Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty

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Faced with York rule once again, Margaret allegedly begged Jasper Tudor, forced to flee abroad once more, to take thirteen-year-old Henry with him. Holinshed, a Tudor chronicler, claims King Edward IV later proposed a marriage between Beaufort's son and his own daughter, Elizabeth of York, intending to force Henry Tudor out of his safe haven on the continent. she fulfilled the role in all but name, orchestrating her family's rise to power and overseeing the machinations of government upon her son's ascension. She would weave a legend around this meeting, saying that the king had greeted his half-nephew saying that the boy would be greater than any of them.

Capitalising on the political upheaval of the period, she actively manoeuvred to secure the crown for her son. Margaret’s trauma during Henry’s birth means that she could never have any more children, making Henry the most precious person in her life. It was during this time that Margaret finds her inner strength and she becomes pregnant with her only child, a son. Hillbom’s creative writing style allows the audience, whether Yorkist or Lancastrian in beliefs, to feel sympathy for Cecily and her life. In addition to recounting how Margaret's maneuvering ensured the survival and rise of herself and her son, Tallis dispels the image of Margaret as a dour woman devoted solely to piety by providing lavish detail on her love of books, clothing, and jewelry, her founding of two colleges at Cambridge, and the establishment of her own financial independence.

I love Margaret even more after reading this novel and I cannot wait to read the rest of this series. It was the royal blood and who had the right to rule that was at the heart of the Wars of the Roses, as Jones goes on to explain. Margaret never recognised the marriage to de la Pole; in her will, made in 1472, Margaret refers to Edmund Tudor as her first husband.

However, Tallis's fascination for her subject is also a weak point, as it results in the glossing over of examples of Margaret's shortcomings and unquestioned support of material that vilifies her opponents. Of marvayllous gentyleness she was unto all folks, but specially unto her owne, whom she trustede, and loved ryghte tenderly. In 1993 the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology on Grange Road, Cambridge was founded and named in her honour. She wanted a man who was clever enough to see that her son might have a chance at the throne one day, and duplicitous enough to serve two sides at once.Three years later, her marriage to de la Pole was dissolved, and King Henry VI granted Margaret's wardship to his own half-brothers, Jasper and Edmund Tudor. We begin our journey by introducing Lady Elysabeth Scrope, the wife of John Scrope and the half-sister to Margaret Beaufort, going into the sanctuary with Elizabeth Woodville. A dispensation for the marriage was necessary because Margaret and Stafford were second cousins; it was granted on 6 April 1457. Beaufort, Margaret [ known as Lady Margaret Beaufort], countess of Richmond and Derby (1443–1509), royal matriarch". Warwick's continued insurrection resulted in the brief reinstallation of the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1470–71, which was effectively ended with the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Barnet.

The Growth of English Schooling, 1340–1548: Learning, Literacy, and Laicization in Pre-Reformation York Diocese. Jones begins his book with the horrific execution of the elderly Margaret Pole, the last white rose of York.This is a must-read for anyone curious about the Wars of the Roses, the beginning of the Tudor dynasty, and this strong mother caught in the middle. Avarice and Covetyse she most hated, and sorowed it full moche in all persons, but specially in ony that belong'd unto her. Margaret's extraordinarily close relationship with Henry, coupled with her role in political and ceremonial affairs, ensured that she was treated — and behaved — as a queen in all but name. Most of these were made in the reign of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I as symbols of loyalty to the Tudor regime.