Biography of Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 1341-1415

Around 1326 [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 24) and Katherine Hastings Baroness Stafford (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny and Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon (age 23).

Before 06 Jul 1336 [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 34) and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 45) and Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester. She a great granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Around 1345 John Welles 4th Baron Welles (age 10) and [her future sister-in-law] Maud Ros Baroness Welles were married. She by marriage Baroness Welles. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 12 Apr 1363 Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 28) and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 61) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Before 1379 [her son-in-law] Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford (age 16) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford were married. She the daughter of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43) and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 1341-1415 (age 37). They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 22 Jun 1382 [her son] John Ros 5th Baron Ros Helmsley and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Percy Baroness Ros Helmsley (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 47) and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 1341-1415 (age 41). They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

In or before 1387 [her son-in-law] Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn (age 25) and [her daughter] Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Ruthyn 1324. She the daughter of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 1341-1415 (age 45). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Around 1394 [her son] William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros Helmsley (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by King Richard II of England (age 26) following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 27) in whose household she had been. She the sister of the Earl of Arundel (age 48). He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 1341-1415 (age 53). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Maurice Fitzgerald 2nd Earl Desmond -1358 and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. He the son of Maurice Fitzgerald 1st Earl Desmond -1356 and Catherine Burgh. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.