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Source: Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: MARGARET Beaufort (Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire 31 May 1443-Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey 29 Jun 1509

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Titre Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: MARGARET Beaufort (Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire 31 May 1443-Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey 29 Jun 1509

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Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby HE01

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MARGARET Beaufort (Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire 31 May 1443-Abbot’s House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey 29 Jun 1509, bur Westminster Abbey). A manuscript calendar records the birth “II Kal Jun” in 1443 of “dñe Margarete filie…principis dñi Johis duceSom´setie.” The will of "Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham," dated 16 Aug 1460, bequeathed property to “my son Henry...my daughter Margaret Countess of Richmond his wife,” appointed “my wife...my brother of Canterbury” as executors. The Continuationof the History of Croyland records that “the duchess lady Margaret relict of John the...duke of Somerset” was admitted “to be a sister of our chapter” and “induced her daughter the lady Margaret countess of Richmond...(who had been married...to the lord Henry the...son of the duke of Buckingham) to become a sister along with her.” She founded Christ's and St John's Colleges at Cambridge. The will of "Margaret Countes of Richmond and Derby, moder to...King Henry VII," dated 6 Jun 1508, proved 17 Oct 1512, chose burial “in the monastery of Seynt Peter of Westm’r.” A manuscript calendar records the death “xxix daie of June” in 1510 of “Ladie Marget douches of Somerset and mother to…King Henry the vii.” m firstly ([28 Jan/7 Feb] 1450, Papal dispensation 18 Aug 1450, annulled before 24 Mar 1453) as his first wife, JOHN de la Pole Duke of Suffolk, son of JOHN de la Pole Duke of Suffolk & his wife Alice Chaucer (27 Sep 1442-[29 Oct 1491/27 Oct 1492], bur Wingfield). m secondly (Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire1455) EDMUND Tudor, son of OWEN Tudor & his wife Catherine de France (Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire or Hadham, Bedfordshire [1430]-Carmarthen Castle 3 Nov 1456, bur Carmarthen, Church of the Grey Friars, later transferred to St David’s Cathedral, Wales). He was created Earl of Richmond 23 Nov 1452 by his half-brother King Henry VI. m thirdly (before 1464) HENRY Stafford, son of HUMPHREY Stafford Earl of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham & his wife Anne Neville of Westmoreland (-4 Oct 1471). m fourthly (before Oct 1473) as his second wife, THOMAS Stanley Lord Stanley, son of THOMAS Lord Stanley & his wife Joan Goushill ([1435]-Lathom 29 Jul 1504, bur Burscough Priory, Lancashire). Created Earl of Derby 27 Oct 1485.