Mother Margaret Holland | Name Margaret Countess Died 1449 | |
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Issue Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of DevonHenry CourtenaySir John CourtenayJoan CourtenayElizabeth CourtenayAnne CourtenayEleanor CourtenayMaud Courtenay Spouse Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon Children Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon Parents John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence Siblings Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Similar People John Beaufort - 1st Earl of, Edmund Beaufort - 2nd Duke, John Beaufort - 1st Duke, Joan Beaufort - Countess, Katherine Swynford | ||
Lady Margaret Beaufort (c.1409 – 1449) was a great-granddaughter of King Edward III (1327–1377).
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Origins
Margaret Beaufort was the second and youngest daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c.1371 – 16 March 1410), by his wife Margaret Holland (c.1385/6 – c.1439/40), the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent by his wife Alice Arundel. Her father, John Beaufort, was an illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III (1327–1377), by his mistress, later his third wife, Katherine Swynford. Margaret was thus a great-granddaughter of King Edward III.
Margaret had prominent siblings, including the following four brothers and a sister:
Marriage and children
At some time after 1421 Margaret married Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (1414–1422), whom she bore three sons and five daughters. Her sons were all killed or executed during the Wars of the Roses due to their strong adherence to the Lancastrian cause, and left no children, and thus the senior line of the Courtenays was extinguished. Margaret's children included the following:
Two of Margaret's nieces were also named Margaret Beaufort. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, was the mother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was the mother of King Henry VII.