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Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced / ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt or / ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1] She was also a second cousin of Kings Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard ...
At some time after 1421 Margaret married Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), for whom she bore three sons and five daughters. Her sons were all killed or executed during the Wars of the Roses due to their strong adherence to the Lancastrian cause, and left no children, and thus the senior line of the Courtenays was extinguished.
Margaret Beaufort (c. 1437 – 1474) was a younger daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp. [1] Her father was leader of the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. [2] Margaret married Humphrey, eldest son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, who held the courtesy title of Earl of Stafford. [3]
On 3 January 1458 [2] [3] Henry married Margaret Beaufort, who, although still young, was the widow of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond.This marriage had lasted only about a year and Margaret had given birth to her son, Henry Tudor, after Edmund's death.
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham KG (4 September 1455 [ 1 ] – 2 November 1483) was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion , a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of England in October 1483.
Police are investigating the death of an actress and former beauty queen from Texas. Margaret Ann Garza, 31, was found lifeless on Tuesday after authorities were called to her home, according to ...
At the time of Princess Margaret’s death, newspapers noted that her death came on the heels of her longtime struggle with heart and lung problems. Others believed her self-indulgent lifestyle ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. 15th-century English siblings who disappeared The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection. Edward V at right wears the garter of the Order of the Garter beneath his left knee. The Princes in the ...