Margaret Beaufort 
Margaret was born on May 31st, 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England. Margaret's father was John Beaufort , KG, 1st Duke of Somerset and her mother was Margaret de Beauchamp. Her paternal grandparents were John "Fairborn" Beaufort , KG, Marquess Somerset and Margaret de Holand; her maternal grandparents were John 3rd Baron de Beauchamp , of Bletsoe, Sir and Esther (Edith) Stourton. She had a half-brother named John. She died at the age of 66 on June 29th, 1509 in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey.General Notes
Margaret Beaufort, b. Apr 1441, d. 5 July 1509; m. (1) 1455 Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, d. 1 Nov 1456, son of Sir Owen Tudor & Katharine, Princess of France, Queen-Dowager of England & widow of Henry VI; m. (2) c 1459, Henry Stafford, dsp 1481, 3rd son of Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, KG; m. (3) 1482/3, as his 2nd wife, Thomas Stanley, d. 5 July 1509, Earl of Derby. [Magna Charta Sureties]
Note: MCS chooses to ignore Margaret's 1st marriage; but that's OK, because she was divorced from it when she was only 9-10 years old. MCS also seems to have made a mistake on Thomas Stanley's death date, giving him the same death date as Margaret. Burke's Peerage, p. 816, states that Thomas Stanley died 29 July 1504. Both AR & Burke's Peerage seem to mix up Margaret & Thomas's death dates (see below).
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Margaret [daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, dspm 27 May 1444, (his younger brother Edmund subsequently became Duke of Somerset under a different creation) by Margaret, daughter of John Beauchamp, of Bletso, by Edith, daughter of Sir John Stourton]; born 31 May 1443; married 1st between 28 Jan & 7 Feb 1449/50 (divorce by 24 Mar 1452/3), as his 1st wife, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk of the 1448 creation; married 2nd 1455 Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond of the 1452 creation (died 3 Nov 1456), by whom she was mother of Henry VII; married 3rd by 1464 Sir Henry Stafford, 2nd son of 1st Duke of Buckingham of the 1444 creation; married 4th by Oct 1475 1st Earl of Derby [Thomas Stanley], and died 29 July 1504. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby died 29 July 1504, according to page 816. Also on page 816 is a death date of 29 Jun 1509 for Margaret Beaufort. The above text is misleading from page 220.
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He [Thomas Stanley] m. 2ndly, in 1482 (before Nov), Margaret, widow of Sir Henry Stafford and before that of Edmund (Tudor), Earl of Richmond, daughter and heir of John (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, by Margaret, daughter of John (Beauchamp), Lord Beauchamp (of Bleetsoe). He d. 29 July 1504, at Lathom, aged about 69, and was buried with his ancestors at Burscough Priory, co. Lancaster. Will dated 28 July, probated 9 Nov 1504. His widow, who was b. 31 May 1443, at Bletsoe, was the well-known founder of Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge. She d. 29 June 1509 (three months after the death of her son, Henry VII), in her 67th year, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Will, as "Countess of Richmond and Derby", probated 17 Oct 1512. [Complete Peerage, IV:205-207]
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Also Note: Her first marriage & divorce with John de la Pole occurred before either of them were more than ten years old. Political alliances must have changed. I note that John's father was much in disgrace about 1450, when he was murdered/executed.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.MAR 1339/40 in Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1280 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1351/52 in Fontenelle, France
- b.~ 1370 in Chateau de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, France d.16 MAR 1409/10 in St Catherine by the Tower Hospital, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1275 in Roet, Hainault, Belgium d.> 1322 in Roet, Hainault, Belgium
- b.~ 1315 in Roet, Hainault, Belium d.1380 in Ghent, Hainault, Belgium
- b.25 Nov 1350 in Picardy, Hainault, France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1280 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, France
- b.1320 in Hainault, Belgium d.> 1375 in Ghent, Hainault, Belgium
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1351/52 in Fontenelle, France
- b.~Apr 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England d.27 May 1444 in (dspm)
- b.~ 1270 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England (Beheaded by partisans)
- b.1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.BET 26 AND 28 DEC 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.1289 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock, Kent, England
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.19 MAR 1329/30 in Beheaded at Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1299 in Liddel, Cumberland, England d.29 Sep 1349
- b.~ 1385 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.30 Dec 1429 in St Saviours Monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded at Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1285 in Warren, Sussex, England d.<23 May 1338
- b.~ 1350 in Arundel, Essex, England d.17 MAR 1415/16
- b.31 May 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England d.29 Jun 1509 in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey
- b.~ 1328 in Powick, Worcestershire, England d.3 JAN 1379/80 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1345 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.< 1380 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1328 in Pattishall, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England d.>26 Oct 1351
- b.1363 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.03 May 1406 in Lydiard Tregoz, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1387 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.~ 1412
- b.1298 in Chiperley Manor, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England d.~ 1329 in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1329 in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England d.1377 in Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1300 in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1368 in Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- b.< 1323 in Heaton, Newcastle, Northumberland, England d.<22 Oct 1369
- b.~ 1350 in Heton, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1332 in Preston, Northumberland, England d.~ 1383
- b.~ 1412 in Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.<20 Jul 1482 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1290 in Stourton with Gasper, Mere, Wiltshire, England d.> 1343
- b.< 1334 in Stourton with Gasper, Mere, Wiltshire, England d.> 1380 in Stavordale Abbey, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1298 in Horningsham, Warminster, Wiltshire, England d.< 1374
- b.> 1361 in Stourton with Gasper, Mere, Wiltshire, England d.1405 in Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1335 in England d.BEF 18 MAR 1373/74
- b.~ 1394 in Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, Somerset, England d.13 Jun 1441
- b.1318 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.10 May 1342 in Bortant, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1340 in Sherwill, Dorsetshire, England d.25 Jun 1369 in Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1318 in Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales d.11 JAN 1371/72 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.< 1360 in Sherwill, Dorsetshire, England d.< 1404
- b.~ 1332 in England d.< 1360
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Margaret and Edmund were married in a religious ceremony on November 1st, 1455 in 2nd husband 1st wife. They had a son named Henry VII Tudor King of.
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Children
Henry VII Tudor King of England
Henry VII Tudor King of was born in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died on April 21st, 1509 in Richmond, Surrey, England. He was buried in Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England.
Margaret and Henry II were married in a religious ceremony about 1459 in 3rd husband.
Margaret and Thomas 2nd Baron were married in a religious ceremony before November 1482 in 4th husband 2nd wife.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: BEF. OCT 1473
Place: 4th husband 2nd wife
Margaret and John de were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband 1st wife - divorced by 24 Mar 1452/3.
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