Biography of Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk 1417-1474

Around 1390 Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford 1368-1392 (age 22) and [her mother] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 7) were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She would, eight years later marry his younger brother Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 11); an example of a Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 34) and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 24). He the son of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 1336-1386 and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford 1334- (age 56). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 28 Jun 1398 Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 20) and [her mother] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She had, around eight years previously, married his brother Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford 1368-1392 who had died in 1392; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 32). He the son of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 1336-1386 and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford 1334- (age 64). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1405 [her father] William Bourchier 1st Count Eu (age 31) and [her mother] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 18 Oct 1444 John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 29) and Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk (age 27) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She the daughter of William Bourchier 1st Count Eu and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford. He the son of John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 44). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 1456 John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand (age 23) and [her sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 46) and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 55). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 06 Aug 1462 [her former brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 24) and Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont (age 20) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 54). He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 62). They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After 28 Feb 1463 William Stanley (age 28) and [her former sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 28) were married. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 63). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 10 Dec 1472 [her son] John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Talbot Duchess Norfolk 1442-1507 (age 30) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She the daughter of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk 1417-1474 (age 55). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.