Margaret Beaufort

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English noblewoman historical figure political strategist

Margaret Beaufort was an influential English noblewoman and political strategist of the late 15th century, best known as the mother of King Henry VII and a key architect of the Tudor dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Lady Margaret Beaufort 11
Margaret Beaufort canonical 7
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
political strategist ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
birthDate 1443-05-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath unknown natural causes ⓘ
commissioned Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1509-06-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Westminster, London, England ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
father John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ
surface form: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
founded Christ's College, Cambridge ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: St John's College, Cambridge
fullName Margaret Beaufort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
gender female ⓘ
grandmotherOf Henry VIII of England ⓘ
heldTitle Lady of the Manor of Bletsoe ⓘ
house Beaufort family ⓘ
surface form: House of Beaufort
influenced early Tudor court politics ⓘ
knownFor key architect of the Tudor dynasty ⓘ
mother of Henry VII of England ⓘ
political influence during the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mother Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe ⓘ
motherOf Henry VII of England ⓘ
negotiated alliance between Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York ⓘ
nobleFamily Beaufort family ⓘ
patronOf Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

humanist scholarship ⓘ
religious institutions ⓘ
playedRoleIn accession of Henry VII ⓘ
politicalAlly Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
posthumousReputation pious and learned matriarch of the Tudor dynasty ⓘ
relatedTo House of Lancaster ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ⓘ
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
surface form: Henry Stafford

John de la Pole ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
stepFamilyConnection House of Stanley ⓘ
stepSon Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby
supported Lancastrian cause ⓘ
title Countess of Richmond ⓘ
surface form: Countess of Richmond and Derby

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry VII Lady Chapel → containsTombOf → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Christ's College, Cambridge → founder → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Henry VII of England → mother → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
St John’s College, Cambridge → foundedBy → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort → fullName → Margaret Beaufort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Pembroke Castle → associatedWith → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond → spouse → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset → paternalGrandmother → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford → namedAfter → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Beaufort family → hasNotableMember → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
Katherine Tudor → paternalGrandmother → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby → spouse → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford → namedAfter → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Countess of Richmond → notableHolder → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England → associatedWith → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
subject surface form: Bletsoe Castle
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England → birthplaceOf → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
subject surface form: Bletsoe Castle
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe → motherOf → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge → endowedBy → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge → namedAfter → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
House of Stanley → spouse → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
this entity surface form: Lady Margaret Beaufort
The Spanish Princess → depictsHistoricalFigure → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure → associatedWith → Margaret Beaufort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby