Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), Mother of Henry VII
Sitter associated with 14 portraits
Married Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and half brother of King Henry VI in 1455. Their son Henry was born in Pembroke Castle in 1457, three months after Tudor's death from the plague. She stayed with her son in Pembroke during the initial years of the Wars of the Roses. Margaret was deeply involved in the bitter struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster and was determined that her Lancastrian son would become king. She was married twice more, to Sir Henry Stafford and later to Thomas, Lord Stanley, who in 1485 helped her son obtain the throne. She re-founded God's House, Cambridge as Christ's College and has been honoured ever since. She also founded St John's College, Cambridge.
after Pietro Torrigiano
electrotype, (circa 1514)
NPG 356
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, second half of 16th century
NPG 551
Unknown woman, formerly known as Lady Margaret Beaufort
by Unknown artist
oil on panel
NPG 1488
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1714
NPG D23853
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, published 1714
NPG D23872
after Unknown artist
hand-coloured stipple and aquatint engraving, late 18th century
NPG D23873
after Unknown artist
hand-coloured stipple and aquatint engraving, late 18th century
NPG D23874
by and published by Edward Harding
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1799
NPG D23866
published by Edward Harding
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1801
NPG D23870
by Innocenzo Geremia, published by John Scott
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1806
NPG D23871
by Robert Cooper, published by Lackington, Allen & Co, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after Robert William Satchwell
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1816
NPG D39778
by William Thomas Fry, published by Longman, Hurst & Co, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Richard Banks Harraden
stipple engraving, published 2 August 1819
NPG D20347
Henry the Seventh's Chapel. Monuments and Details
by and published by John Preston Neale, by John Carter, by James Robert Thompson, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co
line engraving and etching, published 1 July 1821
NPG D42664
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (before 1736)
NPG D23065
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
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Pembrokeshire
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