Montacute, Anne (d. 1457)

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Montacute, Anne (d. 1457)

Duchess of Exeter. Name variations: Anne Hankford; Anne Holland; Anne of Salisbury. Died on November 28, 1457; interred at St. Katherine by the Tower, London; daughter of John Montacute, 3rd earl of Salisbury, and Maud Montacute ; married Richard Hankford (1397–1430); became third wife of John Holland (1395–1447), duke of Huntington (r. 1416–1447), duke of Exeter (r. 1443–1447); children: (first marriage) Anne Hankford (1431–1485); Thomasine Hankford, Baroness Fitz-Waryn (1422–1453). The Complete Peerage makes it clear that John Holland's first wife Anne Stafford (d. 1432) was the mother of Anne Holland and not Anne Montacute as shown in other sources. John Holland's second wife was Beatrice of Portugal (d. 1439).

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