Stafford, Anne (c. 1400–1432)

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Stafford, Anne (c. 1400–1432)

Duchess of Huntington and Exeter. Name variations: Anne Holland; Anne Mortimer; countess of March. Born around 1400; died on September 20, 1432; daughter of Edmund Stafford, 5th earl of Stafford, and Anne Plantagenet (1383–1438); married Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March, about 1415; married John Holland (1395–1447), duke of Huntington (r. 1416–1447), duke of Exeter (r. 1443–1447), before March 5, 1427; children: Henry Holland, 2nd duke of Exeter; Anne Holland (fl. 1440–1462). John Holland then married Beatrice of Portugal (d. 1439) and Anne Montacute (d. 1457).

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