Margaret , Countess of Richmond Beaufort 
Margaret , Countess of Richmond was born on May 31st, 1443 in Bletsoe Castle,Bedfordshire,England.1 Margaret , Countess of Richmond's father was John (1st Duke of Somerset) Beaufort and her mother was Margaret de Beauchamp. Her paternal grandparents were John (1st Earl of Somerset) Beaufort and Margaret (of Kent) Holland. She had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named John , Bastard of Somerset, John , Viscount Welles, K.G. and Jacinda. She died at the age of 66 on June 29th, 1509 in Abbot's House,Cheyney Gates,Westminster,England.1 General Notes
Margaret Beaufort, byname THE LADY MARGARET (b. May 31, 1443--d. June 29, 1509), mother of King Henry VII (reigned 1485-1509) of England and founder of St. John's and Christ's colleges, Cambridge.
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). Their son Henry was born in January 1457, three months after Tudor's death. A second marriage, to Sir Henry Stafford (from c. 1464 to 1471), was childless. After Stafford's death and sometime before 1473, she wed Thomas, Lord Stanley (afterward 1st Earl of Derby), who in 1485 helped her son Henry Tudor obtain the throne.
Margaret translated a number of devotional books and was a patron of the English printers William Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde. In 1502 she founded the Lady Margaret professorships of divinity at Oxford and Cambridge, and in 1505 she completed the endowment of Christ's College. By the provisions of her will, most of her estate was given to endow St. John's College, which was chartered in 1511. [Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97, MARGARET BEAUFORT]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.Mar 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon,Ghent,Flandre-Orientale,Belgium d.03 Feb 1399 in Leichester Castle,Leichestershire,England
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1314 in of Le Quesnoy,Nord,France d.15 Aug 1369 in Mons,France
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 Mar 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.1373 in Near Pottersgate,Lincolnshire,England d.1410 in St. Catherine-by-the-Tower,London,Middlesex,England
- b.~ 1310
- b.1350 in Picardy,Somme,France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1315
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 Mar 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.25 Mar 1404 in of Westminster,Middlesex,England d.27 May 1444 in Dspms
- b.1280 in of Upholland,Lancashire,England d.07 Oct 1329 in Boreham Wood,Essex,England
- b.1314 in of Holland,Lancashire,England d.26 Dec 1360 in ,Normandie,France
- b.1289 in Ashby,Magna,Leicestershire,England d.31 May 1341
- b.1346 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.25 Apr 1397 in Arundel,Sussex,England
- b.05 Aug 1301 in ,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England d.19 Mar 1329/1330 in ,Winchester,Hampshire,England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in of,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Cast,Wallingford,Berkshire,England
- b.~ 1299 in Liddel,Cumberland,England d.29 Sep 1349
- b.1378 d.30 Dic 1479
- b.01 May 1285 in Marlborough,Sussex,England d.17 Nov 1326 in Hereford,Herefordshire,England
- b.1306 in Of,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England d.24 Jan 1375 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England
- b.~ 1277 in Warren,Sussex,England d.<23 May 1338
- b.~ 1350 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England d.17 Mar 1416 in Brockenhurst,Hampshire,England
- b.1281 in Of,Lancaster,,England d.22 Sep 1345 in Monastry Of Cann
- b.Abt 1311/1322 in Grismond Castle,Monmouth,,England d.11 Jan 1372 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England
- b.~ 1282 in Of,Kidwelly,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.Aft 19 Feb 1316/1317
- b.31 May 1443 in Bletsoe Castle,Bedfordshire,England d.29 Jun 1509 in Abbot's House,Cheyney Gates,Westminster,England
- b.~ 1410 in of Bletsoe,Bedfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1482
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Margaret , Countess of Richmond and John , 2nd Duke of Suffolk were married in a religious ceremony in 1449.1 They had a son named John , Earl of Lincoln.
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Children
John , Earl of Lincoln de la Pole
John , Earl of Lincoln was born about 1462.1 He died on June 16th, 1487 in Battle of Stoke,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire,England.1
Margaret , Countess of Richmond and Edmund , Earl of Richmond were married in a religious ceremony on November 1st, 1455.1 They had a son named Henry VII , King of England.
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Children
Henry VII , King of England Tudor
Henry VII , King of England was born in Pembroke Castle,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales.1 He died on April 21st, 1509 in Richmond Palace,Richmond,Surrey,England. He was buried in Henry VII Chapel,Westminster Abbey,London,England.1 1
Margaret , Countess of Richmond and Henry , Kt. were married in a religious ceremony about 1464.2
Margaret , Countess of Richmond and Thomas , 1st Earl of Derby were married in a religious ceremony before 1473.2
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