The mother of King Henry VII of England
She was born on May 31st, 1443,
the daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and the grand-daughter
of John of Gaunt (1340
-1399).
In 1455, Margaret married Edmund Tudor,
earl of Richmond, who died in the following year.
She then married Henry (d. 1482), the son of
Humphrey Stafford, duke of Buckingham, and later Thomas Stanley,
afterwards earl of Derby.
Throughout the exile of her son Henry in Brittany, Margaret
remained in constant cornmunication with him and,
with her husband Lord Stanley, aided him to win the
crown of England in
1485.
Very pious and charitable, and under the influence of John Fisher, her confessor
(afterwards bishop of Rochester), she founded the Lady Margaret professorships of
divinity at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
She completed the foundation of Christs College, Cambridge, during her life-time, and
after her death, much of her wealth was devoted to building and endowing St Johns College,
Cambridge, in accordance with her wishes.
Margaret died on June 29th, 1509,
surviving her son Henry VII and the accession of her
grandson Henry VII as the second
English monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
| 1399 | | Death of the English nobleman and statesman John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster (1340-)
Richard II seized the Lancastrians lands which were the inheritance of the exiled Hereford | | BAAAGDJC BAAAGEEV BAAAGBXD | | 1443.May.31 | | Birth of Margaret, Countes of Richmand & Derby, the daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset
Her son founded the Tudor dynasty as King Henry VII (1485-1509) | | BAAAGBRG | | 1455 | | Margaret Beafort marries Edmund Tudor,
earl of Richmond
Richmond died in the following year | | BAAAGBRG | | 1456 | | Death of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, widowing Margaret Beafort who he married the previous year | | BAAAGBRG | | 1482 | | Death of Henry (the son of
Humphrey Stafford, duke of Buckingham), the second husband of Margaret Beaufort | | | | 1485.Oct.30 | | Henry VII crowned king of England | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGDKP BAAAGBRG BAAAGEIB | | 1509.Apr.22 | | Death of Henry
VII, his son succeeds to the Crown as Henry VIII, aged 17 | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBRG BAAAGCDB BAAAGEFL BAAAGCLM BAAAGEKW | | 1509.Jun.29 | | Death of Margaret, Countess of Ricmond & Derby (1443-), mother of King Henry VII who claimed his right to the throne of England through her | | BAAAGBRG BAAAGBXA |
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Memoir of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby
by CH Cooper, 1874
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