Margaret Beaufort
(1443–1509)
BIRTH
May 31, 1443
PLACE
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
DEATH
June 29, 1509
PLACE
Westminster, London, England
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
(c. 1430–1456)
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Margaret Beaufort was mother of Henry VII of England. Her marriage to John de la Pole was dissolved; she then married Edmund Tudor, father of her only child. She subsequently married Henry Stafford and Thomas Stanley. She supported Henry’s claim to the throne and founded educational institutions.
EARLY LIFE
Margaret Beaufort used her estates and influence to support religion and education. She refounded Christ's College, Cambridge, and provided for the foundation of St John's College; she also established divinity lectureships at Oxford and Cambridge.
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DEATH
Margaret died at the Abbot of Westminster's house on June 29, 1509, only days after the coronation of her grandson Henry VIII. Her body lay in Westminster Abbey's Refectory before burial in Henry VII's chapel on July 9.
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