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

Female 1383 - 1438  (55 years)


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  • Name Anne Plantagenet  [1
    Title Lady  
    Suffix of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu 
    Birth Apr 1383  Pleshey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Oct 1438  Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I338  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

    Father Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester,   b. 7 Jan 1355   d. 8 Sep 1397 (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester,   b. 1366, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1399, Aldgate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Earl of Stafford Thomas Stafford,   b. 1368, Stafford, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1392, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 1392  [1
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2014 

    Family 2 Sir Edmund Stafford,   b. 1378, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshie, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Family ID F244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2014 

    Family 3 Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu,   b. 4 Jul 1374, Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1420, Troyes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1405  Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex,   b. 1406   d. 4 Apr 1483 (Age 77 years)
    +2. William Bourchier, 9th Baron Fitzwaryn,   b. 1407   d. 1474 (Age 67 years)
     3. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral,   b. 1413   d. 30 Mar 1486, Knole House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +4. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners,   b. Abt 1415, Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1474, Chertsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    +5. Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk,   b. 1417   d. Nov 1474 (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2020 

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Wiki Tree, (http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Plantagenet-Family-Tree-114).