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

Birth Date: 31 May 1443

Birth Location: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 June 1509

Death Location: Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England

Father: Sir Beaufort

Mother: Eleanor Somerset

Spouse(s): Edmund Richmond

Children(s): James Tudor

The story of Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby began in 1443 in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England. Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund of Hadham Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, and had children including James IV Tudor. Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby began in 1443 in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby married Edmund of Hadham Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, and had children including James IV Tudor.
  • Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby passed away in 1509 in Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England.

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Margaret Derby's Ancestors

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Margaret Derby
1443 – 1509
Birth Place: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Lord Edmund I Plantagenet Beaufort, Knight of the Garter, Commander in the English Army, Justice in Eyre, 4th English Count Beaufort
1404 – 1455
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Eleanor (Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros, Duchess of) Somerset
1408 – 1467
Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
John Beaufort
1372 – 1410
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Derby's Descendants

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Margaret (Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby (31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) m. Edmund (of Hadham Tudor, 1st Earl of) Richmond (11 June 1431 – 3 November 1456)
  1. 1. James (IV) Tudor (1457 – 22 Mar 1515) m. Anne ((Lady James Stanley)) Benger (1459 – 1515)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Margery) Stanley (1475 – 18 Apr 1526) m. John Ireland (1475 – 29 Jul 1525) m. John (Ireland Sir Knight of) Warton (1475 – 29 Jul 1525)
      1. 1. Alice Ireland\DeRisley (1514 – abt 1617) m. Richard (Tattershall De) Risley (1514 – 1560)
        1. 1. John DeRisley (1536 – 1599) m. Margareta Radcliffe (1522 – abt 1631)
        2. 2. John (Tattershell de) Risley (15 Dec 1550 – 1597) m. Magledine Grianditch (1541 – 1572) m. Magdalene Grianditch (1550 – 1650)
        3. 3. John DeRisley (1536 – 1599)

Margaret Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1443
31 May 1443
Birth of Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 June 1509
Age 66
Death of Margaret Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby in Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England
Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1443
    Event Place: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 June 1509
    Event Place: Deanery of Westminster Abbey, London, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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