Lady Margaret Beaufort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLady Margaret Beaufort
Mother of King Henry VII
Date of Birth: 31-May-1443
Place of Birth: Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 29-Jun-1509
Profession: educator, philanthropist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Lady Margaret Beaufort
- Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: , BOH-f?rt; or , BEW-f?rt) (31 May 1441/3 – 29 June 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor.
- She is credited with the establishment of two prominent Cambridge colleges, founding Christ's College in 1505 and beginning the development of St John's College, which was completed posthumously by her executors in 1511.
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, the first Oxford college to admit women, is named after her and has a statue of her in the college chapel.
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