Biography of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 1591-1643

Paternal Family Tree: Clifford

Around Mar 1589 [his father] Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 30) and [his mother] Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Cumberland. He the son of Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland.

On 28 Feb 1591 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland was born to Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.

On 30 Oct 1605 [his uncle] George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (age 47) died. His brother [his father] Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 46) succeeded 4th Earl of Cumberland. His daughter Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 15) succeeded 14th Baroness de Clifford.

Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 46) bequeathed to Anne the sum of £15,000 in lieu of the estates she was legally entitled to. She engaged in a long and complex legal battle to obtain the family estates. In 1643, when Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 14) died she regained her estates.

On 25 Jul 1610 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 19) and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 47) and Elizabeth Brooke. He the son of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 51) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.

On 18 Sep 1613 [his daughter] Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington was born to Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 22) and [his wife] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 20).

In 1628 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 36) was created 1st Baron Clifford. [his wife] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 35) by marriage Baroness Clifford.

On 05 Jul 1635 [his son-in-law] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington (age 22) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 21) were married at Skipton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 44) and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 42). He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 68) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

On 04 Jan 1641 [his father] Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 82) died. His son Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl of Cumberland. [his wife] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 48) by marriage Countess of Cumberland.

Before 11 Dec 1643 Daniel Mijtens (age 53). Portrait of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 52).

On 11 Dec 1643 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 52) died. Earl of Cumberland extinct. His daughter [his daughter] Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifford.

Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 53) regained the estates she had been legally entitled to since her father died in 1605.

In 1644 [his former wife] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 51) died.

Ancestors of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 1591-1643

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bromflete 1st Baron Vesci

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Holland Duchess York 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne St John Baroness Clifford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh

GrandFather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Black William" Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Father: Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre Gilsland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tunstall

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Greystoke 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Greystoke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Percy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland

Royal Ancestors of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 1591-1643

Royal Descendants of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 1591-1643

Ancestors of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 1591-1643