Alianora (Percy) Stafford (1476 - 1530)

Born 1476 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Stafford KG KB — married after Dec 1489 in England

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1530 at about age 54 in London, England

Biography

Eleanor Percy was born circa 1476 at Leconfield, Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Sir Henry Percy and Maud Herbert.^[1][2][3]

Marriage & Children

A contract for the marriage of Eleanor Percy and Sir Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke Buckingham, 8th Earl & 9th Lord of Stafford, Earl of Hereford & Northampton, Constable of England was signed on 14 December 1490. They had 1 son & 3 daughters:^[1][2][3]

1. Henry, 1st Lord Stafford
2. Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, Earl Marshal of England
3. Katherine, wife of Sir Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland
4. Mary, wife of Sir George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny).

Death

Eleanor Percy died on 13 February 1530; Buried at the church of the Greyfriars, London.^[1][2][3] Her estate was probated on 15 May 1531.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 676.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 85.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 22-23.

See Also:

• Wikipedia page
• Brydges, Egerton. Collins's Peerage of England, greatly augmented and continued to the present time, Vol. II, 1812, p. 304, Internet Archive
• Cokayne. G E. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. II, St Catherine Press, 1912, pp. 390-1, Internet Archive
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol. 53, pp. 446-7, entry for 'STAFFORD, EDWARD, third Duke of Buckingham', Wikisource
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by C S L Davies for 'Stafford, Edward, third duke of Buckingham', print and online 2004, revised online 2008