Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham - Ancestry

Ancestry

Three of Buckingham's four grandparents were descended from Edward III of England:

  • Buckingham's paternal grandfather was Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who was the grandson and senior descendant of Thomas of Woodstock, youngest son of Edward III.
  • Buckingham's paternal grandmother Lady Anne Neville was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt through his daughter Joan Beaufort, making her a great-granddaughter of Edward III.
  • Buckingham's maternal grandfather Edmund Beaufort was a grandson of John of Gaunt, the youngest son of his son John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.


Ancestors of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
16. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
8. Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford
17. Lady Philippa de Beauchamp
4. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
18. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
9. Lady Anne of Gloucester
19. Eleanor de Bohun
2. Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford
20. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby
10. Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
21. Maud Percy
5. Lady Anne Neville
22. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (=24)
11. Lady Joan Beaufort
23. Katherine Roet (=25)
1. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
24. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (=22)
12. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
25. Katherine Roet (=23)
6. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
26. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
13. Lady Margaret Holland
27. Lady Alice FitzAlan
3. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford
28. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
14. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
29. Margaret Ferrers
7. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp
30. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley
15. Elizabeth de Berkeley
31. Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Lisle

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