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Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort 1443–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England)

Death Date: 29 June 1509

Death Location: Westminster (Middlesex) England

Father: John KG

Mother: Margaret Dame

Spouse(s): Edmund Tudor, Edmund Richmond, Sir Stafford, Thomas Stanley, John Lapole,, Henry Stafford, Sir Stafford, Edward England

Children(s): King Henry, Hendrik England, Henry Stafford

In 1443, Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort entered the world in Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England), born to John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset Earl Of Kendal 3Rd Earl Of Somerset Kg And Margaret Baroness Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles Beauchamp Dame. Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort married Edmund 1St Earl Of Richmond Tudor, Edmund Tudor Graaf Van Richmond, Edward Iv King Of England, Henry Stafford, John 2Nd Duke Of Suffolk De Lapole, Sir Henry Stafford, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Thomas Derb Stanley, and had children including Hendrik England, Henry 3Rd Duke Of Buckingham Stafford, King Henry. Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Westminster (Middlesex) England.

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Biography

  • In 1443, Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort entered the world in Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England), born to John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset Earl Of Kendal 3Rd Earl Of Somerset Kg And Margaret Baroness Beauchamp Of Bletso Lady St John Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal Lady Welles Beauchamp Dame.
  • Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort married Edmund 1St Earl Of Richmond Tudor, Edmund Tudor Graaf Van Richmond, Edward Iv King Of England, Henry Stafford, John 2Nd Duke Of Suffolk De Lapole, Sir Henry Stafford, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Thomas Derb Stanley, and had children including Hendrik England, Henry 3Rd Duke Of Buckingham Stafford, King Henry.
  • Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Westminster (Middlesex) England.

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Margaret Beaufort's Ancestors

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Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England)
Parents
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Earl of Kendal, 3rd Earl of Somerset KG
1404–1444
Westminster, London, England
Margaret (Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso, Lady St John, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of Kendal, Lady Welles Beauchamp) Dame
1405–1482
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset &) Somerset
1371–1410
Beafort Castle, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (De) Holand
1385–1439
Upholland,,Lancashire,England
Great-Grandparents
John Plantagenet
1340–1398
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Beaufort's Descendants

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Margaret (Countess Richmond) Beaufort (31 May 1443–29 June 1509) m. Edmund (1st Earl of Richmond) Tudor (04 Jul 1430–3 Nov 1456) m. Edmund (Tudor Graaf Van) Richmond (Abt 1440–) m. Sir (Humphrey) Stafford (1424–22 MAY 1458) m. Thomas (Derb) Stanley (1435–29 Jul 1504) m. John (2nd Duke of Suffolk De) Lapole, (27 Sep 1442–27 Oct 1492) m. Henry Stafford (1447–04 Oct 1471) m. Sir (Henry) Stafford (ca 1425–1471) m. Edward (Iv King of) England (28 Apr 1442–09 Apr 1483)
  1. 1. King Henry 1456–1509 m. Breton (Lady Mistress Henry VII) DeVELVILLE 1450–1475 m. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1466–1503
    1. 1. Sir (Roland, illegitimate son of Henry VII King of England Velville, Constable of Beaumaris Castle Sir Knight De Velville or DeVELVILLE) "VIELVILLE" 1474–1535 m. Lady (Agnes) Griffiths 1450–1543
      1. 1. Jane (De) Velville 1514–1545 m. Lord (Robert) Griffith 1497–1597
        1. 1. Catherine (Verch Ap) Griffith 1528–1571 m. Thomas (Ap Robert) Lloyd 1520–1612
        2. 2. Katherine (Ferch Tudor) Berain 1535–1591 m. Sir (John) Salisbury 1540–1575 m. Maurice (Wynn of) Gwydir 1529–1580 m. Sir (Richard) Clough 1530–1570
      2. 2. Lady (Grace Tudor De) Velville 1526–1581
      3. 3. Jane Vielville 1525–1545
      4. 4. Robert (Tudor) Vielville 1520–
    2. 2. Margaret TudoR 1489–1541
    3. 3. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1460–1503
    4. 4. Roland (deville) Tudor 1477–1535
    5. 5. James (IV Tudor) England 1473–1513
    6. 6. Elizabeth Lumley 1488–1518
    7. 7. Ann Lumley 1481–
    8. 8. Roger Lumley 1487–
    9. 9. Edmund Tudor 1487–
    10. 10. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
    11. 11. Arthur (Tudor Prince of) Wales 1486–1502
    12. 12. King (Henry VIII "King of England, Ireland, Scotland") Tudor 1491–1547 m. Anne (Boleyn Koningin van) Engeland 1507–1536 m. Catherine (of Aragon, Queen of England, de) Trastamara 1485–1535 m. Elizabeth (Bessie "mistress") Blount 1502–1532 m. Catherine (5th Queen Consort of Henry 8th King of England and Ireland) Howard 1520–1542 m. Catherine, (Queen of England) Parr 1513–1548 m. Anne, (Queen of England de) Cleves 1515–1557 m. Jane Tudor –1537 m. Elizabeth, (Countess of Sussex) Stafford 1479–1532
      1. 1. Elisabeth (I Tudor Queen of) England 1533–1603
  2. 2. Hendrik England 1457–1509
  3. 3. Henry (3rd Duke of Buckingham) Stafford 1455–1483

Margaret Beaufort's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort in Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England)
Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England)
1509
29 June 1509
Age 66
Death of Margaret Countess Richmond Beaufort in Westminster (Middlesex) England
Westminster (Middlesex) England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe Castle (Bedfordshire) England)
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 June 1509
    Event Place: Westminster (Middlesex) England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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