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Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN 1486–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 27 Aug 1562

Death Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John, JOHN

Mother: Lady Waldegrave

Spouse(s): Sir Effingham

Children(s): Lady Heiress

Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN was born in 1486 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, the child of John Lord Van Bletsoe Saint John And Lady Margaretha Wentworth Waldegrave. Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN married Sir Thomas Of Coety Gammage 1St Baron Howard Of Effingham, and had children including Lady Margaret Margareta Margery De Gamage Howard Duchess Countess Effingham Maid Of Honor To Queen Anne Boleyn Heiress. Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN was born in 1486 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, the child of John Lord Van Bletsoe Saint John And Lady Margaretha Wentworth Waldegrave.
  • Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN married Sir Thomas Of Coety Gammage 1St Baron Howard Of Effingham, and had children including Lady Margaret Margareta Margery De Gamage Howard Duchess Countess Effingham Maid Of Honor To Queen Anne Boleyn Heiress.
  • Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.

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Margaretha JOHN's Ancestors

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Margaretha JOHN
1486–1562
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John, Lord van Bletsoe SAINT JOHN
1498–1562
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Margaretha Wentworth) Waldegrave
1485–1567
Smallbridge, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William, (Sir Knight) WALDEGRAVE
1457–1526
Burley, Essex, England
Margery WENTWORTH
1453–1540
Codham, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha JOHN's Descendants

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Margaretha (Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT) JOHN (1486–27 Aug 1562) m. Sir (Thomas of Coety Gammage 1st Baron Howard of) Effingham (1484–1530)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Margareta Margery de Gamage (Howard), Duchess\Countess Effingham, Maid of Honor to Queen Anne Boleyn;) Heiress 1512–1581 m. William Howard 1510–1573
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of) Sheffield 1535–1608 m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle) KG 1533–1588
      1. 1. Sir (Robert (Duke of Northumberland Earl of Warwick) Dudley Leicester) KG 1574–1649 m. Bridget Greene 1569–1674
        1. 1. Edward Dudley 1602–1654 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Pritchard 1601–1691
    2. 2. Charles Howard 1536–1624
    3. 3. Frances Seymour 1554–1598
    4. 4. Mary Mompesson 1543–1600
    5. 5. William Howard 1538–1600
    6. 6. Agnes (Howard Powlett Duchess Of) Norfolk 1531–1601

Margaretha JOHN's Timeline

2 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1562
27 Aug 1562
Age 76
Death of Margaretha Margaret, Countess of Bedford SAINT JOHN in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1562
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

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