Margaret de Beauchamp 
Margaret was born about 1410 in of Bletsoe,Bedfordshire,England.1 She died on August 8th, 1482.2 General Notes
Margaret de Beauchamp, dau. of John de Beauchamp, 3rd Lord Beauchamp of Bletsho, m. 1st, Sir Oliver St. John, Knt, and conveyed the Barony of Beauchamp, of Bletsho, into that family. Margaret m. 2nd, John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, and by him was mother of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, whose son ascended the British throne as King Henry VII. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Bletsho]
This lady m. 2ndly, John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, K.G., by whom she was mother of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who m. Edward Tudor, Earl of Richmond, and had a son, Henry, Earl of Richmond, who ascended the throne as Henry VII. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 46, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke]
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Margaret and Oliver , Kt. were married in a religious ceremony before 1437.
Margaret and John (1st Duke of Somerset) were married in a religious ceremony about 1440.2 They had a daughter named Margaret , Countess of Richmond.
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Children
Margaret , Countess of Richmond Beaufort
Margaret , Countess of Richmond was born on May 31st, 1443 in Bletsoe Castle,Bedfordshire,England.2 She died at the age of 66 on June 29th, 1509 in Abbot's House,Cheyney Gates,Westminster,England.2
Margaret and Lionel , 6th Lord Welles, K.G. were married in a religious ceremony after May 27th, 1444. They had a son named John , Viscount Welles, K.G..
1 Automated Family Pedigrees - #1
2 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
3 History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II @ p. 558, Walrond, of Dulford House
Further sources/citations:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 467, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Beltsho
2 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
3 History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II @ p. 558, Walrond, of Dulford House
Further sources/citations:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 467, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Beltsho
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