House of Stanley

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The House of Stanley was a powerful English noble family from Lancashire that rose to prominence in the late Middle Ages and played a decisive role in the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period.

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House of Stanley canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble house
English nobleman
English nobleman
English nobleman
English noblewoman
alliedWith House of Tudor
linked to: Tudor dynasty
associatedWithEvent Battle of Blore Heath
Battle of Bosworth Field
Battle of Tewkesbury
benefitedFrom accession of Henry VII
coatOfArmsDescription Argent, on a bend azure three stags’ heads cabossed or
country Kingdom of England
ethnicGroup English people
hasFamilyName Stanley
hasMotto Sans Changer
linked to: Sans changer
heldInfluenceIn Tudor court
heldLordship Isle of Man
heldTitle 1st Earl of Derby
King of Mann
linked to: Lord of Mann
involvedInConflict Wars of the Roses
knownFor shifting allegiances during the Wars of the Roses
laterReligion Anglicanism
memberOf House of Beaufort
linked to: Beaufort family

House of Stanley
notableBranchOf English nobility
notableMember Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby
notableSeat Knowsley Hall
Lathom House
originatedInCentury 14th century
playedDecisiveRoleIn Wars of the Roses
early Tudor period
playedKeyRoleIn Battle of Bosworth Field
politicalPowerBase Lancashire
north-west England
linked to: North West England
producedTitle Baron Stanley
Earl of Derby
Lord Stanley of Lathom
linked to: Lord Stanley
region Lancashire
religion Roman Catholicism
roseToProminenceInPeriod late Middle Ages
spouse Lady Margaret Beaufort
linked to: Margaret Beaufort

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
supported Henry Tudor
supportedAtBosworth Henry VII of England
supportedDynasty Tudor dynasty

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Margaret Beaufort stepFamilyConnection House of Stanley
Stanleys of Alderley hasAncestralOrigin House of Stanley
Earl of Derby linkedNobleFamily House of Stanley
Lordship of Mann associatedWith House of Stanley
Baron Stanley dynasticConnection House of Stanley
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby house House of Stanley
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby memberOf House of Stanley
subject linked to: House of Stanley