Stafford family

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The Stafford family was a prominent English noble house that held significant power and titles, including the dukedom of Buckingham, during the late medieval period.

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Label Occurrences
Stafford family canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
medieval noble house
alliedWith Beaufort family NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch Edward IV of England NERFINISHED
Henry VI of England NERFINISHED
Henry VII of England NERFINISHED
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
Richard III of England NERFINISHED
coatOfArms Or, a chevron gules
country Kingdom of England
hasMotto Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham motto: "Nous maintiendrons" (attributed to his line) NERFINISHED
heldOffice Earl Marshal (various members) NERFINISHED
Lord High Constable of England (various members)
Lord High Steward (various members)
historicalReputation one of the most powerful noble families in 15th‑century England
landholdings Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED
Staffordshire NERFINISHED
Wales (various marcher lordships) NERFINISHED
lostTitleBy attainder
lostTitleEvent attainder and execution of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in 1521
marriedInto Beaufort family NERFINISHED
Neville family NERFINISHED
Plantagenet royal house NERFINISHED
nobleTitleHeld Baron Stafford NERFINISHED
Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED
Earl of Buckingham NERFINISHED
Earl of Stafford NERFINISHED
notableMember Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon NERFINISHED
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford NERFINISHED
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford NERFINISHED
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick NERFINISHED
Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire NERFINISHED
Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford NERFINISHED
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford NERFINISHED
Humphrey Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED
notablePeriod 15th century
Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
late medieval period
originatesFrom Staffordshire NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Lancastrian (for major branches during Wars of the Roses)
politicalRole major magnates in the English Midlands
supporters of Lancastrian cause in Wars of the Roses
region England
religion Roman Catholic (medieval period)
socialClass high nobility
takesNameFrom Stafford NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stafford family
Description of subject: The Stafford family was a prominent English noble house that held significant power and titles, including the dukedom of Buckingham, during the late medieval period.

Referenced by (2)

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

Stafford House laterOwner Stafford family