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Lady Margaret Beaufort 1443 – 1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 Jun 1509

Death Location: Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England

Father: Lord Beaufort

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Edmund Tudor

Children(s): King Tudor

The story of Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby began in 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England. Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor, and had children including King Henry Tudor. Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby began in 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor, and had children including King Henry Tudor.
  • Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Beaufort's Ancestors

Self
Lady Beaufort
1443 – 1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Lord John Beaufort
1404 – 1444
Tottenham, Middlesex, England
Margaret (de) Beauchamp
Europe
Grandparents
Sir (John de) Beauchamp
1396 – 1412
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Edith) Stourton
Great-Grandparents
Sir Beauchamp
1362 – 1406
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Beauchamp
– 1374
Lady Clopton

Lady Beaufort's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Beaufort (31 May 1443 – 29 Jun 1509) m. Edmund Tudor (11 Jun 1430 – 3 Nov 1456)
  1. 1. King (Henry) Tudor (28 Jan 1457 – 21 Apr 1509) m. Queen (Elizabeth of York) Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466 – 11 Feb 1503) m. Lady (Breton de) Veleville (Aft. 1418 – 1475)
    1. 1. Queen (Margaret) Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513)
      1. 1. Sir (John James) Watson (1500 – 31 Aug 1568) m. Lady (Joane Margaret Sothern,) (Sotheran) (1502 – Abt. 1565)
        1. 1. Maria (Isabel) Watson (ABT 1525 – 1643) m. Richard Barrett (1541 – Apr 1590)
      2. 2. King (James V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 March 1544) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion) Campbell (1502 – 1550) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Marie\Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520 – 2 Jul 1537) m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce (11 May 1509 – 1547) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Tudor (13 August 1513 – 5 May 1572)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir John) Stewart (1526 – 5 Aug 1574) m. Margaret Wallace (20 May 1839 – 1586)
        2. 2. King (Regent James) Stewart (22 May 1531 – April 1541) m. Lady (Agnes Anna) Keith (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart (1547 – 7 Jan 1586) m. Francis (de) Laugharne (1539 – 18 May 1583)
    2. 2. King (Henry VIII) Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. Lady (Mary De) Berkeley (1500 – 1586) m. Lady (Mary Catherine) Boleyn (Abt. 1499 – 19 Jul 1543)
      1. 1. Henry Carey (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596) m. Lady (Anne) Morgan (14 Mar 1529 – 19 Jan 1606)
        1. 1. Lady (Catherine) Carey (15 Jul 1541 – 25 Feb 1602) m. Lord (Sir Charles ''Howard of Effingham'') Howard (14 Dec 1536 – 14 Dec 1624)
      2. 2. Sir (Knight Edward John) Seymour (22 May 1528 – 10 April 1613) m. Margaret Walsh (1530 – 1580)
        1. 1. Anne Seymour (1560 – 1628) m. Lord (Thomas) Newce (ABT 1565 – 8 Nov 1617)
    3. 3. Sir (Knight Roland) Velville (Apr 1474 – 25 Jun 1535) m. Agnes Griffith
      1. 1. Lady (Jane de) Velville (Abt. 1505 – 1545) m. Sir (Robert ap Robert Vychan Tudor) Vielville (1519 – 1590)
        1. 1. Katheryn ('Katherine of Berain') Tudor (1541 – 27 Aug 1591) m. John (Langton) II (1535 – 7 May 1583) m. Sir (John) Salusbury (1540 – ) m. Edward Thelwall (1542 – 29 July 1610)

Lady Beaufort's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 Jun 1509
Age 66
Death of Lady Margaret Beaufort , Duchess Of Suffolk, Countess of Richmond and Derby in Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England
Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1509
    Event Place: Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England

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