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Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. She was born on 31st May 1443, daughter of John (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset and his wife Margaret (Beauchamp). She was descended from one of the illegitimate children of ...
John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. Mother. Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced / ˈboʊfərt / BOH-fərtor / ˈbjuːfərt / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.
Jul 1, 2012 · 1 July 2012. About this Site. Contact Information. Margaret Beaufort by Roland Lockey. More images. Born: 31 May 1443. Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. Married to Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond: 1455. Married to Henry Stafford: 1457 or 1458.
Lady Margaret Beaufort. Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty…. Often referred to as the matriarch of the Tudors, Margaret Beaufort was a powerful member of the royal household and an influential figure in the greater ...
Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), Countess of Richmond and Derby and mother of Henry VII. Having spent her early years as a political pawn, Lady Margaret eventually became the most powerful woman in England as well as a respected patron of education. Early Tudor writers focussed on Margaret’s significance to her son’s career whereas later ...
May 31, 2015 · Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty, was born at Bletsoe Castle in Bedfordshire on 31st May 1443. She was the daughter of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, grandson of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (and eventual wife) Katherine Swynford. Margaret was their only child. Although a 1397 ...
Margaret Beaufort, Mother of Henry VII, at prayer, by Rowland Lockey, about 1500. Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII of England, the grandmother of Henry VIII, and great-grandmother of Elizabeth I. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. Beaufort was a descendant of Edward III through John ...
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