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Lady Eleanor Plantagenet 1520 – 1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1520

Birth Location: Burford, Shropshire, England

Death Date: Aft. 1540

Death Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, England

Father: Henry Lancaster

Mother: Maud Chaworth

Spouse(s): Richard Croft, Richard Fitz-Alan, Richard Fitz-Alan

Children(s): Lady Croft, Lady Croft, Joan Fitz-Alan

The story of Lady Eleanor Plantagenet began in 1520 in Burford, Shropshire, England. Lady Eleanor Plantagenet married Richard Croft, Richard Fitz-Alan, Richard Fitz-Alan, and had children including Lady Anne Croft, Lady Elizabeth Croft, Joan Fitz-Alan. Lady Eleanor Plantagenet passed away in 1540 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Eleanor Plantagenet began in 1520 in Burford, Shropshire, England.
  • Lady Eleanor Plantagenet married Richard Croft, Richard Fitz-Alan, Richard Fitz-Alan, and had children including Lady Anne Croft, Lady Elizabeth Croft, Joan Fitz-Alan.
  • Lady Eleanor Plantagenet passed away in 1540 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Lancaster
1550 – 1607
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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Maud Chaworth
Birth Location: –
MC

Spouses(s)

Richard Croft
1520 – 1540
Birth Location: Croft Castle, Herefordshire, England
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Richard Fitz-Alan
Birth Location: –
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Richard Fitz-Alan
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Lady Croft
1483 – 1548
Birth Location: Enville, Staffordshire, , England
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Lady Croft
1540 – 1560
Birth Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, England
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Joan Fitz-Alan
Birth Location: –
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Lady Plantagenet's Ancestors

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Lady Plantagenet
1520 – 1540
Birth Place: Burford, Shropshire, England
Parents
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Lancaster
1550 – 1607
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Maud Chaworth
Grandparents
Edmund (Earl of) Lancaster
England
Blanche
Malcolm
St Margaret
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Plantagenet's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Eleanor) Plantagenet (Abt. 1520 – Aft. 1540) m. Richard Croft (Abt. 1520 – Aft. 1540) m. Richard Fitz-Alan m. Richard Fitz-Alan
  1. 1. Lady (Anne) Croft (1483 – 1548) m. Sir (Thomas "Sherriff of the County of Hereford") Blount (1467 – 4 Jun 1524)
    1. 1. Lady (ELIZABETH Le) Blount (1504 – 27 Jul 1582) m. Sir (William Clifton of Barrington) Court (1485 – 1563) m. Willem (Clifton Sir van Barrington) Court (1479 – Abt 1564)
      1. 1. Lady (Hester) Clifton, (1528 – 1570) m. Myles Sandys (29 Mar 1520 – 22 Oct 1601)
        1. 1. Isobel Sandis (1539 – 1574)
        2. 2. Henry Sandys (Abt. 1558 – 2 March 1639)
        3. 3. Barbara Sandys (1559 – 1585)
        4. 4. EDWIN Sandys (9 Dec 1561 – Oct 1629)
        5. 5. Sir (William Sandys,) Kt. (1563 – 2 March 1639)
        6. 6. Bridget Sandys (1571 – 29 Apr 1654) m. William Clifton (1574 – Apr 1637)
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Croft (Abt. 1540 – Aft. 1560)
  3. 3. Joan Fitz-Alan

Lady Plantagenet's Timeline

2 Records

1520
Abt. 1520
Birth of Lady Eleanor Plantagenet in Burford, Shropshire, England
Burford, Shropshire, England
1540
Aft. 1540
Age 20
Death of Lady Eleanor Plantagenet in Leominster, Herefordshire, England
Leominster, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1520
    Event Place: Burford, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1540
    Event Place: Leominster, Herefordshire, England
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