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Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced / ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt or / ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1]
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.
Keen to secure his own family’s future, de la Pole arranged for his son John to marry Margaret, an arrangement that occurred when she was just a young child. Three years on, the marriage was to be dissolved and Margaret’s wardship was passed on to Henry VI’s half-brothers, Edmund and Jasper.
Margaret was the daughter and heir of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward III). In 1455 she married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and half brother of King Henry VI (reigned 1422–61 and 1470–71).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
On 28 January 1457, at just 13, Margaret Beaufort gave birth to her only son Henry. Already a widow, and against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, in which she was deeply embroiled,...
Margaret was also permitted to retain men in livery, a licence not granted to any other woman. Margaret was treated with almost the regal status of her new daughter-in-law, Elizabeth of York, whom Henry married in January 1486.
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Jul 1, 2012 · As a wealthy heiress and young widow, Margaret remarried shortly after Henry's birth. Leaving her son with his uncle Jasper Tudor in Wales, Margaret went to England to marry Henry Stafford, the younger brother of the Duke of Buckingham.
