Lady Margaret Beaufort

Margaret Beaufort
The King's Mother Countess of Richmond and Derby
Countess of Richmond
Tenure	c. 1455 – 15 January 1457
Earl	Edmund Tudor
Born	31 May 1441 Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Died	29 June 1509(1509-06-29) (aged 68) Westminster Abbey, London, England
Buried	12 July 1509 Henry VII Chapel
Noble family	Beaufort
Spouse(s)	John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk ​ ​ (m. 1450; ann. 1453)​ Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ​ ​ (m. 1455; died 1457)​ Sir Henry Stafford ​ ​ (m. 1458; died 1471)​ Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ​ ​ (m. 1472; died 1504)​
Issue Henry VII of England
Father	John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
Mother	Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso

Lady Margaret Beaufort (31 May 1441 – 29 June 1509), of the House of Lancaster, was the mother of King Henry VII of England, and grandmother of Henry VIII. She was an important figure in the Wars of the Roses. Lady Margaret Hall, a college of the University of Oxford, is named after her.