Margaret Beaufort

Margaret Beaufort

Born 31 MAY 1443 , Manor house at Lingston Lacy, or Blettsoe Castle, Beds., ENG
Died 29 JUN 1509 , Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, ENG
Parents John Beaufort (Father) Family
Margaret (Mother) Family
Marriages Edmund Tudor — 1455 Family Page
Henry Stafford — ABT 1459 at bef 1465 Family Page
Thomas Stanley — 1482 Family Page
John de la Pole — BEF 18 AUG 1450 Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation Countess of Richmond and Derby
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Henry VI
  • Birth
    31 May 1443
    Born at Manor house at Lingston Lacy, or Blettsoe Castle, Beds., ENG
  • 11 months
    27 May 1444
    Father John died
  • Age 7
    18 Aug 1450
    Married John de la Pole
  • Age 10
    17 Jul 1453
    Hundred Years' War ends
    Battle of Castillon; England loses almost all its French lands.
  • Age c. 12
    1455
    Married Edmund Tudor
  • Age 11
    1455–1487
    Wars of the Roses begin
    First Battle of St Albans.
  • Age 13
    28 Jan 1457
    Son Henry VII born
  • Age c. 16
    1459
    Married Henry Stafford at bef 1465
  • Age 17
    4 Mar 1461
    Accession of Edward IV
    Reigned 1461–1483
  • Age 17
    29 Mar 1461
    Battle of Towton
  • Age 27
    4 May 1471
    Battle of Tewkesbury
  • Age c. 33
    1476
    William Caxton sets up the first English printing press
    At Westminster.
  • Age c. 39
    1482
    Married Thomas Stanley
  • Age c. 40
    1483
    The Princes in the Tower disappear
  • Age 39
    9 Apr 1483
    Accession of Edward V
  • Age 40
    26 Jun 1483
    Accession of Richard III
    Reigned 1483–1485
  • Age 42
    22 Aug 1485
    Accession of Henry VII
    Reigned 1485–1509
  • Age 42
    22 Aug 1485
    Battle of Bosworth Field
    Richard III killed; Tudor dynasty begins.
  • Age 54
    24 Jun 1497
    John Cabot reaches North America
  • Age 65
    22 Apr 1509
    Accession of Henry VIII
    Reigned 1509–1547
  • Age 66
    29 Jun 1509
    Died at Abbot's House, Cheyney Gates, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, ENG