Countess Richmond, Somerset and Derby Lady Margaret de Beaufort

1443 - 1509  (66 years)

• Name	Lady Margaret de Beaufort  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Countess Richmond, Somerset and Derby
  Birth	31 May 1443  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Religion	After the death of her husband, she renewed her religious vows in 1504, but continued to live outside of a convent, although she founded several
  Death	29 Jun 1509	Westminster, London, England   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Age: 68/Westminster Abbey
  Burial	Westminster, London, England   [6]
  	Westminster Abbey
  		Abbey Westminster
  Person ID	I23183	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Sir Henry Stafford,   b. 1425, Buckinghamshire, England d. 4 Oct 1471, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1458	Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England   [5]
  	Maxstoke Castle
  Marriage End	Death of Henry in 1471
  Family ID	F3180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	John de la Pole
  Relationship	(never married)
  Marriage Contract	While still a child, Margaret was contracted to marry John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, but the contract was later dissolved
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 3	1st Earl of Derby Sir Thomas Stanley,   b. 1435, Parbold, Lancashire, England d. 29 Jul 1504, Lancashire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1473  [4]
  Marriage End	Death of Thomas in 1504
  Family ID	F2812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 4	1st Earl of Richmond Sir Edmund Tudor,   b. 4 Jul 1430, Bedfordshire, England d. 3 Nov 1456, Carmarthenshire, Wales (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1455	Pembrokeshire, Wales   [3, 5]
  	Bledsoe Castle
  Marriage End	Death of Henry in 1456 in the War of the Roses, leaving his 13-year-old widow pregnant with the future King Henry VII
  Children	1. 1st Earl of Richmond Henry Tudor, VII,   b. 28 Jan 1457, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 22 Apr 1509, Richmond's Green, Essex, England (Age 52 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F8835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1 Nov 1455 - Pembrokeshire, Wales Marriage - 3 Jan 1458 - Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England Death - 29 Jun 1509 - Westminster, London, England Burial - - Westminster, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Lady Margaret Beaufort at Prayer

  
  

  Places

  Abbey Westminster

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 3502.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV. Record for Margaret Beaufort http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=84392&indiv=try [S1608] Ancestry.com, Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Margaret Beaufort http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=chalmersbiogdict&h=14813&indiv=try Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Sir Thomas Stanley http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12594338085&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby DeBeaufort http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=6930008779&indiv=try [S2211] Find a Grave: Margaret Beaufort, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20906. Burial: Westminster Abbey Westminster Greater London, England Plot: Chapel of Henry VII Find A Grave Memorial# 20906 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20906