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

Birth Date: May 31, 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: June 29, 1509

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: John Somerset

Mother: Margaret Welles

Spouse(s): Edmund TUDOR

Children(s): Henry VII

Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby was born in 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, the child of John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset And Margaret Of Bletso St John Beauchamp Lady Welles. Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund 1St Earl Of Richmond Tudor, and had children including Henry Vii. Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby was born in 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, the child of John Beaufort 1St Duke Of Somerset And Margaret Of Bletso St John Beauchamp Lady Welles.
  • Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund 1St Earl Of Richmond Tudor, and had children including Henry Vii.
  • Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Somerset
1404–1444
Birth Location: Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
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Margaret Welles
1405–1482
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Edmund TUDOR
1429–1456
Birth Location: Royal Manor of Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Henry VII
1457–1509
Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Margaret Derby's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Derby
1443–1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset
1404–1444
Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Margaret (of Bletso St. John Beauchamp Lady) Welles
1405–1482
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Beaufort 1st Earl of) Somerset
1373–1410
Château de Beaufort, Anjou
Margaret (Holland Countess of Somerset; Duchess of) Clarence
1385–1439
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Sir (John Beauchamp, Kt., of) Bletso
1371–1412
Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Edith ("Elizabeh", "Esther" Shottesbrooke) (Stourton)
1375–
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Kent
1350–1397
Alice Kent
1350–1416
Roger Knight
1362–1406
Edith (Stourton)
1375–1444
2nd-Great-Grandparents
f Arundel
1306–1376
Eleanor Warenne
1312–1372

Margaret Derby's Descendants

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Margaret (Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby (May 31, 1443–June 29, 1509) m. Edmund (1st Earl of Richmond) TUDOR (1429–1 November 1456)
  1. 1. Henry VII 1457–1509 m. Elizabeth (of York Queen consort of) England 1466–
    1. 1. Roland DeVelville 1474–1535 m. Agnes Griffith 1478–1543
      1. 1. Jane (de) Velville 1525–1545 m. Tudor (ap Robert Vychan of) Berain 1519–1545
        1. 1. Katherine Tudor 1534–1591 m. John Salisbury 1540–1575
        2. 2. Owen Tudor 1397–1461
        3. 3. Mary Tudor 1555–1613
    2. 2. Mary (Rose) Tudor 1496–1533
    3. 3. Margaret (Tudor\ Queen of) Scots 1489–1541 m. Archibald (Douglas Angus) Stewart 1490–1557 m. King (of Scotland James) IV 1473–1513 m. Henry, (1st Lord Methven,) Stewart 1500–1551
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1497–1528
      2. 2. Catherine Stewart 1491–1554
      3. 3. Lady (Janet Countess Bothwell) Stewart 1502–1562
      4. 4. Alexander Stewart 1492–1513
      5. 5. James (Moray) Stewart 1501–1544
      6. 6. Joan Stuart 1500–1563
      7. 7. Elizabeth stewart 1492–1515
      8. 8. Alexander Stewart 1493–1513
      9. 9. Archibald (Douglas Angus) Stewart 1490–1557 m. Margaret (Tudor\ Queen of) Scots 1489–1541
    4. 4. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
    5. 5. Hendrik (8 Van) England 1491–1546 m. Mary Ann 1515–1557 m. Anne Boleyn 1504–1536 m. Catherine (of) Arragon 1485–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1509–1537 m. Catherine Howard 1523–1542 m. Katherine Parr 1512–1548
      1. 1. Mary (I) Tudor 1516–1558
      2. 2. Elizabeth (I Tudor Queen of) England 1533–1603
      3. 3. Unnamed (Son) Tudor 1535–1535
      4. 4. Henry (II, Duke of Cornwall) Tudor 1513–1514
      5. 5. Unnamed (Daughter) Tudor 1510–1510
      6. 6. Unnamed (Daughter) Tudor 1518–1518
      7. 7. King Edward 1537–1553
      8. 8. Henry, (Duke of) Cornwall 1511–1511
      9. 9. miscarraige Tudor 1536–
      10. 10. Henry, (Duke of Cornwall) I 1513–1513
    6. 6. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502 m. Catherine (of) Arragon 1485–1536
      1. 1. Queen (Mary) I 1516–1558
      2. 2. Henry Tudor 1511–1511
    7. 7. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
    8. 8. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
    9. 9. James Tudor 1473–1513
    10. 10. Ann Lumley 1481–
    11. 11. Sibill Lumley 1485–1518
    12. 12. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
    13. 13. Robert (I) Capet 1011–1076
    14. 14. Roger Tudor 1487–1530
    15. 15. Margaret (Elizabeth) Tudor 1473–1519
    16. 16. Anne York 1484–1526
    17. 17. Edward (Tudor) England 1497–1498
    18. 18. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1460–1503

Margaret Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1443
May 31, 1443
Birth of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1509
June 29, 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: May 31, 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 29, 1509
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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