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Dec 13, 2022 · Margaret Beaufort was born at Bletsoe Castle in Bedfordshire, the only child of John Beaufort, First Duke of Somerset, and Margaret Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset. Her paternal great grandfather was John of Gaunt, one of the sons of Edward III, and her grandfather was the eldest son of John of Gaunt’s extramarital liaison with Lady Katherine ...
Sep 16, 2020 · Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), Countess of Richmond and Derby, Foundress late 16th C. unknown artist. Christ's College, University of Cambridge. Margaret was John of Gaunt's great-granddaughter. In 1455, at twelve, she married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, one of the sons of Henry V 's widow, Katherine of Valois, by Owen Tudor.
Countess of Stafford is a title given to the wife of the Earl of Stafford. Women who have held the title include: Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley (1318-c.1351; her husband became earl in 1350) Philippa de Beauchamp (c.1344–1386) Anne of Gloucester (1383–1438), wife of both the 3rd Earl and, after his death, the 5th Earl.
Elizabeth Stafford was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Lady Catherine Woodville, the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, by Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St Pol, and was thus a niece of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort to King Edward IV. [1]
Countess Margaret Beaufort died on 29 June 1509, just one day after Henry VIII’s 18th birthday and two months after her own much-loved son Henry VII had passed away. The formidable, pious and perhaps ruthless Lady Beaufort, who had endured much during her life, became one of the most powerful women at court.
When Margaret Beaufort was born in 1437, in London, Middlesex, England, her father, Edmund Beaufort Holland 2nd Duke of Somerset, was 31 and her mother, Eleanor Beauchamp, was 29. She had at least 2 sons with Humphrey Stafford. She died in 1474, in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 37.
Apr 26, 2022 · Birthplace: Westminster, Middlesex, England. Death: November 1449 (36-45) Place of Burial: St Andrew Colyton, Colyton, Devon, England. Immediate Family: Daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence. Wife of Thomas de Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon.
