Katherine de Stafford

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Katherine de Stafford
Countess of Suffolk
File:The Tomb of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and his wife.jpg
The Tomb of Katherine de Stafford and her husband Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk in Wingfield Church
Spouse(s) Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Issue
Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Alexander de la Pole
Sir John de la Pole
Thomas de la Pole
Katherine de la Pole
Isabel de la Pole, Baroness Morley
Elizabeth de la Pole, Lady Burnell
Father Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
Mother Philippa de Beauchamp
Born around 1376
Died 8 April 1419

Katherine de Stafford, Countess of Suffolk (born around 1376 – 8 April 1419) was a daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. By her marriage to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, she became known as the Countess of Suffolk.

Family

Katherine was one of nine children born to Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. Some of her siblings included Margaret de Stafford, Countess of Westmorland and Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford.

Her paternal grandparents were Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. Her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

Marriage and children

Katherine was married to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk in April 1383. He was a son of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield.[1] They had the following issue, the eldest of whom would not be born until 1394, eleven years after their marriage:

Michael died on 18 September 1415, from the flux. Katherine died four years later, on 8 April 1419.

Ancestry

Family of Katherine de Stafford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Nicholas de Stafford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Eleanor de Clinton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Ralph Basset, 1st Baron Basset of Drayton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Margaret Bassett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Joan Grey of Ruthyn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford[1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Hugh I de Audley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Isolde de Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Margaret de Audley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Margaret de Clare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Joan of Acre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Katherine de Stafford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maud FitzJohn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Ralph VII de Toeni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Alice de Toeni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Mary de Toeni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Philippa de Beauchamp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Margaret de Fiennes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Katherine Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Piers de Geneville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Joan de Geneville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Jeanne of Lusignan
 
 
 
 
 
 

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