Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence

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Margaret Holland
Alice FitzAlan

Margaret Holland (1385 – 30 December 1439) was a medieval English noblewoman. She was a daughter of

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster
.

Margaret married John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, son of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford. They had six children:[2]

In 1399, she was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.).[3] After Beaufort died in 1410 (in the Tower of London), she married his nephew Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence (1387–1421), the son of King Henry IV. They had no children.[3] She died on 30 December 1439 at St. Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, in London, England.[3] Margaret and both her husbands are buried together in a carved alabaster tomb in Canterbury Cathedral that shows her lying between the two of them.

Descendants

Through her son John, the 1st Duke of Somerset, Lady Margaret is an ancestress to the Tudor monarchs.[4]

Ancestry

Footnotes

  1. ^ Connor 2007, p. 388, per John Stone's Chronicle.
  2. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220.
  3. ^ a b c Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), pg 102, 103.
  4. ^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), pg 274.
  5. ^ a b c d e Stansfield 1987, p. 310.
  6. ^ a b Richardson II, pp. 185–187.
  7. ^ Richardson II, pp. 392–394, 485–486.
  8. ^ a b Stansfield 1987, p. 312.
  9. ^ a b Richardson II, pp. 178–179.
  10. ^ a b Richardson II, pp. 526–527.

References

  • Connor, Meriel (2007). "The Political Allegiances of Christ Church Priory 1400–1472: the Evidence of John Stone's Chronicle". Archaeologia Cantiana. 127: 383–406. Open access icon
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  • Shaw, R.L.J. (2009). "Holland [married name Beaufort], Margaret, duchess of Clarence". required.)
  • Stansfield, M.M.N. (1987). The Hollands, Dukes of Exeter, Earls of Kent and Huntingdon, 1352–1475 (PDF) (PhD). Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018.

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