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Margaret de Audley, suo jure 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford (c. 1318[citation needed] – 7 September 1349[1]) was an English noblewoman. She was the only daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester, by his wife Lady Margaret de Clare. Her mother was the daughter of Joan of Acre, Princess of England; thus making Margaret a great-granddaughter of King Edward I by his first consort, Eleanor of Castile. As the only daughter and heiress of her father, she succeeded to the title of 2nd Baroness Audley [E., 1317] on 10 November 1347.[1]
Margaret de Audley | |
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2nd Baroness Audley Countess of Stafford | |
Born | c. 1318 [citation needed] |
Died | 7 September 1349 |
Buried | Tonbridge Priory |
Spouse(s) | Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford |
Issue | Sir Ralph de Stafford Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford Elizabeth de Stafford Beatrice de Stafford Joan de Stafford Katherine de Stafford |
Father | Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester |
Mother | Margaret de Clare |
Margaret was abducted by Ralph, Lord Stafford, who had helped Edward III take the throne. At the time, her worth was at least £2314 a year, which was more than ten times Stafford's own estates. (However, he eventually rose to Earl of Stafford in 1350.) After the abduction, her parents filed a complaint with the king, but Edward supported Stafford. In compensation, the king appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester.
Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336. They subsequently had two sons and four daughters:
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