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Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby 1443–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 June 1509

Death Location: Westminster, Worcester, England

Father: Sir Beaufort

Mother: Baroness Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Edmund Richmond, Sir Pole,, Sir Stafford, Lord Stanley

Children(s): Henry* Tudor, Mary Richmond, Henry Tudor

Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby was born in 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Knight 1St Duke Somerset 1St Earl Kendal 3Rd Earl Somerset Beaufort And Baroness Margaret Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles De Beauchamp. Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor Earl Richmond, Lord Thomas Stanley, Sir Henry Stafford, Sir John De La Pole, and had children including Henry Vii King Of England Tudor, Henry Tudor, Mary Richmond. Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, Worcester, England.

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  • Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby was born in 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Knight 1St Duke Somerset 1St Earl Kendal 3Rd Earl Somerset Beaufort And Baroness Margaret Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles De Beauchamp.
  • Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor Earl Richmond, Lord Thomas Stanley, Sir Henry Stafford, Sir John De La Pole, and had children including Henry Vii King Of England Tudor, Henry Tudor, Mary Richmond.
  • Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, Worcester, England.

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Lady Derby's Ancestors

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Lady Derby
1443–1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Knight 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal, 3rd Earl Somerset Beaufort
1404–1444
Westminster, London, England
Baroness (Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, Lady St John, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of Kendal, Lady Welles De) Beauchamp
1410–1482
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John 1st Earl of Sommerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset "The Fair" Plantagenet) Beaufort
1373–1410
Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret, (Duchess of Clarence, Lady of Kent, Countess of Somerset, Marchioness of Dorset, the Poet's Muse" De Holland) Beaufort
1385–1439
Upholland Castle, Lancashire, England
Lord (John) Beauchamp
1375–1412
Estains, Essex, England
Isabel (Le) Despencer
1400–1439
Cardiff, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Despencer
1373–1400
Constance Plantagenet
1374–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eduard Despenser
1336–1375
Elisabeth Burgh
1342–1409

Lady Derby's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby (31 May 1443–29 June 1509) m. Edmund (Tudor Earl) Richmond (4 Jul 1430–3 Nov 1456 / 1 Nov 1456) m. Sir (John de la) Pole, (27 Sep 1442–27 Oct 1492) m. Sir (Henry) Stafford (1425–4 Oct 1471) m. Lord (Thomas) Stanley (1435–29 Jul 1504)
  1. 1. Henry* (VII King of England) Tudor 1457–1509 m. Elizabeth (of York, Princess of England,) Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Mary (of York) Plantagenet 1467–1482 m. Margaret Spencer 1472–
    1. 1. Margaret (Tudor, Queen Consort of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. James (Stuart\ King of) Scotland 1473–1513 m. James (King of Scotland) Stewart 1472–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1555 m. Henry (I Count of Menthven) Stewart 1495–1551
      1. 1. James (V Stuart\ King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mistress (Margaret) Erskine 1515–1578 m. Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of) Scotlan 1515–1560 m. Elizabeth Bethune 1520–1564 m. Elizabeth SHAW 1513–1567 m. Elizabeth ((Katherine)) Carmichael 1498–1593 m. Christine Barclay 1512–1530 m. Elizabeth Carmichael 1515–1535 m. Jane Kennedy 1514– m. EUPHEMIA ((CONCUBINE)) ELPHINSTONE 1509–1542 m. Valois Madeleine 1520–1537
        1. 1. James (Stuart Moray Regent) Moray 1531–1570 m. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Countess) Moray 1503–1548 m. Elizabeth STEWART 1565–1591 m. Margaret Campbell 1540–1590
      2. 2. Arthur (Duke of Rohesay) Stewart 1509–1510
      3. 3. James (V King of Scotland) Stewart 1512–1542
      4. 4. James, (Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland) Stewart 1505–1508
      5. 5. Alexander (Duke of Ross) Stewart 1514–1515
      6. 6. Mungo Mure 1530–1547
      7. 7. Daughter Stewart 1508–1508
      8. 8. George Douglas 1510–
      9. 9. William Stewart 1510–1548
      10. 10. Dau Stuart 1512–1554
      11. 11. Margaret Douglas 1507–1517
      12. 12. The (Bastard Scotland) Jane 1508–1562
      13. 13. James Stewart 1507–1508
      14. 14. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578
      15. 15. Dorothea Stewart 1512–1512
    2. 2. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
    3. 3. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
    4. 4. Edmund (of Somerset) Tudor 1499–1500
    5. 5. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England and) Ireland 1491–1547
    6. 6. Arthur, (Prince of Wales) Tudor 1486–1502
    7. 7. Mary ('Rose' Tudor, Queen consort of) France 1496–1533
    8. 8. James Tudor 1473–1513
    9. 9. Margaret (Boyd) Tudor 1477–1559
    10. 10. Roland (DeVelville) Tudor 1474–1535
    11. 11. Edward (Prince) Tudor 1480–1486
    12. 12. Prince Tudor 1494–
    13. 13. Margaret (Scotland) Tudor 1429–1541
    14. 14. Margaret Tudor 1437–1489
    15. 15. James (IV Tudor) Scottland 1473–1513
    16. 16. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1483–1510
    17. 17. Ann Lumley 1481–1587
    18. 18. Roland (Constable Beaumaris Castle de) Velville 1477–1535
    19. 19. Son (of) ENGLAND 1494–
    20. 20. Charlotte (Tudor) England 1502–1507
    21. 21. Queen (Mary "Rose" "Queen of France") Tudor 1496–1533
    22. 22. Edward (Prince of England) Tudor 1497–1498
    23. 23. Katherine (Tudor Princess Of) England 1503–1503
    24. 24. Anne Tudor 1484–1526
    25. 25. Robert (I) Capet 1011–1076
  2. 2. Mary Richmond 1452–1488
  3. 3. Henry Tudor 1456–1546

Lady Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 June 1509
Age 66
Death of Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Westminster, Worcester, England
Westminster, Worcester, 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 June 1509
    Event Place: Westminster, Worcester, England

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