Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
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Ambassador
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to France in 1341.
Family
His father, Hugh I de Audley (ca. 1267 – ca. 1326), was from Stratton AudleyStratton Audley
Stratton Audley is a village and civil parish northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.-Manor:The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Robert D'Oyly held five hides of land at Stratton. Like many D'Oyly manors, Stratton later became part of the Honour of Wallingford...
in the English
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County of Oxfordshire
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. His mother was Isolde (c. 1290 – 1336 or after), daugther of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, a member of the Mortimer
Mortimer
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family of Marcher Lords
Marcher Lords
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, many of whom were Earl of March
Earl of March
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. She was the widow of Sir Walter de Balun. They had two children in addition to Hugh II; John de Aldithley (Audley), born circa 1293, and Alice de Audley, born circa 1304 and married firstly Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke, and later, Ralph de Neville, a member of the Neville family
House of Neville
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Life
Hugh de Audley was born in Stratton AudleyStratton Audley
Stratton Audley is a village and civil parish northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.-Manor:The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Robert D'Oyly held five hides of land at Stratton. Like many D'Oyly manors, Stratton later became part of the Honour of Wallingford...
in the English County of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
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. He married Margaret de Clare
Margaret de Clare
Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall, Countess of Gloucester , was an English noblewoman, heiress, and the second eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife, Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England...
, widow of Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall), who was (favourite
Favourite
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, and possibly lover, of King Edward II of England
Edward II of England
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). They had a daughter, Margaret de Audley
Margaret de Audley
Margaret de Audley, suo jure 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford was an English noblewoman. She was the only daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife Lady Margaret de Clare...
(born c. 1318 in Stafford
Stafford
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), who was abducted as a wife by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, KG was an English nobleman and notable soldier during the Hundred Years War against France.-Early life and family:...
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He served as High Sheriff of Rutland
High Sheriff of Rutland
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from 1316 to 1324 and again from 1327 to 1349.
Following his death, de Audley was buried in Tonbridge Priory
Tonbridge Priory
Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780...
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External links
- de Audley family genealogy
- de Audley family genealogy at RenderPlus.com
- Heighley Castle, Madeley Staffordshire - home of the Audley family Madeley village website with history of Audley family