Margaret Beaufort

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Margaret Beaufort was an influential English noblewoman and political strategist of the late 15th century, best known as the mother of King Henry VII and a key architect of the Tudor dynasty.

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instanceOf English noblewoman
historical figure
political strategist
associatedWithEvent Battle of Bosworth Field
birthDate 1443-05-31
birthPlace Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath unknown natural causes
commissioned Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge
country Kingdom of England
deathDate 1509-06-29
deathPlace Westminster, London, England
era Late Middle Ages
Wars of the Roses
father John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
founded Christ's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
fullName Lady Margaret Beaufort
linked to: Margaret Beaufort
gender female
grandmotherOf Henry VIII of England
heldTitle Lady of the Manor of Bletsoe
house House of Beaufort
linked to: Beaufort family
influenced early Tudor court politics
knownFor key architect of the Tudor dynasty
mother of Henry VII of England
political influence during the Wars of the Roses
language English
mother Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe
motherOf Henry VII of England
negotiated alliance between Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York
nobleFamily Beaufort family
patronOf University of Cambridge
humanist scholarship
religious institutions
playedRoleIn accession of Henry VII
politicalAlly Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
posthumousReputation pious and learned matriarch of the Tudor dynasty
relatedTo House of Lancaster
House of Tudor
linked to: Tudor dynasty
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Henry Stafford
John de la Pole
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
stepFamilyConnection House of Stanley
stepSon Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby
supported Lancastrian cause
title Countess of Richmond and Derby

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Henry VII Lady Chapel containsTombOf Margaret Beaufort
Christ's College, Cambridge founder Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Henry VII of England mother Lady Margaret Beaufort
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St John’s College, Cambridge foundedBy Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Margaret Beaufort fullName Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Pembroke Castle associatedWith Margaret Beaufort
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond spouse Margaret Beaufort
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset paternalGrandmother Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
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Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford namedAfter Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Beaufort family hasNotableMember Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
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Katherine Tudor paternalGrandmother Margaret Beaufort
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby spouse Margaret Beaufort
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford namedAfter Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Countess of Richmond notableHolder Margaret Beaufort
Bletsoe Castle associatedWith Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Bletsoe Castle birthplaceOf Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe motherOf Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
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Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge endowedBy Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge namedAfter Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby spouse Lady Margaret Beaufort
subject linked to: House of Stanley
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Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure associatedWith Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
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