Anne of Gloucester

Female 1383 - 1438  (55 years)


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  • Name Anne of Gloucester 
    Birth 30 Apr 1383  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Baptism Pleshey Castle, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 16 Oct 1438  Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I46933  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2016 

    Father Thomas of Woodstock,   b. 7 Jan 1355, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1397, Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Eleanor de Bohun,   b. ~ 1366, (Hereford, Herefordshire, England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1399 (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Family ID F17228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sir Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford,   b. 0___ 1368, Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1392 (Age ~ 24 years) 
    Marriage 1390  [1
    Family ID F17229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Sir Edmund Stafford, Knight, 5th Earl of Stafford,   b. 3 Feb 1377, Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1403 (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1398  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Sir Humphrey Stafford, Knight, 1st Duke of Buckingham,   b. 15 Aug 1402, Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1460 (Age 57 years)
     2. Lady Anne Stafford,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1432, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F17230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 3 Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu,   b. 0___ 1374, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1420, Troyes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Marriage ~ 1405  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Sir Henry Bourchier, KG, 1st Earl of Essex,   b. ~ 1404   d. 4 Apr 1483 (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. Sir John Bourchier, Knight, 1st Baron Berners,   b. ~ 1415, Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0May 1474 (Age ~ 59 years)
    Family ID F17231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - - Pleshey Castle, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Oct 1438 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.

      Family

      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.[1]

      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. After her husband's death, Anne married his younger brother Edmund.

      Issue of Anne and Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

      On 28 June 1398, Anne married Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403). They had three children together:

      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 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

      Issue of Anne and 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 of Cambridge, 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, 9th Baron FitzWarin
      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. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10119] "Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester" biography, accessed & downloaded Thursday, December 8th, 2016 by David A.

    2. [S10122] "Anne of Gloucester" biography, accessed & downloaded Thursday, December 8th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, https://en.wik.