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Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

Edmund Stafford
Earl of Stafford
Baron Audley
Coat of arms of Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, KG.svg
Stafford coat of arms
Spouse(s) Anne of Gloucester
Issue
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Anne Stafford
Philippa Stafford
Father Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
Mother Philippa de Beauchamp
Born 2 March 1377
Died 22 July 1403
Buried Austin Friars, Stafford

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and 6th Baron Audley, KB, KG (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403) was the son of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa de Beauchamp.

He inherited the Earldom at the age of 17, the third of three out of four brothers to inherit the title. His eldest brother, Sir Ralph, died before inheriting the title and his two elder brothers died without issue.

He married Anne of Gloucester as her second husband under special licence, as she was the widow of his brother Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford who had died prior to the consummation of his marriage at the age of 18. Edmund and his brothers were ward of the Gloucester family. Anne was the granddaughter of King Edward III by his son and Eleanor de Bohun.

With Anne he had three children:

He was made a Knight of the Bath, along with his younger brother Hugh, at the coronation of Henry IV and a Knight of the Garter in 1403.

He was killed by the Scotsman, Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas while fighting with the royalist forces of King Henry IV at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 22 July 1403. He was buried at the Church of the Austin Friars in Stafford.

The Death of the Earl at the battle of Shrewsbury is mentioned in Henry IV Part 1 but otherwise he is not in the play. "And thou shalt find a king that will revenge Lord Stafford’s death". Henry IV Part 1 Act 5 Scene 3 by William Shakespeare.


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