When Margaret Beaufort Countess of Devon was born in 1408, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, her father, Sir John Beaufort of Lancaster, was 37 and her mother, Lady Margaret Holland Duchess of Clarence, was 23. She married Thomas Courtenay Earl of Devon in 1431, in Haccombe, Devon, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. She died in November 1449, in Colyton, Devon, England, at the age of 41, and was buried in Colyton, Devon, England.
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Altered form of English (originally French) Beaufort . It is found mainly among African Americans. Compare Bluford .
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