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Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond 1443–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 Jun 1509

Death Location: Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Father: Jean Somerset

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Sir Richmond

Children(s): Henry Tudor

In 1443, Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond entered the world in Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, born to Jean Beaufort Somerset And Margaret Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendale Beauchamp. Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond married Sir Edmund Tudor Richmond, and had children including Henry Tudor. Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond passed away in 1509 in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1443, Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond entered the world in Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, born to Jean Beaufort Somerset And Margaret Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendale Beauchamp.
  • Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond married Sir Edmund Tudor Richmond, and had children including Henry Tudor.
  • Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond passed away in 1509 in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jean Somerset
1404–1444
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
JS
Margaret Beauchamp
1410–1482
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Sir Richmond
1431–1456
Birth Location: Much Hadham Palace in Hertfordshire or at Hadham in Bedfordshire
SR

Children(s)

Henry Tudor
1456–1546
Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
HT

Lady Richmond's Ancestors

Self
Lady Richmond
1443–1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Jean Beaufort Somerset
1404–1444
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Margaret (Duchess of Somerset, Countess of Kendale) Beauchamp
1410–1482
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Beaufort 1st. Earl of Somerset Marquis of Dorset and of) Somerset
1371–1410
Pottersgate Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (of Kent "Duchess Of Clarence," Countess of Somerset, Marchioness of Dorset) Holand
1385–1439
Upholland Castle, Lancashire, England
Sir (John Beauchamp, Lord) Bletsoe
1385–1412
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Dame (Elizabeth Edith) Stourton
1360–1441
Stourton, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Plantagenet
1340–1399
Catherine Roet
1350–1403
Sir Kent)
1354–1397
Lady Northampton
1352–1416
Sir Beauchamp
1363–1406
Joan Clopton
1370–1404
SIR STOVERDALE)
1340–1381
Jane Basset
1348–1394
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1312–1377
Philippa DeHainault
1311–1369
Sir Roet
1310–1380
Catherine Avesnes
1320–1375
Thomas DeHoland
1314–1360
Lady Wales
1328–1385
Richard Alan
1307–1376
ELEANOR PLANTAGENET
1311–1372
Roger Beauchamp
1311–1380
Lady DePatshull
1338–1351
William Clopton
1329–1383
Lady DeGrey
1325–1377
William Knighted
1290–1343
Joan Lady
1298–1374
Sir Basset
1335–1390
Lady Beauchamp
1338–1392

Lady Richmond's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset &) Richmond (31 May 1443–29 Jun 1509) m. Sir (EDMUND Tudor) Richmond (11 Jun 1431–1 Nov 1456)
  1. 1. Henry Tudor 1456–1546 m. ELIZABETH ((Tudor of York)) PLANTAGENET 1466–1503
    1. 1. Margaret, (Queen Consort of the Scots) Tudor 1489–1541 m. Archibald (6th Earl of Angus) Douglas 1489–1557 m. James (IV Scotland King) Stewart 1473–1513
      1. 1. Margaret (Countess of Lennox) Douglas 1515–1577 m. Matthew (4th Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1516–1571
        1. 1. Charles, (5th Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1555–1576 m. Elizabeth CAVENDISH 1555–1582
        2. 2. King (James I of Scotland) Stuart 1566–1625
      2. 2. James (V Stewart, King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mary (of) Guise 1515–1560
        1. 1. Mary (Stuart Queen of) Scots 1542–1587
    2. 2. Mary ('Rose' Queen Consort of France, Duchess of Suffolk) Tudor 1496–1533 m. Charles ("1st Duke of Suffolk") Brandon 1484–1545
      1. 1. Frances (Grey, Duchess of Suffolk,) Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry, (Knight of the Garter, Duke of Suffolk, Marquess of Dorset,) Grey 1517–1554
        1. 1. Catherine (Grey Seymour Countess of) Hertford 1540–1568 m. Edward (Lord Protector, Earl of Hertford) Seymour 1529–1593
        2. 2. Elizabeth Gray 1537–1939 m. Henry (VIII King of England) Tudor 1491–1547
    3. 3. Henry (VIII King of England) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Anne, (Marchioness of Pembroke, Queen of England) Boleyn 1507–1536 m. Elizabeth Gray 1537–1939 m. Catherine, (Queen of England de Aragon) Trastamara 1485–1535 m. Catherine, (Queen of England) Parr 1513–1548 m. Anne Cleves 1515–1557
      1. 1. Mary (I "Bloody Mary", Queen of England and Ireland) Tudor 1516–1558
      2. 2. Elizabeth (I, Queen of England) Tudor 1533–1603

Lady Richmond's Timeline

4 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond in Powyke, Bedfordshire, England
Powyke, Bedfordshire, England
1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond in Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 Jun 1509
Age 66
Death of Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1509
29 Jun 1509
Age 66
Death of Lady Margaret Stanley de Beaufort Countess of Somerset & Richmond in Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1509
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1509
    Event Place: Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster, Middlesex, England
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