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Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 MAY 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England

Death Date: 29 JUNE 1509

Death Location: Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England

Father: John Somerset

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Thomas Stanley, Lord Thomas, Humphrey Stafford, Edmund Richmond, John laPole, Edmund Richmond, Henry Stafford, Richard Dayrell

Children(s): Henry VII

In 1443, Margaret Beaufort entered the world in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England, born to John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset And Margaret Beauchamp. Margaret Beaufort married Edmund Of Richmond, Edmund Tudor Graaf Van Richmond, Henry Stafford, Humphrey Stafford, James Stewart, John De Lapole, Lord Stanley Thomas, Richard Dayrell, Thomas Stanley, and had children including Henry Of England Vii. Margaret Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England.

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Biography

  • In 1443, Margaret Beaufort entered the world in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England, born to John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset And Margaret Beauchamp.
  • Margaret Beaufort married Edmund Of Richmond, Edmund Tudor Graaf Van Richmond, Henry Stafford, Humphrey Stafford, James Stewart, John De Lapole, Lord Stanley Thomas, Richard Dayrell, Thomas Stanley, and had children including Henry Of England Vii.
  • Margaret Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England.

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Children(s)

Margaret Beaufort's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England
Parents
John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset
1404–1444
Westminster, London, England
Margaret Beauchamp
1416–1482
Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John Beaufort
1371–1409
Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Margaret DeHoland
1371–1439
Upholland, Lancashire, England
John (Beauchamp Sir Lord) Beauchamp
1381–1412
Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth (Edith Stourton) Dame
1375–1441
Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Lancaster
1340–1398
Katherine Swynford
1350–1403
Thomas DeHoland
1354–1397
Alice Alan
1355–1416
Roger II
1362–1406
Joane Clopton
1363–1404
John DeStourton
1340–1364
Katherine Beaumont
1354–1435
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Aquitane
1341–1377
Philappa Hainault
1314–1369
Payn DeRoet
1320–1380
Catherine Hainault
1315–1372
Edward Plantagenet
1330–1376
Joan"the Kent
1328–1385
Richard Fitzalan
1313–1374
Lady Plantagenet
1311–1372
Roger Bletsho
1335–1380
Sibyl DePatshull
1337–1351
William Clopton
1336–1377
Ivetta deGrey
1340–1370
William DeStourton
1290–1343
Joan Vernan
1298–1374
Henry Warwick
1328–
Elizabeth Stawel
1332–1360

Margaret Beaufort's Descendants

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Margaret Beaufort (31 MAY 1443–29 JUNE 1509) m. Thomas Stanley (1435–29 JULY 1504) m. Lord (Stanley) Thomas (1435–29 JULY 1504) m. Humphrey Stafford (1430–08 JULY 1486) m. Edmund (of) Richmond (1429–01 NOVEMBER 1456) m. John (de) laPole (27 SEPTEMBER 1442–27 OCTOBER 1492) m. Edmund (Tudor Graaf Van) Richmond (04 JULY 1430–03 NOVEMBER 1456) m. Henry Stafford (1425–1481) m. Richard Dayrell (1429–06 AUGUST 1489)
  1. 1. Henry (of England) VII 1457–1509 m. Elizabeth (of) York 1466–1503 m. Elizabeth (of York) Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. concubine (a Breton Lady) DeDurtal 1465–1475
    1. 1. Margaret (Queen of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. James (IV King of) Scotland 1476–1504 m. Archibald Douglas 1472–1507
      1. 1. James (V King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mary (de) Guise 1515–1560
        1. 1. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–1587 m. Henry (Stuart Lord) Darnley 1546–1567
      2. 2. Janet (Douglas Lady Baroness Ruthven Countess) Gowrie 1530–1552 m. Patrick (Ruthven Sir 3rd Lord of) Ruthven 1520–1566
        1. 1. William (Ruthven) Gowrie 1541–1584 m. Dorothea (Stewart Lady Baroness Ruthven Countess) Gowrie 1551–1627
    2. 2. Henry (VIII) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Anne (Boleyn) Tudor 1507–1536 m. Mary Boleyn 1500–1543
      1. 1. Elizabeth (I Queen Of England, House of) Tudor 1533–1603 m. Lord (Robert Dudley 2nd Earl of Essex Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Prince Robert) Tutor 1566–1601 m. Sir (Thomas Butler, 1532, 10th Earl of Ormond Butler , Viscont Trles, The Black Earl) Butler, 1532–1614 m. Hercule (Francois De Valois Prince of France, Duke of Anjou,) “Lover” 1554–1584 m. Henry Dunster 1530–1592 m. Lord (Thomas Seymour Baron of Sudeley, High Admiral of England Husband of Queen Elizabeth I executed for) treason 1508–1549 m. Felipe (II (Carlos I) Habsburg of) Spain 1527–1598 m. Sir (Knight Francis Knollys) "Lover" 1514–1596 m. Robert (1st Earl of Leicestershire) Dudley 1532–1588
      2. 2. Catherine Carey 1524–1568 m. Sir (Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The) Elder 1514–1596 m. Sir (Francis) Knollys 1514–1592
        1. 1. Anne Knollys 1553–1608 m. Thomas West 1556–1601

Margaret Beaufort's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 MAY 1443
Birth of Margaret Beaufort in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England
1509
29 JUNE 1509
Age 66
Death of Margaret Beaufort in Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England
Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 MAY 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Olde England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [3] Chalmers'General Biographical Dictionary

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 JUNE 1509
    Event Place: Deanery of Westminster Abbey/Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, Olde England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [3] Chalmers'General Biographical Dictionary

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