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Name
  
Edmund 5th

Grandchildren
  
Sir Henry Stafford


Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

Father
  
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford

Buried
  
Austin Friars, Stafford

Died
  
July 22, 1403, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Children
  
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, Lady Anne Stafford

Parents
  
Philippa de Beauchamp, Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford

Similar People
  
Thomas of Woodstock - 1st Duke, Eleanor de Bohun, Henry Holland - 3rd Duke

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and 6th Baron Audley, KB, KG (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403) was the son of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa de Beauchamp.

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Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford Edmund Stafford 5th Earl of Stafford c1378 1403 Genealogy

He inherited the Earldom at the age of 17, the third of three out of four brothers to inherit the title. His eldest brother, Sir Ralph, died before inheriting the title and his two elder brothers died without issue.

Marriage and children

He married Anne of Gloucester as her second husband under special licence, as she was the widow of his brother Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford who had died prior to the consummation of his marriage at the age of 18. Edmund and his brothers were ward of the Gloucester family. Anne was the granddaughter of King Edward III by his son Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun.

With Anne he had three children:

  1. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham who married Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan Beaufort. Joan was a daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Roet. Had issue.
  2. Anne Stafford, Countess of March, (d. 20 September 1432), who married firstly Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Edmund and Anne had no children. She married, secondly, John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (d.1447) and had one son and a daughter: Henry, Duke of Exeter (1430 – 1475) and Lady Anne Holland (d. 26 December 1486).
  3. Philippa Stafford, died young.

Later life and death

He was made a Knight of the Bath, along with his younger brother Hugh, at the coronation of Henry IV and a Knight of the Garter in 1403.

He was killed by the Scotsman, Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas while fighting with the royalist forces of King Henry IV at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. He was buried at the Church of the Austin Friars in Stafford.

Shakespeare

The Death of the Earl at the battle of Shrewsbury is mentioned in Henry IV Part 1 but otherwise he is not in the play. "And thou shalt find a king that will revenge Lord Stafford’s death". Henry IV Part 1 Act 5 Scene 3 by William Shakespeare.

References

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford Wikipedia