Holland, Margaret (1385–1429)

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Holland, Margaret (1385–1429)

Countess of Somerset. Name variations: Lady Somerset; Margaret de Holand. Born 1385; died Dec 30, 1429 (some sources cite 1439) at St. Saviours Abbey, Bermondsey, London; buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England; dau. of Thomas Holland, 2nd earl of Kent, and Alice Fitzalan (1352–1416); m. John Beaufort, earl of Somerset (1373–1410, son of John of Gaunt and Catherine Swynford, Sept 28, 1397; m. Thomas, duke of Clarence, in 1411 or 1412; children: (1st m.) Henry, earl of Somerset (1401–1418); John Beaufort, duke of Somerset (1404–1444); Thomas, earl of Perche (1405–1432); Edmund, duke of Somerset (1406–1455); Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon (c. 1407); Joan Beaufort (c. 1410–1445).

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