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Anne Clifford 1521–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Gillesland, Northumberland

Death Date: 31 July 1581

Death Location: Skipton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England

Father: Willem Gillesland

Mother: Elisabeth Talbot

Spouse(s): Sir Cumberland

Children(s): Margaret Stanley, Frances Wharton, Eleanor Clifford, George Clifford, Francis Clifford, Mary Clifford

The story of Anne Clifford began in 1521 in Gillesland, Northumberland. Anne Clifford married Sir Arthur Henry Clifford Of Cumberland, and had children including Charles Clifford, Eleanor Clifford, Frances Wharton, Francis Clifford, George Clifford, Henry Clifford, Margaret Stanley, Mary Clifford. Anne Clifford passed away in 1581 in Skipton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Anne Clifford began in 1521 in Gillesland, Northumberland.
  • Anne Clifford married Sir Arthur Henry Clifford Of Cumberland, and had children including Charles Clifford, Eleanor Clifford, Frances Wharton, Francis Clifford, George Clifford, Henry Clifford, Margaret Stanley, Mary Clifford.
  • Anne Clifford passed away in 1581 in Skipton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Anne Clifford's Ancestors

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Anne Clifford
1521–1581
Birth Place: Gillesland, Northumberland
Parents
Willem Lord Dacre van Gillesland
1500–1563
Gillesland, Northumberland
Elisabeth Talbot
1502–1581
Grafton, Worcestershire
Grandparents
George (4th Earl of Shrewbury) Talbot
1468–1538
Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth de Greystoke-Baroness) Greystoke
1471–1520
Gilesland, or, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Sir (George Talbot, 4th Earl Of Shrewsbury ***21st) GGF***
1468–1542
Shifnal Manor, Shropshire
Anne (Countess Shrewsbury Baroness Furnivall) Hastings
1471–1520
Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Anne Clifford's Descendants

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Anne Clifford (1521–31 July 1581) m. Sir (Arthur Henry Clifford, of) Cumberland (1517–8 Jan 1570)
  1. 1. Margaret Stanley 1540–1596 m. Henry Stanley 1531–1593
    1. 1. Ferdinando Stanley 1559–1594 m. Lady (Alice) Spencer 1559–1637
      1. 1. Lady (Frances Spencer) Stanley 1583–1636 m. John (Sir 1st Earl of Bridgewater) Egerton 1579–1649
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Emma) Egerton 1608–1659 m. Lord (Richard John Edward Herbert 2nd Baron of) Chirbury 1604–1655
        2. 2. John Egerton 1623–1686
        3. 3. Alice Vaughan 1619–1689
        4. 4. Elizabeth Egerton –1687
        5. 5. Magdalene Egerton –1664
        6. 6. Catherine Egerton –1659
        7. 7. Penelope Egerton –1658
        8. 8. Arabella Egerton –1669
        9. 9. Frances Hobart –1664
        10. 10. Thomas Egerton 1625–1648
        11. 11. Charles Egerton 1623–
        12. 12. James Egerton 1616–1620
      2. 2. Elizabeth Hastings 1588–1633
      3. 3. Anne Touchet 1580–1647
  2. 2. Frances Wharton 1555–1592
  3. 3. Eleanor Clifford 1557–1575
  4. 4. George Clifford 1558–1605
  5. 5. Francis Clifford 1559–1641
  6. 6. Mary Clifford 1556–1559

Anne Clifford's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Anne Clifford in Gillesland, Northumberland
Gillesland, Northumberland
1581
31 July 1581
Age 60
Death of Anne Clifford in Skipton Castle, Craven, Yorkshire
Skipton Castle, Craven, Yorkshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Gillesland, Northumberland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 July 1581
    Event Place: Skipton Castle, Craven, Yorkshire
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Skipton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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