Robert Radcliffe 1st Earl Sussex [43474] 25
- Born: Abt 1483
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [43475] on 23 Jul 1505
- Marriage (2): Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex [45144]
- Died: 27 Nov 1542, Chelsea, Middlesex, England, Great Britain about age 59
- Buried: 4 Dec 1542, Boreham, Essex, England
 General Notes:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE1.htm#Robert%20RADCLIFFE%20(1°%20E.%20Sussex)
Knight of the Garter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.517-520. Present at the sieges of Tournay and Therouenne. Lord Steward in the reign of Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>, in reversion after George Talbot, 4° Earl of Shrewsbury, by letters patent 23 Jun 1537 (LP, xii(2), 191 (36); ibid. xiii(2), 5); apparently did not succeed. A powerful, ambitious and ruthless man. He was active in the spoilation of the Church.
Robert married Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [43475] [MRIN: 551609831], daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham [14310] and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham/Duchess Bedford [17698], on 23 Jul 1505. (Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [43475] died before 11 May 1532 and was buried in Boreham, Essex, England.)
Robert next married Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex [45144] [MRIN: 551610518], daughter of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby [14836] and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [18246]. (Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex [45144] was born about 1505, died after Jan 1533 and was buried in St. Laurence Pountney, London, England.)
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