Philippa de Beauchamp

Who was Philippa de Beauchamp?

Philippa de Beauchamp was the daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.

On or before 1 March 1350 she married Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley.

Philippa and Hugh had seven children.

Sir Ralph de Stafford. Ralph was killed by King Richard II's half-brother, Sir John Holland in a feud during an expedition against the Scots in May 1385, over a retainer's death by one of Ralph's archers.

Margaret de Stafford, married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.

Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford. Inherited at age of 18. Married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. No issue.

William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford. Inherited from his brother at the age of 14. He was a ward of the Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. He died at 19, no issue.

Katherine de Stafford, married Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk