1st Earl of Stafford Ralph Stafford

1298 - 1372  (73 years)

• Name	Ralph Stafford
  Title	1st Earl of Stafford
  Birth	24 Sep 1298	Amington, Staffordshire, England
  Christening	Aft 24 Sep 1298	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Ralph was married before 1331
  Title of Nobility	From 1301 to 1372
  	2nd Baron Stafford
  Occupation	1327
  	Steward of the Royal Household
  Military Service	1332
  	Commissioner of the Peace
  Military Service	11 Aug 1332
  	Commanding Officer of Archers at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in Scotland
  Title of Nobility	29 Nov 1336
  	Lord Stafford
  Occupation	1341
  	Steward of the Royal Household
  Occupation	Mar 1345
  	Seneschal of Aquitaine
  Military Service	26 Aug 1348
  	and was captured during the Siege of Nantes
  Title of Nobility	5 Mar 1350
  	1st Earl of Stafford
  Military Service	1352	Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  	and served as King's Lieutenant in Gascogne
  Occupation	1361
  	Royal Envoy to France
  Occupation	1361
  	Royal Envoy to Ireland
  Death	31 Aug 1372	Tonbridge, Kent, England
  Burial	Aft 31 Aug 1372	Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
  Title of Nobility	26 Aug 1384
  	5th Knight of the Order of the Garter
  Occupation	Lord of Pipe for Stafford
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  Person ID	I15913	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	1st Baron Stafford Edmund Stafford,   b. 15 Jul 1272, Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Aug 1308, Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Margaret Bassett,   b. 1280, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d. 17 Mar 1337, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1298	Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F5612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	2nd Baroness Audley Margaret Audley,   b. 1318, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Sep 1349, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1326	, Stafrfordshire, Staffordshire, England
  Children	1. Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1334, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Aug 1376, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England (Age 42 years)   2. Margaret Stafford,   b. Abt 1336, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. DECEASED   3. Joanna Stafford,   b. 1338, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Nov 1397, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 59 years)   4. Beatrice Stafford,   b. Abt 1341, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Apr 1415, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England (Age 74 years)   5. Eleanor Stafford,   b. 1342, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1362 (Age 20 years)   6. 2nd Earl of Stafford Hugh Stafford,   b. 1342, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece (Age 44 years)   7. Thomas Stafford,   b. 1347, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. DECEASED   8. Katherine Stafford,   b. Abt 1348, Staffordshire, England d. 6 Dec 1361 (Age 13 years)
  Family ID	F5120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Katharine de Hastang,   b. 1305, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 6 Jul 1336, Castle Church, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1326	, Stafrfordshire, Staffordshire, England
  Children	1. Margaret Stafford,   b. Abt 1331, Sandon, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 9 Jun 1396, Bramshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 65 years)   2. Ralph de Stafford,   b. Abt 1337, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. Abt 1347 (Age 10 years)   3. Joan Stafford   d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F31685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023