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Monumental brass of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, the husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, in St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. Margaret was married to Suffolk's son, John de la Pole.
Lady Margaret Beaufort is one of history’s most famous mothers, but her life as a wife has been less examined. Even before she married Edmund Tudor and gave birth to a future king at age thirteen, Margaret had already been married.
Sep 16, 2020 · Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was the mother of Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Born in 1443, she was the only child and heiress of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, a grandson of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, fourth son of Edward III.
Now fourteen, Margaret married her second cousin, Sir Henry Stafford and went to live at Woking Palace. Meanwhile, the care of her child Henry Tudor fell to his uncle Jasper Tudor, who granted Margaret and her husband the opportunity to visit him at Pembroke Castle.
Birthday: May 31, 1443 ( Gemini) Born In: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England. Quick Facts. British Celebrities Born In May. Also Known As: The Lady Margaret. Died At Age: 66. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Edmund Tudor - Earl of Richmond, John de la Pole - 2nd Duke of Suffolk, Sir Henry Stafford, Thomas Stanley - 1st Earl of Derby.
Jun 25, 2024 · Margaret was the daughter and heir of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward III). In 1455 she married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and half brother of King Henry VI (reigned 1422–61 and 1470–71).
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Margaret, widowed at thirteen, was seven months pregnant and far from her mother in Bedfordshire. She was also still under the age of majority, and was in the wardship of her brother-in-law, Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke. She quickly left Llandyfai, and travelled to the far safer haven of his castle of Pembroke.
