Margaret Beaufort
On this day - 3rd July 1509
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Margaret Beaufort's body taken to Westminster
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Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was the mother of Henry VII.
She died on 29th June 1509, aged 66, just a few days after attending the coronation of her grandson, Henry VIII.
On 3rd July her body was moved from Cheyneygates to Westminster Abbey Refectory.
Margaret lay surrounded by candles until her burial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel on 9th July.
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westminster-abbey .org/margaret-beaufort-countess-of-richmond
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