Margaret and hersecondhusband, Sir Henry Stafford, played the politicalgame and ended up losing badly. The Lancastrians lost theBattle of Tewkesbury: Margaret’s remaining Beaufort cousins were killed and Stafford died of his wounds shortly afterwards. 4.She was far from a weak and feeble woman ...
John Beaufort came to the court of his cousinKing Henry Vas a page and later became a knight and then a military commander during theHundred Years’ War. In 1421, John accompanied his stepfatherThomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarenceto theBattle of Baugé. His stepfather, a brother of King...
One of her children was Reginald Pole who became a cardinal and then Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Mary I. The Fall of the Poles At the beginning of King Henry VIII’s reign, she was in favour. The King allowed her to become the 8th Countess of Salisbury and she was ...
(2) The inscription is written in the hand of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Other examples of her signature in this form--which she used up until 1498--can be found in Westminster Abbey Muniments, MS 12182 and TNA SC1/51/189. (3) Thus the book presumably came into ...
BornMarch 23, 1430 •France DiedAugust 25, 1482 (aged 52) •Saumur•France House / Dynastyhouse of Lancaster Notable Family MembersspouseHenry VI Role InBattle of Tewkesbury•Battle of Towton•Wars of the Roses Photos See All Images → ...