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Stafford

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Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford.
From the Bruges Garter Book, 1430s.
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Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford.
He mar Margaret Bassett.
He died 1308.
They had issue:

1. Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford,
   born 1301.
   See wikipedia and genealogics.
   He mar 1stly, probably c.1326-1327, to Katharine Hastang.
   He mar 2ndly, pre-1336, to Margaret de Audley [descendant of Edward I].
   He died 1372.
   He had issue by 2nd wife:

   
   

   1. Elizabeth de Stafford.
      She mar John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and had issue.

      
      

   2. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford.
      He mar Philippa de Beauchamp [descendant of Henry II].
      They had issue:

      
      

      1. Margaret de Stafford.
         See wikipedia and genealogics.
         She mar Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland and had issue.

         
         

      2. Edmund de Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford.
         He mar Anne of Gloucester [grand-dau of Edward III].
         They had issue:
         1. Anne Stafford, mar John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter and had issue.

      
      

   3. Katherine de Stafford, born c.1340.
      She mar Sir John de Sutton and had issue.