Qui a épousé William Stafford (courtier)?

Sir William Stafford, of Chebsey, in Staffordshire (c. 1508 – 5 May 1556) was an Essex landowner and the second husband of Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England. Mary was one-time mistress of King Henry VIII of England.

Dorothy Stafford, Lady Stafford (1 October 1526 – 22 September 1604) was an English noblewoman, and an influential person at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, to whom she served as Mistress of the Robes. Dorothy Stafford was the second wife of Sir William Stafford, widower of Mary Boleyn. She and her family sought exile in Geneva during the reign of Mary I to escape the persecution of their Protestant religion. The Protestant reformer John Calvin stood as godfather to her youngest son.

Mary Boleyn (vers 1499 – 19 juillet 1543) est un membre de la famille aristocratique Boleyn, qui a joui d'une influence considérable à la cour d'Angleterre lors de la première partie du XVI^e siècle.

Mary est l'une des maîtresses du roi Henri VIII, après avoir été peut-être celle de son rival le roi de France François I^er. Mariée à deux reprises, elle est la sœur aînée de la reine Anne Boleyn et de George Boleyn.