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 | | RICHMOND AND DERBY, MARGARET, COUNTESS OF (1443-1509), mother of the English king, Henry VII., and foundress of St Johns and Christs colleges at Cambridge, was the daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset, and was born on the 31st of May 1443. |
 | | She completed the foundation of Christs College, Cambridge, and after her death, in accordance with her wishes, much of her wealth was devoted to building and endowing St Johns College in the same university. |
 | | She survived her son, whose title to the English throne was derived through her, and died on the 29th of June 1509. |
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