Person:Margaret Beaufort (32)
Lady Margaret Beaufort
b.31 May 1443 Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
d.29 Jun 1509 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1439
  1. JOHN SAINT JOHN
  2. OLIVER SAINT JOHN
  3. EDITH SAINT JOHN
  4. ELIZABETH SAINT JOHN
  5. MARY SAINT JOHN
  6. MARGARET SAINT JOHN
  7. AGNES SAINT JOHN
  8. Lady Margaret Beaufort - 1509
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Nov 1455
  1. Henry VII , King of England - 1509
Spouse and Children
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m. BEF 1464
Spouse and Children
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m. bef Nov 1482
  1. Humphrey Stanley
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Facts and Events
Name Lady Margaret Beaufort
Gender Female
Birth[1] 31 May 1443 Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, EnglandBletsoe Castle
Marriage 1 Nov 1455 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, , Walesto Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Marriage BEF 1464 to Sir Henry Stafford
Marriage bef Nov 1482 Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, Englandto Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Will[4] 6 Jun 1508
Burial[1] 1509 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Other[1] House of Beaufort
Death[1] 29 Jun 1509 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, EnglandIn the Deanery
Probate[4] 17 Oct 1512 Lambeth, Surrey, England


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Margaret Beaufort (Br [ˈbɛʊfɨt]), Countess of Richmond and Derby(Br [ˈdɑːbɨ]) (31 May 1443 or 1441 – 29 June 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor. She founded two Cambridge colleges. In 1509, she briefly served as regent of England for her grandson.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lady Margaret Beaufort, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   MARGARET Beaufort (Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire 31 May 1443-Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey 29 Jun 1509, bur Westminster Abbey), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3.   Lady Margaret Beaufort, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nichols, John. A collection of all the wills, now known to be extant, of the kings and queens of England, princes and princessess of Wales, and every branch of the blood royal: from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh, exclusive, with explanatory notes and a glossary. (London: J. Nichols, 1780), pages 356 to 403.

    The will can be read here.

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