- Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford
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For other people of the same name, see Margaret Beaufort (disambiguation).
Margaret Beaufort Countess of Stafford Spouse(s) Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford
Sir Richard DayrellIssue Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Margaret Dayrell, Baroness AudleyFather Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset Mother Lady Eleanor Beauchamp Born 1427 Died 1474 Margaret Beaufort (c. 1427–1474) was a daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.
Her maternal grandparents were Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Beauchamp, 4th Baroness Lisle. Elizabeth was daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley and Margaret de Berkeley, 3rd Baroness Lisle, becoming the main heiress of her mother.
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Notable relations
Margaret had several prominent relations through both of her parents. Her paternal uncles included (among others) Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. Her paternal aunts included Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland. Her only maternal uncle was Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick. Her maternal aunts included Margaret Beauchamp, wife of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick. The latter aunt was married to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the so-called "Kingmaker" during the Wars of the Roses.
Her first cousins included (among others) namesake cousin Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother of Henry VII of England), James II of Scotland, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick, John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle, Isabella Plantagenet, Duchess of Clarence and Anne Neville.
Marriages
Margaret was first married to Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford. He was the eldest son and prospective heir of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham by his wife Anne Neville. Anne was daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his 2nd wife, Joan Beaufort, youngest daughter of John of Gaunt and his mistress / third wife Katherine Swynford. They had only one known child:
- Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (4 September 1454 – 2 November 1483).
Her father led forces loyal to the House of Lancaster in the First Battle of St Albans (May 22, 1455) against his main rival Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. The Earl of Stafford followed his father-in-law into battle. Neither of the men survived the encounter. Margaret was now a widow and could no longer count on the support of her father.
She had a second marriage to Sir Richard Dayrell. They were parents to at least one child:
- Margaret Dayrell. She married James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley and was mother of John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford 16. Edward III of England 8. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 17. Philippa of Hainault 4. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 18. Payne de Roet 9. Katherine Swynford 2. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset 20. Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent 10. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 21. Joan of Kent 5. Margaret Holland 22. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel 11. Alice Fitzalan 23. Eleanor of Lancaster 1. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford 24. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick 12. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick 25. Katherine Mortimer 6. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick 26. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 13. Margaret Ferrers 27. Margaret de Ufford 3. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp 28. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley 14. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley 29. Elizabeth le Despenser 7. Elizabeth de Berkeley 30. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle 15. Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Lisle 31. Margaret Pipard Sources
- Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage Books, 2008. ISBN 009953973X.
Categories:- 1420s births
- 1474 deaths
- British courtesy countesses
- Beaufort family
- Women of medieval England
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