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Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby HE01

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Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: /ˈboʊfərt/, BOH-fərt; or /ˈbjuːfərt/, BEW-fərt) (31 May 1441/3 – 29 June 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England.

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Lady Margaret Beaufort Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: /ˈboʊfərt/, BOH-fərt; or /ˈbjuːfərt/, BEW-fərt) (31 May 1441/3 – 29 June 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. Born 31 May 1441/1443 Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England Died 29 June 1509 (aged 66 or 68) London, England Burial place Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey Title King's Mother Countess of Richmond and Derby Spouse(s) John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond Sir Henry Stafford Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby Children Henry VII of England Parents John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (father) Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso (mother) She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor. She is credited with the establishment of two prominent Cambridge colleges, founding Christ's College in 1505 and beginning the development of St John's College, which was completed posthumously by her executors in 1511.[1][2] Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, the first Oxford college to admit women, is named after her and has a statue of her in the college chapel.[3] John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset Earl of Somerset Henry Stafford (died 1471) English noble

Lady Margaret Beaufort

Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: /ˈboʊfərt/, BOH-fərt; or /ˈbjuːfərt/, BEW-fərt) (31 May 1441/3 – 29 June 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England.

Born
31 May 1441/1443
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Died
29 June 1509 (aged 66 or 68)
London, England
Burial place
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Title
King's Mother
Countess of Richmond and Derby
Spouse(s)
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond
Sir Henry Stafford
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Children
Henry VII of England
Parents
John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (father)
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso (mother)
She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor. She is credited with the establishment of two prominent Cambridge colleges, founding Christ's College in 1505 and beginning the development of St John's College, which was completed posthumously by her executors in 1511.[1][2] Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, the first Oxford college to admit women, is named after her and has a statue of her in the college chapel.[3]

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Earl of Somerset

Henry Stafford (died 1471)
English noble