Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford

Margaret Beaufort (c. 1437 – 1474) was a daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.

Margaret Beaufort
Countess of Stafford
Born	1437
Died	1474 (aged 36–37)
Spouse(s)	Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford Sir Richard Dayrell
Issue Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham Margaret Dayrell, Baroness Audley
Father	Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Mother	Lady Eleanor Beauchamp

Her maternal grandparents were Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Beauchamp, 4th Baroness Lisle. Elizabeth was daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley and Margaret de Berkeley, 3rd Baroness Lisle, becoming the main heiress of her mother.

Marriages

Margaret’s father led forces loyal to the House of Lancaster in the First Battle of St Albans (22 May 1455) against his main rival Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. Henry Stafford followed his father-in-law into battle. Margaret's father was killed; her husband, Stafford, was wounded. Margaret could no longer count on the support of her father. She became a widow when her husband died of plague three years later.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford

16. Edward III of England 8. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 17. Philippa of Hainault 4. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 18. Sir Payne de Roet 9. Katherine Swynford 2. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset 20. Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent 10. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 21. Joan, 4th Countess of Kent 5. Margaret Holland 22. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel 11. Alice FitzAlan 23. Eleanor of Lancaster 1. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford 24. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick 12. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick 25. Katherine Mortimer 6. Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick 26. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 13. Margaret Ferrers 27. Margaret de Ufford 3. Eleanor Beauchamp 28. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley 14. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley 29. Elizabeth le Despenser 7. Elizabeth de Berkeley 30. Warine de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle 15. Margaret de Lisle, 3rd Baroness Lisle 31. Margaret Pipard

Sources

• Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage Books, 2008. ISBN 0-09-953973-X.