Lady Margaret Beaufort
Noble person
1443 – 1509
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Who was Lady Margaret Beaufort?
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor. She founded two Cambridge colleges.
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- Born
- May 31, 1443
Bletsoe Castle - Also known as
- Margaret Beaufort
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
(1472/06 - ) - Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
(1455/11/01 - ) - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Jun 29, 1509
Westminster Abbey - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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