born on 25 Apr 1284 in Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castilla); died on 21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns to pacify Scotland, and in 1306 he was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Edward succeeded to the throne in 1307, following his father's death. In 1308, he married Isabella of France, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV, as part of a long-running effort to resolve the tensions between the English and French crowns.

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England

    Edward + Isabella, - of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Isabella, - of France
    Children:
    1. 4. Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    2. John Plantagenet, of Eltham was born on 15 Aug 1316; died on 13 Sep 1336.
    3. Eleanor Plantagenet, of Woodstock was born on 18 Jun 1318; died on 22 Apr 1355.
    4. Joan Plantagenet, of the Tower was born on 5 Jul 1321; died on 7 Sep 1362.

  3. 12.  1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton was born about 1312 in Caldecot, Northampton, England (son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex and Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, Countess of Hereford and Essex); died on 16 Sep 1360 in Walden Abbey, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex, England.

    Notes:

    Knight of the Garter 1349, Stall 13, became a member of the order of the garter after the death of Hugh Courtenay. According to the custom upon the admission of the early knights of that order, he executed a deed of gift, dated London, 4 May following, of the advowson of Dadington to the canons of the said chapel.

    William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton in 1337 carried a seal with the whole of the family Arms reproduced on it.

    William assisted in the overthrow of Roger Mortimer. The manor of High-Wycombe was granted to William de Bohun in 1332. In 1336 William was made Constable of England. In a Parliament William was made Earl of Northampton on March 17 1337 by Edward III, at the occasion of conferring the Dukedom of Cornwall to Prince Edward. The elevation of William de Bohun, backed up by £1,000 a year helped William supply men to Edward III for his campaigns. In 1337 William was appointed one of the commissioners to treat with Philip of Valois, discussing the right to the French Crown, and also to negotiate a peace with David Bruce. In 1339 William was one of the marshals in the third battalia of Edward III's army, drawn up at Vironfosse. William took part in the naval Victory at the battle of Sluys 1340. In 1342, William was made the King's Leutenant and Captain General in Brittany, with powers to receive fealty and homage from the inhabitants on behalf of Edward III under his assumed title as King of France. In August 1342 William de Bohun, Constable of England, along with Robert of Artois, lands in Brest, advances across Brittany and captures Vannes. On 30 September 1342 William de Bohun defeated Charles de Blois at the Battle of Morlay, and took the town of Roch-Dirien by assault. In 1343, William was in the expedition of the Earl of Lancaster into Scotland and was appointed Governor of Lochmaben Castle. Later in 1343 William was back in Brittany. On 16 August 1346 William led a heavy cavalry detachment accross the recently rebuilt bridge over the Seine at Poissy to clear the militia guarding the north bank stationed by King Philippe of France. Together with the Earl of Warwick he led the crossing of the Somme at Blanche-Taque to secure the northern bank and allow the English army to cross prior to the battle of Crecy. At Crecy he led the second battle of the English army on the right wing.

    On 10 May 1346 Letters Patent of Edward III, granting license (at the request of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton) to Richard and Ann Hakoun and John and Isabel Burdoun to grant one quarter of Bricett manor to Bricett priory. The Great Seal of Edward III is attached.

    In 1347, he is particularly mentioned by the King in his letter to the Archbishop of York, detailing the events before Calais. Also in 1347 William De Bohun was at the Siege of Calais, with his nephew Hugh Courtenay and in the camp around Calais, the King, upon their joint supplication, excused the Earl of Devon, on account of infirm health, from attending on any military service out of the realm. After the surrender, he probably returned in the Royal suite to England and he was at Eltham Palace, Surrey, towards the close of 1347, distinguishing himself at a tournament, and receiving from the King, as his reward, a hood of white cloth, buttoned with large pearls and embroidered with figures of men in dancing postures.

    The Earl of Northampton, who succeeded in 1349 Sir Hugh Courtenay in the seventh Garter Stall on the Sovereign's side in St. George's College Chapel, Windsor, Berks, had licence, on the 26 January 1350, to assign the advowson of Dadington to the custodians and chaplains of the said college, and that, on the 4 May 1350, the Earl completed that donation, which was made in conformity to a custom observed by Knights of the Order soon after the foundation.

    The Isle of Foulness lies just off of the Essex coast near Shoebury. The area was already considered an island back in roman times and the name seems to be derived from old English fulga-naess meaning "wild birds nest". Foulness manor in 1235 was granted to Hugh de Burg Earl of Kent , then in 1271 passed down to Guy de Rochford and then his nephew John and then Robert de Rochford in 1324. After this date it is recorded in the records as part of the estate of William de Bohun Earl of Hereford until 1373

    Buried at Walden Abbey, Essex, England.
    from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bohun-35
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    Present at the naval victory of Sluys and also at the battle of Crécy.

    William married Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere about 1335. Elizabeth (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere) was born about 1325; died on 8 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere was born about 1325 (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere); died on 8 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Elizabeth Baldesmere

    Notes:

    She received dower in September 1332, and in 1334 obtained the castle of Bridgwater and various manors as her right by gift of Roger de Mortimer.

    She was a great benefactress of the Church. Among numerous other gifts, she bestowed on the house of the Black Friars in Ludgate (where she was buried) "a cross made of the wood of the very cross of our Saviour, which she usually carried with her, wherein was contained one of the thorns of His crown."

    Her will, dated 31 May 1356, directed burial in the Black Friar's, London (where her tomb is recorded by Stow).

    from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Badlesmere-5
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    Children:
    1. 6. Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford was born on 25 Mar 1342 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 16 Jan 1373.
    2. Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel was born about 1350 in Derbyshire, England; died on 3 Apr 1385 in Castle Arundel, Arundel, Sussex, England.

  5. 14.  Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel

    Richard married Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel in 1359. Elizabeth (daughter of 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere) was born about 1350 in Derbyshire, England; died on 3 Apr 1385 in Castle Arundel, Arundel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel was born about 1350 in Derbyshire, England (daughter of 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere); died on 3 Apr 1385 in Castle Arundel, Arundel, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. 7. Joan Fitzalan was born about 1345; died on 17 Apr 1419.
    2. Elizabeth Fitzalan was born in 1366 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 8 Jul 1425 in Haveringham, Nottingham, England.
    3. Richard Fitzalan was born in 1368; died in 1399.
    4. Earl of Arundel William FitzAlan was born in 1370; died on 14 Oct 1415.
    5. Alice Fitzalan
    6. Thomas Fitzalan
    7. Margaret Fitzalan