Biography of Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford 1383-1438

In 1374 [her father] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 18] and [her mother] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and [her grandmother] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 27]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 61] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1383 Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford was born to Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 27] and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 17]. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.67%.

On 16th October 1386 Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 50] died returning from his Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His son [her future husband] Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 3rd Earl Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford.

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

On 4th July 1392 [her husband] Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford [aged 24] died at Westminster [Map]. His brother William [aged 16] succeeded 4th Earl Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford.

On 6th April 1395 William Stafford 4th Earl Stafford [aged 19] died at Pleshey Castle [Map]. He was buried at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. His brother [her future husband] Edmund [aged 17] succeeded 5th Earl Stafford, 6th Baron Stafford.

On 28th June 1398 Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 20] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She had, around eight years previously, married his brother Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford 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 [aged 32]. He the son of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 64]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 2nd September 1399 [her brother] Humphrey Plantagenet 2nd Earl Buckingham [aged 18] died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Buckingham extinct.

On 3rd October 1399 [her mother] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 33] died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. She has a monumental brass, representing the deceased in her conventual dress, as a nun of Barking Abbey [Map].

Before 1400 [her brother-in-law] Gilbert Talbot 8th Baron Strange Blackmere 5th Baron Talbot [aged 16] and [her sister] Joan Plantagenet Baroness Strange and Talbot [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere Baroness Talbot. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and [her mother] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 16th August 1400 [her sister] Joan Plantagenet Baroness Strange and Talbot [aged 17]died, probably in childbirth.

On 15th August 1402 [her son] Humphrey Stafford was born to [her husband] Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 24] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 19]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 18th October 1424 his second cousin Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham, daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.

In 1404 [her son] Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex was born to [her future husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 30] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 25th April 1426 his second cousin Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex, daughter of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, and had issue.

In 1405 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 31] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester.

In 1415 [her son-in-law] Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster [aged 23] and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 32]. He the son of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. 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.

On 25th October 1415 [her son] William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin was born to [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 32]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) before 25th October 1445 Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin, daughter of Richard Hankford and Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin, and had issue (2) in or before 1474 Catherine Affeton.

Around 1416 [her son] John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners was born to [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 42] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 33]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married after 10th October 1441 Margery Berners Baroness Berners and had issue.

Around 1417 [her daughter] Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk was born to [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 43] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 34]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 18th October 1444 her second cousin once removed John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk, son of John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.

Around 1418 [her son] Cardinal Thomas Bourchier was born to [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 44] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 35]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1419 [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 45] was created 1st Count Eu. Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 36] by marriage Countess Eu.

On 28th May 1420 [her husband] William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 46] died at Troyes, France [Map]. He was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His son Henry [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Count Eu.

Before 18th October 1424 Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford [aged 22] and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 60] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 45]. He the son of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 41]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 25th April 1426 Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 22] and Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. He the son of William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 43]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 6th March 1427 [her son-in-law] John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 31] and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter were married. She by marriage Duchess Exeter. She the daughter of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 44]. He the son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 20th September 1432 [her daughter] Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter died.

In 1438 Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 55] died. She was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].

Chronicle of Gregory. 1438. And the same year deyde the Countasse of Stafforde [aged 55], and the Clerke of the Rollys, Mayster Jon Franke; and he was holde one of the rycchyste men that deyde many dayes be-fore.

[her daughter] Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter was born to Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1415 her second cousin once removed Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster, son of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (2) 6th March 1427 her second cousin John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter, son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter, and had issue.