Stafford family

In the 10th century Sire Hugh de Rouen (915- 989), the Archbishop of Rouen Normandy, France gave a portion of the archepiscopal estates of Rouen to his brother Sir Ralph I de Toeni. The lands consisted of the entire Arrondissement of Louviers, which included the Town of Tosny in the in the commune of Gaillon. Ralph was a Norman Knight and a cousin of William Longsword, the Duke of Normandy. The Town of Tosny is located on the Seine River across and up stream from the Chateau Gillard (which was owned by the English king Richard the Lion Hearted). The "s" in Tosny is silent, thus it is pronounced Toeni and is frequently spelled that way. Ralph's home was Tosny and he was called Ralph de Toeni, because he chose to use his birthplace as his surname as did his trend-setting father Hugh de Cavalcamp, who was born around the year 890 in Normandy in a small temporary Viking settlement named Cavalcamp near present day Dieppe in Normandy.

The father of the first Stafford was named Roger "the Spaniard" de Toeni Lord of Conches (Circa. 990-1039) Roger was descended from Vikings, of royal Norwegian descent, i.e., from Eystein "Glumra" Ivarson, the Jarl of the Opplands, Norway. Roger lived in Normandy, France; in fact he was the Standard Bearer for the Duchy of Normandy. ... more


The ruins of Stafford Castle

  • A1. Ralph I Sn de Toeni;  ==>  Normans
    • B1. Roger 'the Spaniard' de Toeni of Conches, lvd:990/1039, m. Godehilde Borrel;  ==>  Aragon
      • C1. Ralph II de Toeni, of Conches and Flamsted, d:1102, m. Isabel de Montfort;  ==>  de Montfort family
      • C2. Robert I de Stafford, lvd:1039/1100, m. Avice de Clare;  ==>  de Clare family
        • D1. Nicolas de Stafford, m. Maud de Moolte;
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    • E1. Robert II de Stafford;
      • F1. Robert III de Stafford, d:1189 Jerusalem;
      • F2. Millicent de Stafford, lvd:1119, m. Hervey Bagot;
        • G1. William de Stafford, m. Alice de Vernon;  ==>  Vernon family
          • H1. William de Stafford, m. Cecily de Waure;
            • I1. William de Stafford of Sandon, lvd:1278/1307, m. Isabella Stafford *;
              • J1. Sir John Stafford of Sandon, m. Margaret Stafford **;
                • K1. Rolph Stafford, d:1410, m. Maud Hastang;
                  • L1. Sir Humphry Stafford of Grafton, d:1418, m. Elizabeth Burdett;
                    • M1. John Stafford of Longridge, b:1420, m. Elizabeth Cheyne;
                      • N1. Humphrey Stafford, m. Margaret Lichfield;
                        • O1. William Stafford, m. Elizabeth Wrottesley;
                    • M2. Elizabeth Stafford, b:1376, m. John de Ferrers;  <==  Ferrers family
                    • M3. Sir Humphry Stafford, b:1400, m. Eleanor Aylesbury;
                      • N1. Elizabeth Stafford, m. Sir Richard Beauchamp;  <==  Beauchamp family
                      • N2. Sir Humphry Stafford, d:1486, m. Catherine Fray;
        • G2. Hervey de Stafford, lvd:1178/1237, m. Patronilla de Ferrers;  ==>  Ferrers family
          • H1. Robert de Stafford, lvd:1216/1282, m. Alice Corbet;
            • I1. Isabella de Stafford, m. William de Stafford * (see above);
            • I2. Nicolas de Stafford, lvd:1242/1287, m. Eleanor de Clinton;
              • J1. Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord, lvd:1272/1308, m. Margaret Basset;  ==>  Basset
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    • K1. Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, lvd:1301/1372, m. Margaret Audley;  ==>  Audley family
      • L1. Margaret Stafford, m. Sir John Stafford ** (see above);
      • L2. Catherine Stafford, d:1361, m. John de Sutton;  <==  Sutton family
      • L3. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, lvd:1342/1386, m. Philippa Beauchamp;  ==>  Beauchamp family
        • M1. Edmund de Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, lvd:1377/1403, m. Anne Plantagenet;  ==>  Plantagenet
          • N1. Humphry de Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford, lvd:1402/1460, m. Anne Neville;
            • O1. Humphry Stafford, 7th Earl of Stafford, lvd:1424/1455, m. Margaret Beaufort;  ==>  Plantagenet
              • P1. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, lvd:1455/1483, m. Katharine Wydeville;  ==>  Wydeville family
                • Q1. Anne Stafford, m. George Hastings  <==  Hastings family
                • Q2. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, lvd:1478/1521, m. Alianore Percy  ==>  Percy family

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