father death_date mother birth_place birth_date spouse issue article_title name occupation
henry stafford , 1st baron stafford 22 september 1604 ursula pole england 1 october 1526 sir william stafford sir stafford ursula stafford dorothy stafford edward stafford william stafford sir john stafford elizabeth dorothy stafford
 dorothy stafford mistress of the robes
dorothy stafford

dorothy stafford , lady stafford -lrb- 1 october 1526 -- 22 september 1604 -rrb- was an english noblewoman , and an influential person at the court of queen elizabeth i of england , to whom dorothy served as mistress of the robes .
dorothy was the second wife of sir william stafford , widower of mary boleyn .
dorothy and her family were forced to seek exile in geneva during the reign of mary i due to their protestant religion .
the protestant reformer john calvin stood as godfather to her youngest son .
through her maternal grandmother , margaret pole , 8th countess of salisbury , dorothy had a claim to the english throne .
