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Margaret De HOLLAND, Duchess of Clarence
1385 - 1439 (54 years)-
Name Margaret De HOLLAND [1] Suffix Duchess of Clarence Birth 1385 Upholland, Lancashire, England 
[1] Gender Female FamilySearch ID LD79-5VT Title (Nobility) [2] Countess of Somerset Title (Nobility) [2] Duchess of Clarence Name Margaret HOLLAND [2] _UID 7D86EDEB0A1B442E9565207B75F3F51A7EB9 Death 30 Dec 1439 Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1] Burial 1440 Canterbury, City of Canterbury, Kent, England, [1] Person ID I2048 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 24 Nov 2024
Father Thomas HOLLAND, 2nd Earl of Kent, b. 1350, Upholland, Lancashire, England d. 25 Apr 1397, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 47 years) Mother Alice FITZALAN, Countess of Kent, b. Abt 1350, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d. 17 Mar 1416, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England (Age ~ 66 years) Marriage 10 Apr 1369 Arundel Castle, Sussex, England Family ID F536732838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Thomas HOLLAND, 2nd Earl of Kent, b. 1350, Upholland, Lancashire, England d. 25 Apr 1397, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 47 years) Mother Countess Alice FITZALAN, b. Abt 1352, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d. 17 Mar 1416, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 64 years) Marriage 10 Apr 1364 Arundel Castle, Sussex, England [3] Family ID F536728938 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marquess John BEAUFORT, 1st Earl of Somerset, b. 1373, Chateau de Beaufort, Goudet, Haute-Loire, France d. 16 Mar 1410, St. Catherine's Hospital by the Tower, London, England (Age 37 years) Marriage Abt 1401 Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Children 1. Henry BEAUFORT, 2nd Earl of Somerset, b. 1401, Lancashire, England d. 4 Dec 1418, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 17 years)2. John BEAUFORT,, 1st Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal, b. 25 Mar 1404, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England d. 27 May 1444, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England (Age 40 years)3. Thomas BEAUFORT, Count of Perche, b. 1405, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 3 Oct 1431, Louviers, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. (Age 26 years)4. Duke Edmund De BEAUFORT, 2nd Duke of Somerset, b. 25 Mar 1406, East Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, d. 22 May 1455, Slain At Battle Of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age 49 years)5. Joan BEAUFORT, Queen Consort of Scotland, b. 27 Dec 1407, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland (Age 37 years)6. Margaret BEAUFORT, Countess of Devon, b. 1408, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. Nov 1449, Colcombe Castle, Colyton, , Devonshire, England (Age 41 years)Family ID F1011 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Oct 2024
Family 2 Thomas OF LANCASTER, 1st Duke of Clarence, b. 29 Sep 1388, London, England d. 22 Mar 1421, killed at the Battle of Baugé, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 32 years) Family ID F536732848 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Nov 2024
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Notes - Margaret Holand (aka Holland), daughter of Thomas Holand, K.G., Earl of Kent and Alice de Arundel, was born about 1385-1386 (aged 22 in 1408, 26 in 1411, 30 in 1416),[1][2] and before 17 April 1388.[3]
Marriages and Children
Margaret married to John Beaufort, K.G., illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, K.G., and his mistress (later his third wife) Katherine de Roet, before 28 September 1397,[1][4] when John became marquess of Dorset and Somerset.[3] They had four sons and two daughters:
Henry, Earl of Somerset[1]
John, 1404-1444,[3] K.G., 1st Duke of Somerset, Earl of Kendal[1]
Thomas, Count of Perche[1]
Edmund, c. 1406-1455,[3] K.G., 2nd Duke of Somerset, Count of Mortain[1]
Joan, Queen of Scotland[1]
Margaret[1]
Sir John Beaufort died on 16 March 1409/10[3] and his widow remarried to Thomas of Lancaster, K.G., K.B., Duke of Clarence, third son of King Henry IV by his first wife, Mary de Bohun.[1] They were authorized to marry by papal mandate dated 16 August 1410 (they were related in 2nd and 3rd degrees of kindred and 2nd degree of affinity),[1] but their wedding didn't take place until May 1412.[3] They had no children.[1]
Thomas died at the battle of Baugé on 22 March 1421. Margarets sons, John and Thomas Beaufort were captured in that battle as well.[3]
Legatee
Margaret was co-heiress in 1408 to her brother, Edmond Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent, from whom she inherited the manors of Wakes Colne, Essex, Kingsbury Regis and Queen Camel, Somerset.[1]
Other
Margaret presented to the church of Horsington, Somerset in 1426 and, in 1428, she presented to the church of Earnshill, Somerset. In 1433 she was granted an exemption from custom from her daughter, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland.[1]
Death and Burial
Margaret, Duchess of Clarence, Countess of Somerset, died testate on 29 (or 30) December 1439 (or 8 January 1439/40) in the Monastery of St. Saviour's, Bermondsey, Surrey. She was buried with her two husbands at Canterbury Cathedral,[1][4] in St. Michael's chapel (initally St. Anne's chapel).[3]
From Royal Tombs of Medieval England:
Margaret died at Bermondsey Abbey on 30 December 1439. Margaret was interred at Canterbury in St. Michael's Chapel on 8 January 1440. Apparently prior to her death, Margaret had already decided to erect a triple tomb for herself and her two husbands. On 27 January Henry VI instructed the exhumation of the bodies of Somerset and Clarence and their reburial according to the duchess's prior instructions. The triple tomb stands in the center of the chapel and features alabaster effigies and Purbeck marble tomb-chest. Margaret Holland's effigy lies in the center of the tomb with John Beaufort on the left and that of Clarence in the senior position; all three are shown with hands clasped in prayer. Margaret's effigy has a ducal coronet and each husband's effigy is depicted wearing armor.[5]
Inquisitions Post Mortem were held 4 February 1440 through 11 February 1441.[6] The annual value of her lands totaled £952 9s. 8d.[3]
Sources
? 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, pages 38-41 SOMERSET 8.
? Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, page 436 HOLLAND.
? 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Shaw, R. L. J. "Holland [married name Beaufort], Margaret, duchess of Clarence (b. in or before 1388, d. 1439), wealthy widow and monastic patron" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. May 21, 2009. Oxford University Press. Accessed 25 Nov 2019 (w/subsc.) at OxfordDNB.com.
? 4.0 4.1 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. IV, page 645-650, SOMERSET.
? Duffy, Mark. Royal Tombs of Medieval England. 2003, pages 223-229.
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Margaret, Late Duchess of Clarence 25:438-444.
Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry. 2013, vol. III, pages 498, 504.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry. 2013, vol. V, page 200.
- Margaret Holand (aka Holland), daughter of Thomas Holand, K.G., Earl of Kent and Alice de Arundel, was born about 1385-1386 (aged 22 in 1408, 26 in 1411, 30 in 1416),[1][2] and before 17 April 1388.[3]
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Joan Beaufort, person ID M72D-PDF. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Margaret Holland, person ID LD79-5VT. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Alice FITZALAN, person ID GFXB-2PL. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John de Beaufort, person ID 9HTZ-YQ8. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Joan Beaufort, person ID M72D-PDF. (Reliability: 3).