House of Stanley

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English noble house English nobleman English noblewoman

The House of Stanley was a powerful English noble family from Lancashire that rose to prominence in the late Middle Ages and played a decisive role in the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period.

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Label Occurrences
House of Stanley canonical 11

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble house ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
English noblewoman ⓘ
alliedWith Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor
associatedWithEvent Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
Battle of Tewkesbury ⓘ
benefitedFrom accession of Henry VII ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Argent, on a bend azure three stags’ heads cabossed or ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
ethnicGroup English people ⓘ
hasFamilyName Stanley ⓘ
hasMotto Sans changer ⓘ
surface form: Sans Changer
heldInfluenceIn Tudor court ⓘ
heldLordship Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Man
heldTitle 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
Lord of Mann ⓘ
surface form: King of Mann
involvedInConflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
knownFor shifting allegiances during the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
laterReligion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
memberOf Beaufort family ⓘ
surface form: House of Beaufort

House of Stanley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableBranchOf English nobility ⓘ
notableMember Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby ⓘ
notableSeat Knowsley Hall ⓘ
Lathom House ⓘ
originatedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
playedDecisiveRoleIn Wars of the Roses ⓘ
early Tudor period ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
politicalPowerBase Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
surface form: north-west England
producedTitle Baron Stanley ⓘ
Earl of Derby ⓘ
Lord Stanley ⓘ
surface form: Lord Stanley of Lathom
region Lancashire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roseToProminenceInPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
spouse Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
supported Henry VII of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry Tudor
supportedAtBosworth Henry VII of England ⓘ
supportedDynasty Tudor dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret Beaufort → stepFamilyConnection → House of Stanley ⓘ
George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange → aristocraticHouse → House of Stanley ⓘ
Stanleys of Alderley → hasAncestralOrigin → House of Stanley ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle → nobleFamily → House of Stanley ⓘ
Earl of Derby → linkedNobleFamily → House of Stanley ⓘ
Lordship of Mann → associatedWith → House of Stanley ⓘ
Baron Stanley → dynasticConnection → House of Stanley ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → house → House of Stanley ⓘ
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby → house → House of Stanley ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby → aristocraticHouse → House of Stanley ⓘ
House of Stanley → memberOf → House of Stanley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby