Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

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Edmund Stafford (March 2, 1378 - July 21, 1403) was the son of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa de Beauchamp.

He married Anne of Gloucester, widow of his brother Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford. He was killed fighting with the royalist forces at the Battle of Shrewsbury.

With Anne he had three children:

  1. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402 - 1460) married Anne Neville
  2. Anne Stafford (1408 - 1432) married Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, and John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
  3. Phillipa Stafford
Peerage of England
Preceded by
William Stafford
Earl of Stafford
1395–1403
Succeeded by
Humphrey Stafford

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