4th Earl of Stafford

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The 4th Earl of Stafford was an English noble title in the late medieval peerage, notably held by Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, a powerful magnate involved in the turbulent politics of the Wars of the Roses.

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4th Earl of Stafford canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl of Stafford ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
peer ⓘ
allegiance Yorkist faction ⓘ
associatedEvent Buckingham's rebellion ⓘ
birthYear 1455 ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathCause execution ⓘ
deathMethod beheading ⓘ
deathYear 1483 ⓘ
era late medieval period ⓘ
executedAt Salisbury ⓘ
executionOrderedBy Richard III of England ⓘ
familyName Stafford ⓘ
father Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
grandfather Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
heldPeerage Peerage of England ⓘ
landholdings extensive estates in England ⓘ
laterAllegiance Lancastrian cause through Henry Tudor ⓘ
laterSupported Henry Tudor (Henry VII) ⓘ
monarchServed Edward IV of England ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ
mother Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford ⓘ
motherFamily House of Beaufort ⓘ
linked to: Beaufort family
motherIsDescendantOf John of Gaunt ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Stafford ⓘ
nobleRank Baron ⓘ
Duke ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
notableFor involvement in late Wars of the Roses politics ⓘ
rebellion against Richard III ⓘ
politicalContext Wars of the Roses ⓘ
rebelledAgainst Richard III of England ⓘ
region English Midlands ⓘ
relatedTo English royal family ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
socialStatus great magnate ⓘ
spouse Catherine Woodville ⓘ
spouseFamily House of Woodville ⓘ
spouseIsQueenConsortOf Edward IV of England ⓘ
spouseIsSisterOf Elizabeth Woodville ⓘ
supportedInitially Richard III of England ⓘ
title 2nd Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
4th Earl of Stafford ⓘ
Baron Stafford ⓘ
Earl of Buckingham ⓘ

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Henry Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford → title → 4th Earl of Stafford ⓘ
subject linked to: 4th Earl of Stafford