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Lady Margaret Beaufort was the daughter and sole heiress of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), a legitimised grandson of John of Gaunt (1st Duke of Lancaster and third surviving son of King Edward III) by his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford, and John Beaufort's wife Margaret Beauchamp.
As a child, Margaret was married to the son of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk. While this may sound like a promising match, by 1450 when the marriage likely took place, Suffolk’s star was descending. He was unpopular with the masses and losing power at court.
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.
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.
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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Edmund Tudor, a Lancastrian and married to Margaret, was captured and taken prisoner. Within a year while in captivity at Carmarthen Castle in Wales, he died of the plague in 1456. Margaret was now at just 13, a widow and pregnant with Edmund’s child.
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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.
