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Dec 5, 2010 · Added: Dec 5, 2010. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 62574695. Sponsored by Lucy DeYoung. Source citation. Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Hereford Margaret was the second eldest eldest daughter of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria and Ada de Warenne. She was the granddaughter of King David I of Scotland and Maud, 2nd Countess of ...
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, c. 1510. Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: / ˈboʊfərt / BOH-fərt or / ˈbjuːfərt / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1] A descendant of King Edward III ...
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Joan FitzAlan, [1] Countess of Hereford, Countess of Essex and Countess of Northampton (1347 – 7 April 1419) was the wife of the 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton. She was the mother of Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry of Bolingbroke who later reigned as King Henry IV, and Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of ...
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Lady Margaret Beaufort. Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty…. Often referred to as the matriarch of the Tudors, Margaret Beaufort was a powerful member of the royal household and an influential figure in the greater ...
May 27, 2020 · On this day in Tudor history, 27th May 1541, the frail sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed at the Tower of London. The former governess of Princess Mary had an awful end because the usual executioner was away from London, and one account has led to stories of her tormented ghost reliving her final moments at the Tower. Find out why Margaret Pole was executed ...
Oct 27, 2016 · Henry VII’s powerful mother. A woman who was certainly influential in early modern England, was Margaret Beaufort. Often a forgotten figure, she was Henry VII’s mother, and is thought to have brought him to the throne and helped shape his reign. Born on 31st May, likely in 1443, Margaret Beaufort was the only child of Margaret Beauchamp of ...
Margaret Beaufort (born May 31, 1443—died June 29, 1509) was the 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 ...
