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Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France.
Mar 9, 2017 · He was descended from the Woodvilles, Howards, Nevilles and a certain Thomas Stanley who happened to be married to Margaret Beaufort and who sat around on hillsides during key battles of the Wars of the Roses waiting to see how it would all pan out – landing the title Earl of Derby for his pains.
Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France.
- 1540
- Brougham Castle, Cumbria, England
In February 1555, the fifteen-year-old Margaret married Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, at the chapel royal at Whitehall Palace. He was nine years her senior and was related by blood to the Howard dukes of Norfolk.
When Countess Margaret Clifford Stanley was born in 1540, in Brougham Castle, Westmorland, England, her father, Henry Clifford, was 23 and her mother, Eleanor Brandon, was 22. She married Sir Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby on 7 February 1555, in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
- Female
- Henry Stanley
Mar 31, 2023 · Margaret Stanley formerly Clifford aka Countess of Derby. Born about 1540 in England. Ancestors. Daughter of Henry Clifford KB and Eleanor (Brandon) Clifford. Sister of Frances (Clifford) Wharton [half], Henry Clifford, Charles Clifford, George Clifford KG [half], Francis Clifford [half], Mary Clifford [half] and Eleanor Clifford [half]
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Apr 24, 2020 · After the death of the three Grey sisters, and with Katherine Grey’s sons declared illegitimate, Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby became Queen Elizabeth I’s heir, according to the will of King Henry VIII.
