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Lady Margaret Beaufort married Henry Stafford, one of the sons of the Duke of Buckingham, on the 3rd of January 1458 at the age of 14. Again, the Wars of the Roses claimed another of Lady Margaret’s husbands. Stafford died of his wounds at the Battle of Barnet. Interestingly, he was on the Yorkist side, not the Lancastrian side.
Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge: 1502 to 1649. Cambridge University Press, 2003. Norton, Elizabeth. Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty. Amberley, 2010. Tallis, Nicola. Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch. Michael O'Mara, 2020.
Dec 28, 2021 · John Beaufort, the Duke of Somerset, died just one year after the birth of his daughter in questionable circumstances that many believe to be suicide (a sinful act that cast shame upon the family). The death of her father left Margaret a wealthy 1-year-old, pinning a target on her back for power- and money-hungry men.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Beaufort, Margaret (1443–1509)Countess of Richmond and Derby who might have tried to claim the throne of England but instead secured that position for her son, Henry VII, and all the Tudor line. Name variations: Lady Margaret; Margaret of Lancaster. Pronunciation: BOE-fort.
Margaret Beaufort (c. 1408–1449), married Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon In 1399, she was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.). [3] After Beaufort died in 1410 (in the Tower of London ), she married his nephew Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence (1387–1421), the son of King Henry IV .
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Jun 4, 2017 · Also in 1502, Margaret gave a grant to Cambridge to found the Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity, and John Fisher became the first to occupy the chair. When Henry VII appointed John Fisher as bishop of Rochester, Margaret Beaufort was instrumental in choosing Erasmus as his successor in the Lady Margaret professorship.
