St John's College, Cambridge
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St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret
View over the rear buildings from the Backs
Lady Margaret Beaufort who founded the college
Engraving of St John's College, David Loggan, c. 1685
The Main Gate of St John's College on St John's Street, decorated with the arms of the foundress
Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Lady Margaret Beaufort was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late 15th century, and mother of Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. She was instrumental in securing her son's acc
St John's College, Cambridge
…College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corporation established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. The aims of the college, as specified…
Monumental brass of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, the husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, in St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke Castle in 2007, the Norman castle where Margaret gave birth to Henry Tudor in 1457
19th-century portrait, perhaps intended as Lady Margaret Beaufort, National Portrait Gallery, London
Statue of Margaret Beaufort in the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, which she founded