 1301 - 1372 (70 years) Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Ralph de Stafford |
| Suffix |
1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford |
| Birth |
24 Sep 1301 |
Amington, Staffordshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
31 Aug 1372 |
Tonbridge, Kent, England |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
9 Oct 1930 |
SGEOR |
| Burial |
Tonbridge, Kent, England |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I171975 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, b. 15 Jul 1272, Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England d. 12 Aug 1308, Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England (Age 36 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Basset, b. 1280, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d. 17 Mar 1336, Tysoe, Warwickshire, England (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
1299 |
Marston, Staffordshire, England |
| Family ID |
F16137 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Katherine de Hastang, b. 1305, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England d. 6 Jul 1336, Stafford Castle, Staffordshire, England (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1326 |
Stafford, Staffordshire, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Joan de Stafford, b. 1328, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 2 Aug 1397, Staffordshire, England (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Margaret de Stafford, b. 1331, Sandon, Staffordshire, England d. 9 Jun 1396, Bramshall, Staffordshire, England (Age 65 years) |
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| Family ID |
F42935 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford, b. 1318, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 7 Sep 1349, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Jul 1336 |
Staffordshire, England |
| Notes |
- Ralph later sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audl e y, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de C la re, who was worth at least £2,314 a year, more than ten times his ow n est ates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England , bu t the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King a ppeas ed Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. M argare t de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subse quentl y had two sons and four daughters.
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| Children |
| | 1. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, b. Abt 1336, Staffordshire, England d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Elláda (Age 50 years) |
| | 2. Ralph de Stafford, b. 1337, Staffordshire, England d. 1374 (Age 37 years) |
| | 3. Elizabeth de Stafford, b. 1340, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Aug 1376, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England (Age 36 years) |
| | 4. Beatrice de Stafford, b. Abt 1341, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Apr 1415, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England (Age 74 years) |
| | 5. Joan de Stafford, b. 1344, Staffordshire, England d. 12 Nov 1397, Staffordshire, England (Age 53 years) |
| | 6. Katherine de Stafford, b. Abt 1348, Staffordshire, England d. Dec 1361 (Age 13 years) |
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| Family ID |
F7923 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2025 |
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