Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
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Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, KB
(26 November 1466 – 8 November 1506) was an English peer born in Kirby Muxloe Castle
, Leicestershire, England to Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
and Katherine Neville
. He succeeded to his title on the execution of his father William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
on 13 June 1483. He was invested as a Knight of the Bath (KB) in 1475.
Edward married Mary Hungerford
, daughter of Thomas Hungerford of Rowden
and Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
. Edward and Mary had two children.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(26 November 1466 – 8 November 1506) was an English peer born in Kirby Muxloe Castle
Kirby Muxloe Castle
Kirby Muxloe Castle, known also as Kirby Castle is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England .It was begun in 1480 by William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, during the period of the Wars of the Roses...
, Leicestershire, England to Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings KG was an English nobleman. A follower of the House of York, he became a close friend and the most important courtier of King Edward IV, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain...
and Katherine Neville
Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings
Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings , was a noblewoman and a member of the powerful Neville family of northern England...
. He succeeded to his title on the execution of his father William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings KG was an English nobleman. A follower of the House of York, he became a close friend and the most important courtier of King Edward IV, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain...
on 13 June 1483. He was invested as a Knight of the Bath (KB) in 1475.
Edward married Mary Hungerford
Mary Hungerford
Mary Hungerford was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hungerford of Rowden and Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.-Titles:...
, daughter of Thomas Hungerford of Rowden
Thomas Hungerford of Rowden
Sir Thomas Hungerford of Rowden , the eldest son of Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford, lived chiefly at Rowden, near Chippenham. After giving some support to Edward IV and the Yorkists he joined in Warwick's conspiracy to restore Henry VI in 1469, was attainted, and was executed at Salisbury...
and Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort.-Family:...
. Edward and Mary had two children.
Children
- Anne Hastings (1485 – 17 November 1550) married (1) Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of DerbyThomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of DerbyThomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby was an English peer.-Parents:Derby was the eldest son of George Stanley and Joan Strange, 9th Baroness Strange and 5th Baroness Mohun. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby was his grandfather...
(2) John Radcliffe - George Hastings, 1st Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 1st Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and Mary Hungerford. George Hastings was created the first Earl of Huntingdon by Henry VIII of England on 3 November 1529. On the same day his son Francis gained a seat at the...
(1488 – 24 March 1544) married Anne StaffordAnne Hastings, Countess of HuntingdonAnne Hastings was the youngest daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville. In 1510, her affair with King Henry VIII was the subject of a scandal at court.-Background:...