Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of Henry VII of England through his marriage to the King's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. He was the eldest son of
19th-century engraving of Stanley after a 16th-century portrait
Stained glass at Ordsall Hall, Salford, Lancashire, showing the arms of Stanley: 1st grand quarter: quarterly - 1&4: Stanley; 2: Lathom (erased); 3: de Warenne, Earl of Surrey; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: King of Man; 4th grand quarter: quarterly - 1&4: Strange of Knockyn; 2: Woodville; 3: Mohun of Dunster Castle, Baron Mohun. All circumscribed by the Garter. Possibly the arms of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435–1504), KG
Finding Richard's circlet after the battle, Lord Stanley hands it to Henry.
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
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
…of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of Henry VII of England through his marriage to the King's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. He was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley and Joan Goushill. A landed magnate of immense wealth and power, particularly across the…
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