What is Lady Margaret Beaufort?
{{Infobox noble|My Lady’s |name=Margaret Beaufort|title=The King's Mother <br/> Countess of Richmond and Derby|birth_date=31 May 1441|death_date={{Death date and age|1509|6|29|1441|5|31|df=yes}}|spouse={{Ubl|{{Marriage|[[John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk]]|1450|1453|reason={{Abbr|ann.|annulled}}}}|{{Marriage|[[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond]]|1455|1457|reason=died}}|{{Marriage|[[Sir Henry Stafford]]|1458|1471|reason=died}}|{{Marriage|[[Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby]]|1472|1504|reason=died}}}}|issue=[[Henry VII of England]]|father=[[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]]|mother=[[Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso]]|noble family=[[House of Beaufort|Beaufort]]|birth_place=[[Bletsoe Castle]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]]|death_place=[[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]], [[England]]|burial_place=[[Henry VII Chapel]]|image=Attributed to British School, 16th century - Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509) - RCIN 404749 - Royal Collection.jpg|succession=[[Countess of Richmond]]|reign={{circa}} 1455 – 15 January 1457|reign-type=Tenure|burial_date=12 July 1509|predecessor=[[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond|Edmund Tudor]]|pre-type=Earl}}[[File:MargaretBeaufort2.jpg|right|thumb|245px|Lady Margaret Beaufort at prayer, by Rowland Lockey, about 1500]] '''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. ==Further reading== *{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pc24DwAAQBAJ|title=Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch|last=Tallis|first=Nicola|date=2019-11-07|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books|isbn=978-1-78929-148-3|language=en}} *{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_owDwAAQBAJ|title=The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown|last=Amin|first=Nathen|date=2017