Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England

E303245
country house fortified manor house historic building

Bletsoe Castle in Bedfordshire, England is a historic fortified manor house best known as the birthplace of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
fortified manor house ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
associatedWith Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
Henry VII of England ⓘ
surface form: King Henry VII

Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort

Tudor dynasty ⓘ
birthplaceOf Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
bornIn Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
builtAs manor house with fortifications ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse private residence ⓘ
grandfatherFromMotherSide John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ
surface form: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
gridReference SP 990 585 (approximate) ⓘ
hasAncestralSeat Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
hasCastle Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
hasFeature defensive earthworks ⓘ
moat ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
hasLandmark Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
hasName Bletsoe Castle ⓘ
hasPart earthworks ⓘ
manor house ⓘ
moated site ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument of the United Kingdom ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled monument ⓘ
historicalCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
knownFor association with the Tudor dynasty ⓘ
birthplace of Lady Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
locatedIn Bedfordshire ⓘ
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedNear River Great Ouse ⓘ
motherOf Henry VII of England ⓘ
surface form: King Henry VII
openToPublic no ⓘ
parish Bletsoe ⓘ
periodOfOrigin medieval period ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ

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Margaret Beaufort → birthPlace → Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ