Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
- Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1289- 10 November 1347) was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.
Lineage
He was born in Stratton Audley in the English County of Oxfordshire, the son of Hugh I de Audley (born c. 1250 in Audley, Staffordshire) and Isolde de Mortimer (born c. 1270 in Wigmore, Herefordshire) and a member of the Mortimer family of Marcher Lords, many of whom were Earl of March.
Marriage & Issue
He married Margaret de Clare, the widow of Piers Gaveston, by whom he had a daughter, Margaret de Audley (born c. 1318 in Stafford), who was abducted as a wife by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford.
Sources
* [http://www.geocities.com/missourimule_2000/audley.html#Family:%20Hugh%20de%20Audley de Audley family genealogy]
* [http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/de-audley.htm de Audley family genealogy at RenderPlus.com]
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