Elizabeth Stafford was a daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG played a major role in Richard III of England's rise and fall. He is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower...

 and his wife Catherine Woodville. She was a sister of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, KG was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and the former Lady Catherine Woodville, daughter of the 1st Earl Rivers and sister-in-law of King Edward IV.-Early life:Stafford was born at Brecknock Castle in Wales...

 and Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire was an English nobleman.Henry, born in Brecknock Castle, Wales, was the younger son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and of Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham and Bedford, and thus a nephew of King Edward IV of England...

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Her only paternal aunt was Margaret Dayrell who was wife to James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley

James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley

Sir James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley was born in the Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England to John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley and Ann Echingham....

. Her maternal uncles included (among others) Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers

Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers

Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers was an English nobleman, courtier, and writer.He was the eldest son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Like his father, he was originally a Lancastrian, fighting on that side at the Battle of Towton, but later became a Yorkist...

, Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers

Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers

Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers succeeded his brother, Anthony Woodville, as the third Earl Rivers. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, and was the brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife and Queen of King Edward IV of England.Richard Woodville was...

 and Lionel Woodville

Lionel Woodville

-Life:He was a younger son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483....

, Bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...

. Her aunts included Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. Elizabeth was a key figure in the series of dynastic civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. Her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans...

 and Mary Woodville

Mary Woodville

Mary Woodville was sister to Edward the Fourth's Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, and to Anthony Woodville, the "Lord Rivers" of Shakespeare's Richard III.-Biography:...

, married respectively to Edward IV of England

Edward IV of England

Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

 and William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux. His maternal grandparents were Walter Devereux, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Elizabeth Merbury....

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Her first cousins included (among others) John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley

John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley

John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley, 5th Baron Tuchet was an English peer.John Tuchet was the son of Sir James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley . He married Mary Griffin, daughter of John Griffin, 9th Baron Latimer...

, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG , was an English nobleman, courtier and a man of mediocre abilities pushed into prominence by his mother Elizabeth Woodville's second marriage to the king, Edward IV.-Family:Thomas was born about 1455,...

, Richard Grey

Richard Grey

Sir Richard Grey was an English knight and the half-brother of King Edward V of England.Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville, later Queen Consort of King Edward IV...

, Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York was Queen consort of England as spouse of King Henry VII from 1486 until 1503, and mother of King Henry VIII of England....

, Mary of York

Mary of York

Mary of York was the second daughter of Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.-Family:...

, Cecily of York

Cecily of York

Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort, née Lady Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.-Birth and Family:Cecily was born in Westminster Palace...

, Edward V of England

Edward V of England

Edward V was King of England from 9 April 1483 until his deposition two months later. His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III...

, Margaret of York

Margaret of York

Margaret of York – also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy – was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death. She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of...

, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Earl Marshal was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. He was born in Shrewsbury....

, Anne of York

Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter

-External links:* A Medieval Re-enactment Society based in London, featuring members of the Neville/Plantagenet family....

, George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford

George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford was the eighth child and third son of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville....

, Catherine of York

Catherine of York

Catherine or Katherine of York was the ninth child and sixth daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. From birth to death, she was daughter to Edward IV, sister to Edward V, niece to Richard III, sister-in-law to Henry VII and aunt to Henry VIII.-Early life:She was born in Eltham...

, Bridget of York

Bridget of York

Bridget of York was the tenth child and seventh daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.-Family and life:She was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V, Margaret of York, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Anne of York, Countess of Surrey and...

 and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert

Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert

Elizabeth Somerset, 3rd Baroness Herbert was the sole heir and daughter of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife, Mary Woodville....

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In 1510, one of the sisters of the Duke - either Elizabeth or her sister Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, became the mistress of Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

. The woman's husband took her off to a convent and the Duke refused to stay under Henry's roof. The Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys

Eustace Chapuys

Eustace Chapuys was a Savoyard diplomat who served as the Imperial ambassador to England from 1529 until 1545 and is best known for his extensive and detailed correspondence.-Life:...

 unfortunately does not name the sister, although it is likely to have been the adventurous Anne, who later lived quite openly in adultery with William Compton

William Compton (courtier)

Sir William Compton was one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Born around 1482, Compton was about nine years older than his king, but the two became close friends. Compton was the eldest son of Edmund Compton of Warwickshire and became an attendant on young...

 who was both the King's close friend and a man who helped Henry arrange his liaisons with his lovers, even giving over his own house in Thames Street for this purpose. It is said that the virtuous sister, probably Elizabeth, told both her brother and Queen Katherine of Aragon of the affair, causing the arguments at court. She and her husband were dismissed from court temporarily.

Her father was executed for treason by order of Richard III of England

Richard III of England

Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

 on 2 November 1483. She would remain in the care of her mother until her own marriage. Elizabeth was married to Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex on 23 July 1505). They were parents to four known sons:

• Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex
  Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex
  Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex was a son of Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex and his wife Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex....
  
   (1507 - 1542). He was father to Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
  Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
  Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.- Family:...
  
  , a leading courtier in the reign of Elizabeth I of England
  Elizabeth I of England
  Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
  
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• George Radclyffe. Married Catherine Marney.
• Sir Humphrey Radclyffe (c. 1509 - 13 August 1566). Married Isabel Harvey, daughter of wealthy merchant Edmund Harvey and Margaret Wentworth. They were parents of Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex
  Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex
  Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1588-1589, Petersfield and Portsmouth....
  
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• Thomas Radclyffe (1511 - 1539).

Elizabeth was buried in Boreham

Boreham

Boreham is a village and civil parish, in Essex, England. It is located approximately northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.- History :...

, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

on 11 May 1532.