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Dec 21, 2015 · There is no evidence that Jasper Tudor died of anything other than old age. The only reason PG had Margaret Beaufort kill Jasper in the White Princess (a programme I am still recovering from) is because she formulated the theory that Margaret B killed the Princes in the Tower and that Jasper found out and was going to inform on her.
- Ward of The Crown
- First Marriage
- Teenage Pregnancy and Wars of The Roses
- Margaret : Maternal Love and Self-Preservation
- Marriage of Political Convenience
- Assisting Rebellion
- The First Tudor King’s Mother
Born at Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire to John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, there is some debate about Margaret’s birth date, having been either 1441 or 1443. Her father was to lead a military campaign to France on behalf of King Henry VI which prompted Somerset to discuss with the king the matter of his potential deat...
At the age of three, Margaret was contracted to marry John de la Pole, the son of William 1st Duke of Suffolk, the very man who had appropriated Margaret’s lands through theft. This ambitious move was seen by King Henry as a cunning way for William to try and secure a future with a ward (Margaret) who had a potential claim to the throne. However, S...
This was a period of civil disruption in what became known as the Wars of the Roses, a violent conflict between the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions vying for control of the crown. Edmund Tudor, a Lancastrian and married to Margaret, was captured and taken prisoner. Within a year while in captivity at Carmarthen Castle in Wales, he died of the plag...
The civil war continued between bitter enemies, the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions. The House of Plantagenet (Lancaster) represented by a red rose, and the House of York, represented by a white rose. continually fought over control of the throne of England, culminating in the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. The Yorkists overwhelmed their oppon...
In June 1472 Margaret married for the fourth time nobleman Lord Thomas Stanley, not out of love but more to do with political expedience as it allowed Margaret to return to King Edward’s court, giving her a possible route to help make her son king. A close relationship developed between Margaret and Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville, who asked Ma...
The moment for Margaret to seize the opportunity to dethrone King Richard came in 1483 when the Duke of Buckingham raised a rebellion against King Richard. But Henry Tudor who was privy to this plan was in Brittany and had to set out for England to take part in the rebellion. His arrival was too late, while Buckingham failed in his endeavours and w...
Henry Tudor’s success at attaining the crown of England in 1485 was without doubt due to the indefatigable persistence and support from his mother Margaret, whose love for her son and belief in his divine right to be king had driven her through dangerous and turbulent times. Now with a new life as a Countess and also referred to as ‘My Lady, the Ki...
Margaret was present, aged 66, at her grandson's coronation in Westminster Abbey on 24 June 1509. The ascendancy of this dynamic teenage king showed Margaret’s profound success in transforming her Beaufort-Tudor family from political outsiders into the established ruling dynasty. But just five days later, after falling ill at the coronation ...
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Apr 8, 2024 · Published: April 8, 2024 at 10:35 AM. On 14 February 1453, a nine-year-old girl was travelling to London to be introduced to the court of King Henry VI. Her name was Margaret Beaufort, the only child of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and inheritor of a large landed estate. Margaret (born on 31 May 1443) had royal blood in her veins.
- Elinor Evans
Did Henry Tudor/Margaret Beaufort kill the princes? The argument: Now, when we talk of motive there is little doubt that Henry Tudor and his mum had a bright and shiny, honest to goodness motive. Henry had a very dodgy claim to the throne, from the wrong side of the bed.
Mar 8, 2015 · By Susan Abernethy. Lady Margaret Beaufort was the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty of Kings in England. Her life was greatly influenced by the turning of the Wheel of Fortune. That she managed to survive the vagaries of the War of Roses in England is something at which to be marveled. We have the memories of her confessor, John Fisher, Bishop of ...
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Beaufort, Margaret (1443–1509)Countess of Richmond and Derby who might have tried to claim the throne of England but instead secured that position for her son, Henry VII, and all the Tudor line. Name variations: Lady Margaret; Margaret of Lancaster. Pronunciation: BOE-fort.
