Lady Margaret Beaufort - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Beaufort | |
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The King's Mother Countess of Richmond and Derby | |
Countess of Richmond | |
Tenure | c. 1455 – 15 January 1457 |
Earl | Edmund Tudor |
Born | 31 May 1441 Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 29 June 1509 Westminster Abbey, London, England | (aged 68)
Buried | 12 July 1509 Henry VII Chapel |
Noble family | Beaufort |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | |
Father | John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset |
Mother | Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso |
Lady Margaret Beaufort (31 May 1441 – 29 June 1509), of the House of Lancaster, was the mother of King Henry VII of England, and grandmother of Henry VIII. She was an important figure in the Wars of the Roses. Lady Margaret Hall, a college of the University of Oxford, is named after her.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Tallis, Nicola (2019-11-07). Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 978-1-78929-148-3.
- Amin, Nathen (2017-08-15). The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4765-4.
- Licence, Amy (2016-03-07). Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6868-3.
Other websites
[change | change source]- A short profile of Margaret alongside other influential women of her time
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Margaret Beaufort's patronage of theatre and/or music Archived 2012-12-08 at Archive.today
- The school that was established in honour of Lady Margaret Beaufort's will Archived 2020-02-23 at the Wayback Machine