1st Earl of Stafford Ralph de Stafford

1301 - 1372  (70 years)

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  Ralph Stafford_from the Bruges Garter Book

  
  

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  Arms-STAFFORD

  
  

• Name	Ralph de Stafford  [1, 2]
  Title	1st Earl of Stafford
  Birth	24 Sep 1301	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	He supported the plot to free Edward III of England from the control of Roger Mortimer, which earned the king's gratitude
  Death	31 Aug 1372	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [2]
  	Tonbridge Priory
  Person ID	I14690	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	2nd Baroness Audley Margaret de Audley,   b. Jan 1305, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Sep 1347, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1336
  	Margaret was abducted by Ralph, Lord Stafford, who had helped Edward III take the throne. After the abduction, her parents filed a complaint with the king, but Edward supported Stafford
  Children	1. 2nd Earl of Stafford and 3rd Lord Audley Hugh de Stafford,   b. 1342, Staffordshire, England d. 16 Oct 1386, Ródos, Dodecanese, Southern Aegean, Greece (Age 44 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F5160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Sep 1301 - Tonbridge, Kent, England Death - 31 Aug 1372 - Tonbridge, Kent, England Burial - - Tonbridge, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S550] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde,. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).