See also
| Husband: | William + BOURCHIER (1374-1420) | |
| Wife: | Anne + of GLOUCESTER (1383-1438) | |
| Children: | Henry BOURCHIER (1404-1483) | |
| Eleanor BOURCHIER (c. 1406- ) | ||
| Thomas BOURCHIER (c. 1408- ) | ||
| William BOURCHIER (1412- ) | ||
| John + BOURCHIER (1415-1474) | ||
| Marriage | 20 Nov 1406 | |
| Name: | William + BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William + BOURCHIER (1330-1375) | |
| Mother: | Eleanor + of LOUVAINE (1345-1397) | |
| Birth | 1374 | Little Eaton, Essex, England |
| Death | 28 May 1420 (age 45-46) | Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France |
| Name: | Anne + of GLOUCESTER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Thomas + of WOODSTOCK (1354-1397) | |
| Mother: | Eleanor + of BOHUN (1366-1399) | |
| Birth | 30 Apr 1383 | Phesy, Essex,England |
| Baptism | 6 May 1383 (age 0) | Pleshey, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Countess of Stafford | |
| Death | 16 Oct 1438 (age 55) | |
| Name: | Henry BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1404 | |
| Occupation | Earl of Essex | |
| Death | 4 Apr 1483 (age 78-79) | |
| Name: | Eleanor BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1406 (est) | |
| Name: | Thomas BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1408 (est) | |
| Occupation | Cardinal | |
| Name: | William BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1412 | |
| Occupation | Baron FitzWarin | |
| Name: | John + BOURCHIER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Marjorie + BERNERS (1418-1475) | |
| Birth | 1415 | Little Eaton, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Lord of Berners | |
| Title | Lord of Berners1,2,3 | |
| Death | 16 May 1474 (age 58-59) | |
Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun.
Anne was born on 30 April 1383, and was baptised at Pleshey, Essex sometime before 6 May. Her uncle, John of Gaunt ordered several payments to be made in regards to the event.[1]
Her father was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her mother was Eleanor de Bohun, the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan. Her mother was also a great-great-granddaughter of Edward I.
[edit] Marriage with Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of StaffordAnne married three times. Her first marriage was to Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (1368 - 4 July 1392), and took place around 1390. The couple had no children, and after his death Anne married his younger brother Edmund.
[edit] Issue of Anne and Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of StaffordOn 28 June 1398, Anne married Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403), and had children:
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham who married Anne daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland. Joan was a daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress Katherine Swynford
Anne Stafford, Countess of March who married Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Edmund was a great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. Edmund and Anne had no children. She married, secondly, John, Duke of Exeter (d. 1447) and had one son: Henry, Duke of Exeter (d. 1475), and a daughter Anne who married John, 1st Baron Neville de Raby
Philippa Stafford, died young
[edit] Issue of Anne and William Bourchier, Count of EuIn about 1405 Anne married William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (d. 1420), son of Sir William Bourchier and Alianore de Lovayne, by whom she had the following children:
Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortimer. Isabel was also an older sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk, married John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
William Bourchier, Baron FitzWarin jure uxoris
Cardinal Thomas Bourchier
John Bourchier, Baron Berners. John was the grandfather of John, Lord Berners the translator of Froissart
Anne died on 16 October 1438 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire.
| 1 | "Britain's Royal Family; a Complete Genealogy" (The Bodley Head, London, UK 1999). |
| 2 | G.E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Brittain and the United States, Extant, Extinct, or Domant" (Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000). |
| 3 | "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Edition" (Crans, Switzerland). |