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

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 Jun 1509

Death Location: Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Margaret Bletso

Mother: John Beaufort

Spouse(s): Edmund Tudor

Children(s): Henry Tudor, Mary Tudor

In 1443, Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso and John Beaufort. Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor, and had children including Henry Tudor, Mary Tudor. Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1443, Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso and John Beaufort.
  • Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund Tudor, and had children including Henry Tudor, Mary Tudor.
  • Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Margaret Bletso
Birth Location: –
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John Beaufort
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Edmund Tudor
1430 – 1456
Birth Location: Hadham, Bedfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Henry Tudor
1457 – 1509
Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Mary Tudor
1460 – 1533
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Derby's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Derby
1443 – 1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso
John Beaufort
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Derby's Descendants

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Margaret (Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby (31 May 1443 – 29 Jun 1509) m. Edmund Tudor (1430 – 3 Nov 1456)
  1. 1. Henry Tudor (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) m. Elizabeth Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466 – 11 Feb 1503) m. concubine (a Breton Lady) DeDurtal (1455 – 1475)
    1. 1. Arthur Tudor (19 Sept 1486 – 2 Apr 1502) m. Catherine Aragon (15 Dec 1485 – 7 Jan 1536)
    2. 2. Margaret Tudor (28 Nov 1489 – 18 Oct 1541) m. James Stuart (14 Mar 1473 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Henry Stewart (1495 – 1552) m. Archibald Douglas (29 Nov 1489 – 22 Jan 1557)
      1. 1. James (of) Scotland (February 1507 – 1508)
      2. 2. Infant (Daughter of) Scotland (July 1508 – July 1508)
      3. 3. arthur Scotland (Oct 1509 – Jul 1510)
      4. 4. James Stuart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542) m. Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of) Scotlan (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560)
        1. 1. Marie Stuart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587) m. Francis (Dauphin Of) France (19 Jan 1544 – 5 Dec 1560) m. Henry Stuart (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. James (Hepburn 4th Earl of) Bothwell (1536 – 14 Apr 1578)
      5. 5. Margaret (Douglas) Stewart (8 Oct 1515 – 7 Mar 1578) m. Matthew Stewart (21 September 1516 – 4 September 1571) m. Sir (John) Stewart (1440 – 15 Sept 1512)
        1. 1. Henry Stuart (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. Marie Stuart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587)
        2. 2. Charles Lennox (1555 – 1576)
        3. 3. Christian Stewart
        4. 4. Elizabeth Stewart
        5. 5. Janet Stewart
    3. 3. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. Catherine Aragon (15 Dec 1485 – 7 Jan 1536) m. Anne Boleyn (1507 – 19 May 1536) m. Jane Seymour (1505 – 24 Oct 1537) m. Anne (Cleves) Tudor (22 Sep 1515 – 16 Jul 1557) m. Katherine Howard (1525 – 13 Feb 1542) m. Katherine Parr (1512 – 5 Sept 1548) m. Jane Pollard m. Joan Dingley m. Agnes Bluett (1509 – 1575) m. Mary Boleyn (1501 – 19 Jul 1534) m. Elizabeth Blount (1502 – 1540)
      1. 1. Tudor (31 Jan 1509 – 31 Jan 1509)
      2. 2. DAUGHTER Tudor (31 Jan 1510 – 1510)
      3. 3. Henry Tudor (1 Jan 1511 – 22 Feb 1511)
      4. 4. SON Tudor (Nov 1514 – Nov 1514)
      5. 5. Mary (Katherine) Tudor (1524 – )
      6. 6. Elizabeth (I England) Tudor (7 Sep 1533 – 24 Mar 1603) m. Robert Dudley (1532 – 1588)
      7. 7. TUDOR (July 1534 – July 1534)
      8. 8. Edward (VI) Tudor (12 Oct 1537 – 6 Jul 1553)
      9. 9. Thomas Stukley
      10. 10. Ethelreda Malte (10 Nov 1518 – 1 April 1559) m. John Harington (1517 – 1 July 1582)
        1. 1. Hester Harington
      11. 11. Reverend (Richard Edwards) Tudor (25 Mar 1525 – 31 Oct 1566) m. Helen Griffith (1545 – 27 Mar 1616)
        1. 1. William Edwards (9 Nov 1561 – 9 Apr 1635)
        2. 2. marie EDWARDS (1562 – )
        3. 3. gwyn Edwards (abt 1563 – 22 Sep 1603)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Edwards (1564 – 1608)
        5. 5. john EDWARDS (15 Mar 1565 – 6 Dec 1604)
        6. 6. Hellene Edwardes (1566 – 19 Feb 1615)
        7. 7. Rev. (Richard) Edwards (22 Nov 1566 – 19 Apr 1635) m. Ellenor Thomas (1562 – 31 Aug 1628)
      12. 12. Katherine Carey (Jun 1524 – 15 Jan 1568) m. Sir (Francis) Knollys (1514 – 19 Jul, 1596)
        1. 1. Lettice Knollys (1539 – 25 Dec 1634)
        2. 2. Sir (Henry) Knollys (1542 – 21 Dec 1582) m. Margaret Cave (25 April 1549 – 15 August 1606)
        3. 3. Edward Knollys (1546 – 1580)
        4. 4. Robert Knollys (1547 – 1619)
        5. 5. Sir (William) Knollys (1547 – 25 May 1632)
        6. 6. Richard Knollys (1548 – 1596)
        7. 7. Elizabeth Knollys (1549 – 1605)
        8. 8. Francis Knollys (1550 – 1648)
        9. 9. Lady (Anne) Knollys (19 Jul 1555 – 30 Aug 1608) m. Governor (John) West (14 Dec 1590 – Mar 1659) m. Sir (Thomas) West (1556 – 24 Mar 1601)
        10. 10. Katherine Knollys (1560 – 1632)
        11. 11. Dudley Knollys
        12. 12. Margaret Knollys
        13. 13. Thomas Knollys
      13. 13. Henry Carey (4 Mar 1526 – 23 Jul 1596) m. Anne Morgan (1529 – 24 Oct 1568)
        1. 1. George Carey (1547 – 1603)
        2. 2. Katherine Carey (1547 – 25 Feb 1603) m. Charles Howard (1536 – 14 Dec 1624)
        3. 3. John Carey (1556 – 1617)
        4. 4. Edmund Carey (1557 – 1637)
        5. 5. Robert Carey (1560 – 1639)
        6. 6. Margaret Carey (1567 – 1605)
        7. 7. Thomas Carey
        8. 8. Henry Carey
        9. 9. Philadelphia Carey ( – 3 Feb 1627) m. Thomas Scrope (1567 – 2 September 1609)
        10. 10. Valentine Carey ( – 10 Jun 1626)
      14. 14. Henry Fitzroy (15 Jun 1519 – 22 Jul 1536) m. Mary Howard (1519 – 9 Dec 1557)
      15. 15. Elizabeth Tailboys
    4. 4. Elizabeth Tudor (2 Jul 1492 – 14 Sept 1495)
    5. 5. Mary (Rose) Tudor (18 Mar 1496 – 25 Jun 1533) m. Louis (XII of) France (27 Jun 1462 – 1 Jan 1515) m. Charles Brandon (1484 – 22 Aug 1545)
      1. 1. Henry Brandon (1516 – 1522)
      2. 2. Lady (Frances) Brandon (16 Jul 1517 – 21 Nov 1559) m. Henry Grey (17 Jan 1517 – 23 Feb 1554)
        1. 1. Lady (Jane) Grey (1537 – 12 Feb 1554) m. Lord (Guildford) Dudley (1535 – 12 Feb 1554)
      3. 3. Eleanor Brandon (1519 – 27 Sept 1547)
      4. 4. Henry Brandon (1523 – 1 Mar 1534)
    6. 6. Edmund Tudor (1500 – 1501)
    7. 7. Katherine Tudor (1503 – 1503)
    8. 8. Roland (Constable Beaumaris Castle de) Velville (1474 – 25 Jun 1535)
      1. 1. Jane Velville (1525 – 1596) m. Tudur (Vaughan Robert) Fychan
        1. 1. Kathryn Velville (1545 – )
  2. 2. Mary Tudor (1460 – 1533)

Margaret Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 Jun 1509
Age 66
Death of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Westminster, Greater London, England
Westminster, Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1509
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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