# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lady-margaret-beaufort
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:40:39.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lady-margaret-beaufort"
name: "Lady Margaret Beaufort"
slug: "lady-margaret-beaufort"
description: "She inherited a shattered claim to the throne and turned it into a dynasty. Through exile, conspiracy, and careful manoeuvre across England's bloodiest power struggle, Margaret Beaufort placed her son on the field at Bosworth and made him king."
tagline: "Noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady_Margaret_Beaufort_from_NPG.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1443-05-31"
deathDate: "1509-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.7991
  currentAttention:     2.285714285714286
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 17
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Singer / Musician"
    slug: "singer-musician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0122617/"
    handle:    "ch0122617"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Lady%20Margaret%20Beaufort"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marqarita_Byufort"
    title: "Marqarita Byufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort_(kontez_Richmond)"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort (kontez Richmond)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%C3%A9ta_Beaufortov%C3%A1"
    title: "Markéta Beaufortová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort_(1443%E2%80%931509)"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%89%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81"
    title: "Μαργαρίτα Μπωφόρ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Beaufort"
    title: "Margarita Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "لیدی مارگارت بوفرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Lady Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Beaufort_(1443-1509)"
    title: "Marguerite Beaufort (1443-1509)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%2C_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99"
    title: "מרגרט בופורט, רוזנת ריצ'מונד ודרבי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margareta_Beaufort"
    title: "Margareta Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancasteri_Margit_richmondi_gr%C3%B3fn%C3%A9"
    title: "Lancasteri Margit richmondi grófné"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9"
    title: "Մարգարետ Բոֆորթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laf%C3%B0i_Margr%C3%A9t_Beaufort"
    title: "Lafði Margrét Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort"
    title: "Margaret Beaufort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "マーガレット・ボーフォート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A)"
    title: "مارغريت بوفورت (كونتيسة ريتشموند وديربي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "مارجريت بوفورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 31 May 1443, a descendant of Edward III and second cousin to three kings, Margaret held a disputed thread to the English crown that seemed more burden than promise. She passed that claim to her son Henry Tudor, then spent the Wars of the Roses moving in shadows — working allies, timing the moment, positioning him to strike. Her manoeuvring came to a point at Bosworth Field in 1485, where Henry's forces cut down Richard III and ended the Plantagenet line. With her son crowned Henry VII, she held unusual political weight and autonomy at court, and turned her attention to legacy of a different kind: she founded Christ's College, Cambridge in 1505 and set the groundwork for St John's, completed after her death on 29 June 1509. A 19th-century Oxford hall bears her name — the first there to admit women.