Margaret BEAUFORT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Founder of Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge University

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She was a valuable and early patron to Caxton...She was one of the few worthy and high-minded members of the aristocracy, in an essentially selfish and cruel age.

Margaret married John DE LA POLE before 18 Aug 1450, and was divorced before 1453. John (son of William DE LA POLE and Alice CHAUCER) was born on 27 Sep 1442; died between 29 Oct 1491 and 27 Oct 1492; was buried in Wingfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Edmund TUDOR in 1455. Edmund (son of Owen TUDOR and Catherine Of FRANCE) was born about 1430 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 03 Nov 1456 in Carmarthen; was buried in Grey Friars, Carmarthen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry VII King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Jan 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Wales; died on 21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace; was buried in Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

Margaret married Henry STAFFORD, Knt. before 1464. Henry (son of Humphrey STAFFORD and Anne NEVILLE) died on 4 Oct 1471. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Thomas STANLEY before Nov 1482. Thomas (son of Sir Thomas STANLEY, Knt and Joan GOUSHILL) was born about 1435; died on 29 Jul 1504 in Lathom; was buried in Burscough Abbey, Near Ormskirk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1st Duke of Somerset; Earl of Kendal and Earl of Somerset

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Created 'Duke of Somerset', 28 Aug 1443, Captain-General in Aquitaine and Normandy, returned to England disgraced after failure of French campaign, and died soon after testate on 27 May 1444, buried Wimborne Minster.

John married Margaret BEAUCHAMP in or about 1442. Margaret (daughter of John DE BEAUCHAMP and Edith STOURTON) died before 3 Jun 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]