ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Margaret Beaufort
1443 - 1509

Margaret Beaufort
  • Born Wed, 31 May 1443
  • Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe
  • Died Tue, 29 June 1509
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster
  • Buried
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Details
Parents
  • Lady
  • Margaret Beaufort
  • Lived 66 years, 29 days

A major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of the first Tudor monarch.

father

  • John Beaufort
  • 1403 - 1444

mother

  • Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso
  • 1410 - 1482
Family

Husband

John de la Pole
  • John de la Pole
  • 1442 - 1492
  • Married Monday, 1 July 1450
  • Groom was 7 Bride was 7
  • Marriage lasted 3 years
  • Ended legally
Family

Husband

Edmund Tudor
  • Edmund Tudor
  • 1430 - 1456
  • Married Thursday, 1 November 1455
  • at Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe
  • Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe
  • Groom was 25 Bride was 12
  • Marriage lasted 1 year, 2 days
  • Ended on death of Husband

Son

Henry VII
  • Henry VII
  • 1457 - 1509
Family

Husband

Henry Stafford
  • Henry Stafford
  • 1425 - 1471
  • Married Sunday, 3 January 1458
  • at Maxstoke Castle, Maxstoke
  • Maxstoke Castle, Maxstoke
  • Groom was 32 Bride was 14
  • Marriage lasted 13 years, 5 months, 28 days
  • Ended on death of Husband
Family

Husband

Thomas Stanley
  • Thomas Stanley
  • 1435 - 1504