Talk:Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby

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Can anyone tell me why images that are placed on the right of the page are overwriting the text in my browser? I don't believe I can be the only person experiencing this problem.Deb

I'm not having this ptoblem on this article, but it has happened to me on other articles. I'd say it was because the text and image can't both fit on the screen at once, but that's why we have things like word wrap and horizontal scrollbars.  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 13:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Descent from John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford

"though every monarch since Henry VII is their descendant."

Actually that is every monarch since Edward IV of England. He was son to Cecily Neville, grandson to Joan Beaufort, great-grandson to John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. User:Dimadick

Marriage Date?

Can anybody help me find out when exactly (year would be enough) Margaret Beaufort was married to Edmund Tudor? Hints appreciated!

-- NicApicella; 27/May/2005

I think she was something like 13 when her son (later Henry VII) was born. Granted, this isn't a date of marriage, and I'm not certain I'm right, but it would probably help detirmine a ballpark figure.  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 18:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Dates of Birth & Death (my edit)

The original text for the parentetical dats read, "born May 31, 1443 at the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset – June 29, 1509." I changed to the present version (only the dates). This is a little more "standard" and much more easily readable.  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 21:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

St John's College, Cambridge

The Margaret Beaufort article says she founded St John's College. However, the College article says there was no mention of it in her will - although the foundation was suggested by her chaplain. Would it be better to amend this article to match the St John's college article? Thewiltog 11:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The "Margaret R" discussion

quoth the article:

Margaret sometimes signed herself Margaret R, the form of signature used by English queens regnant to indicate the title "Regina," the feminine form of "Rex." This referenced Margaret's own potential claim to the English throne, which would have had precedence over her son's claim, though she never asserted it. Had she successfully done so, she would have been a queen regnant — ruling in her own right, not through marriage — and entitled her to sign documents with the suffix "Regina."

Can we get a source on whether anyone thinks this is actually some kind of assertion of queenship, rather than what looks like speculation? It's kind of hard to argue that she's asserting her rights as queen because she's signing like English queens regnant do, because at this point there hadn't been any English queens regnant. Even Maude had only use the title "Lady of the English." --Jfruh (talk) 01:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Portrait of Thomas, Lord Stanley

Should this be included, as it's not remotely authentic? It's definitely of a late 16C man, from the style of the clothes and beard. There is a more authentic, if damaged, tomb effigy. Silverwhistle (talk) 22:37, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Please improve the article if you can. If there is a better image of him, feel free to replace the current one. Surtsicna (talk) 13:22, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Relation between Margaret and John de la Pole?

Papal dispensation was granted on 18 August 1450 because the spouses were too closely related.

What is the blood relationship between them? Failed to find it out.Heinrich ⅩⅦ von Bayern (talk) 15:08, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Page move

I moved this page to make the title consistent with the articles on Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford and Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon. Richard75 (talk) 21:24, 22 January 2012 (UTC)