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Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (bō´fərt, där´bē), 1443–1509, English noblewoman, mother of Henry VII. She was the daughter and heiress of John, 1st duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster.
Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon (c. 1409-1449), married Thomas de Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon. In 1399, she was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.). After Beaufort died in 1410 (in the Tower of London), she married his nephew Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, the son of King Henry IV. They had no children.
10 de feb. de 2015 · Chapter 1: Daughter of Clarence (1473 – 1487) Margaret was born at the top of Fortune's Wheel, at the castle of Farleigh in Somerset. Her father, George, Duke of Clarence, was the brother of Edward IV, and her mother, Isabel Neville, was the daughter of that hero (or villain) of the Wars of the Roses, Warwick the Kingmaker.
13 de dic. de 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 Swynford, a relationship declared legitimate by ...
Mother of Henry VII Margaret married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and half brother of King Henry VI in 1455. Their son Henry was born in Pembroke Castle in 1457, three months after Tudor's death from the plague. Margaret was deeply involved in the struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster, taking an active part in the insurrections of 1484 and 1485 and planning the marriage of her ...
In April 1509, the King died. He was just past 52 while Margaret herself was 65. At the King’s funeral in May 1509, largely arranged by Margaret, she took precedence over all the ladies present. She was also the chief executor of his will. Following the coronation, Margaret moved to lodgings at Westminster.
Margaret Beaufort. Margaret Beaufort was the mother of the Tudor Dynasty. The Countess of Richmond had just one child, Henry Tudor. It was her lineage that gave Henry the claim to the throne: Margaret was a great-granddaughter of King Edward III, though from a line that King Henry IV determined could never inherit the throne.
