Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (born 1540)

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby

English noblewoman (1540–1596)

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Mary was the third daughter of King Henry…