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Margaret Holland

Type Figure Region England Time 1385–1439 Also known as Margaret Holland、Duchess of Clarence、Duchess of Somerset

English noblewoman (1385–1439), daughter of Thomas Holland and Alice FitzAlan, a key marital link of the Lancastrian royal house.

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  1. 1385–1411England · EnglandBorn into the Kent and Lancastrian affinity network, she married John Beaufort (later Earl of Somerset) in 1397 and bore him several children. Widowed after John's death in 1403, she accumulated Beaufort lands and connections.
  2. 1411–1420London · EnglandIn October 1411 she married Thomas, Duke of Clarence, elder brother of Henry V, entering the core Lancastrian circle. While Thomas campaigned in Gascony, Margaret managed estates and family affairs, sustaining the Holland–Beaufort–Lancaster alliance.
  3. 1420–1427England · EnglandAfter Thomas fell in battle in 1421, she married his brother John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in 1427. As mistress of the Beaufort family, her children were further embedded in the Lancastrian court, influencing factional alignments during Henry VI's regency.
  4. 1427–1439Suffolk · East EnglandShe died at Bury St Edmunds in 1439 and was buried in Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Her daughter Eleanor Beaufort later married Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, continuing the Lancastrian marital ties.

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