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- She lived through the tumultuous times of the War of the Roses and died in the reign of King Richard III. She is buried in Wimborne Minster Dorset but it is rather wonderful to see her remembered in this small Hampshire church, nearly two hundred years after her death.
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May 31, 2015 · Margaret was buried at Westminster Abbey in London, in the south aisle of Henry VII’s Chapel.
Margaret had made her will on 6 June 1508 and added further instructions in early 1509. She had chosen to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the Lady Chapel funded by Henry VII . On 3 July her body was moved to the Abbey where it lay in state until it was transferred into the Lady Chapel on the ninth of the month.
- Ward of The Crown
- First Marriage
- Teenage Pregnancy and Wars of The Roses
- Margaret : Maternal Love and Self-Preservation
- Marriage of Political Convenience
- Assisting Rebellion
- The First Tudor King’s Mother
Born at Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire to John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, there is some debate about Margaret’s birth date, having been either 1441 or 1443. Her father was to lead a military campaign to France on behalf of King Henry VI which prompted Somerset to discuss with the king the matter of his potential deat...
At the age of three, Margaret was contracted to marry John de la Pole, the son of William 1st Duke of Suffolk, the very man who had appropriated Margaret’s lands through theft. This ambitious move was seen by King Henry as a cunning way for William to try and secure a future with a ward (Margaret) who had a potential claim to the throne. However, S...
This was a period of civil disruption in what became known as the Wars of the Roses, a violent conflict between the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions vying for control of the crown. Edmund Tudor, a Lancastrian and married to Margaret, was captured and taken prisoner. Within a year while in captivity at Carmarthen Castle in Wales, he died of the plag...
The civil war continued between bitter enemies, the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions. The House of Plantagenet (Lancaster) represented by a red rose, and the House of York, represented by a white rose. continually fought over control of the throne of England, culminating in the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. The Yorkists overwhelmed their oppon...
In June 1472 Margaret married for the fourth time nobleman Lord Thomas Stanley, not out of love but more to do with political expedience as it allowed Margaret to return to King Edward’s court, giving her a possible route to help make her son king. A close relationship developed between Margaret and Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville, who asked Ma...
The moment for Margaret to seize the opportunity to dethrone King Richard came in 1483 when the Duke of Buckingham raised a rebellion against King Richard. But Henry Tudor who was privy to this plan was in Brittany and had to set out for England to take part in the rebellion. His arrival was too late, while Buckingham failed in his endeavours and w...
Henry Tudor’s success at attaining the crown of England in 1485 was without doubt due to the indefatigable persistence and support from his mother Margaret, whose love for her son and belief in his divine right to be king had driven her through dangerous and turbulent times. Now with a new life as a Countess and also referred to as ‘My Lady, the Ki...
Born Margaret Beaufort on May 31, 1443 (some sources cite 1441, but 1443 is documented), at Bletso in Bedfordshire; died in Abbot's house at Westminster on June 29, 1509; daughter of John Beaufort (c. 1404–1444), 1st duke of Somerset, and Margaret Beauchamp (d. 1482); betrothed to John de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk, 1450 (dissolved, 1453 ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Published: April 8, 2024 at 10:35 AM. On 14 February 1453, a nine-year-old girl was travelling to London to be introduced to the court of King Henry VI. Her name was Margaret Beaufort, the only child of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and inheritor of a large landed estate. Margaret (born on 31 May 1443) had royal blood in her veins.
- Elinor Evans
Margaret was never declared Queen by rights, yet the implication hung in the air. Throughout the 1480s and 1490s Margaret was frequently with the King and Queen. In 1488 her Beaufort family was honoured when Edmund the last duke, Margaret’s cousin, and his brother, John, were given a ceremonial reburial in Tewkesbury Abbey.
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe. Margaret Beauchamp remarried in 1447, to Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, their son, John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles, Margaret's half-brother, was later married to Cecily of York, the third daughter of Edward IV. Lionel de Welles was slain at the Battle of Towton in March 1461, after which Margaret did not ...
