ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Margaret Stanley
1540 - 1596

Margaret Stanley
  • Born 1540
  • Brougham Castle, Penrith
  • Died Sat, 28 September 1596
Details
Parents
  • Countess of Derby
  • Margaret Clifford
  • Lived 56 years, 2 months, 27 days

Accused of using sorcery to predict when Elizabeth I would die.

father

  • Henry Clifford
  • 1517 - 1570

mother

  • Eleanor Brandon
  • 1519 - 1547
Family

Husband

Henry Stanley
  • Henry Stanley
  • 1531 - 1593
  • Married Monday, 7 February 1555
  • at Palace of Whitehall, Westminster
  • Palace of Whitehall, Westminster
  • Groom was 23 Bride was 14
  • Marriage lasted 38 years, 7 months, 18 days
  • Ended on death of Husband

Son

Ferdinando Stanley
  • Ferdinando Stanley
  • 1559 - 1594

Son

William Stanley
  • William Stanley
  • 1561 - 1642