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FRANCES BRANDON
LADY FRANCES BRANDON
FRANCES GREY, MARCHIONESS OF DORSET
FRANCES GREY, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK
FRANCES BRANDON, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK
BIRTH: 16 Jul 1517, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
MARRIAGE:
1. (Henry Grey) 1533, Suffolk Place, Southwark
2. (Adrian Stokes) 1555
DEATH: 21 Nov 1559, Richmond, London
BURIAL: St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London
LINEAGE
PARENTS:
![charlesbrandon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_9ff41e7e6143425bab8e34c22e91a2b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/charlesbrandon.jpg)
CHARLES BRANDON
1st Duke of Suffolk
c.1484-1545
![marytudor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_499162839ba346429e3330fb086c4f6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/marytudor.jpg)
PRINCESS MARY TUDOR
Queen [Consort] of France
Duchess of Suffolk [Brandon]
1496-1533
![katherinewilloughby](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_9e67455de0ca4ef697ec5943f678fdef~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/katherinewilloughby.jpg)
KATHERINE WILLOUGHBY
Stepmother
Duchess of Suffolk [Brandon]
12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (suo jour)
1519-1580
SIBLINGS:
![male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_e59174db270e4ecdbd93c84aa1aed0cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/male.jpg)
HENRY BRANDON
.
1516-1522
![eleanorbrandon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_d3ff71b7e95545ce9ddf0607258bce36~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/eleanorbrandon.jpg)
ELEANOR BRANDON
Countess of Cumberland [Clifford]
1519-1547
![male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_e59174db270e4ecdbd93c84aa1aed0cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/male.jpg)
HENRY BRANDON
1st Earl of Lincoln
c.1523-1534
(HALF-SISTERS FROM FATHER CHARLES BRANDON's SECOND MARRIAGE TO ANNE BROWNE d. c.1512):
![female](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_22004418d02547c390b5089cc3558c9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/female.jpg)
ANNE BRANDON
Baroness Grey of Powys
[Grey]
1507-1557
![marybrandon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_2423b50299e0427a9e3b0d8cf1ddd47a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/marybrandon.jpg)
MARY BRANDON
Baroness Monteagle
[Stanley]
1510-c.1542
(HALF-BROTHERS FROM FATHER CHARLES BRANDON'S FOURTH MARRIAGE TO KATHERINE WILLOUGHBY d.1580):
![henrybrandon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_c0df75ce42a340bdb90b2b9fb7d6d450~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/henrybrandon.jpg)
HENRY BRANDON
2nd Duke of Suffolk
1535-1551
![charlesbrandonjr](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_514b4ed254b34372862213a9b456fe4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/charlesbrandonjr.jpg)
CHARLES BRANDON
3rd Duke of Suffolk
1537-1551
Both Henry and Charles died of 'sweating sickness' on the same day - 14 Jul 1551.
Henry died 1 hour before Charles, leading to the shortest tenure of British Peerage,
as Charles was made Duke of Suffolk on his brother's death.
(ILLEGITIMATE HALF-SIBLINGS AS RESULT OF FATHER CHARLES BRANDON's EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS):
![male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_e59174db270e4ecdbd93c84aa1aed0cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/male.jpg)
SIR CHARLES BRANDON
.
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FRANCES BRANDON
.
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MARY BRANDON
.
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SPOUSE:
CHILDREN:
(FROM FIRST MARRIAGE TO HENRY GREY):
(FROM SECOND MARRIAGE TO ADRIAN STOKES):
![female](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_22004418d02547c390b5089cc3558c9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/female.jpg)
ELIZABETH STOKES
.
stillborn Nov 1554
![female](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_22004418d02547c390b5089cc3558c9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/female.jpg)
ELIZABETH STOKES
.
1555-56
![male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed9b82_e59174db270e4ecdbd93c84aa1aed0cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_150,h_150,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/male.jpg)
'SON' STOKES
.
stillborn Dec 1556
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