Margaret Beaufort was born a healthy and strong child on May 31, 1443. As the daughter of the most powerful people in England, she was supposed to marry a titled aristocrat, whom she would give an heir.
She had to live in very difficult times - during the war of the Scarlet and White Roses, the consequences of which Margaret personally experienced. She lost many loved ones, but did not succumb to despair. The woman directed all her energy to ensure a bright future for her only son. Thanks to her efforts, Henry VII Tudor was proclaimed king of England.
Origin and childhood
Margaret de Beaufort was the only child of John Beaufort, who was the 1st Duke of Somerset. Mom - Margaret Boshan from Bletso. Beauforts come from the kind of son of the English king Edward III. The Beauforts' royal lineage was confirmed by a special parliamentary act, but King Henry IV of Lancaster amended the document to prohibit members of this kind from claiming the English crown along with other blood princes.
Margaret's father died just before the birth of his daughter. The title of the Duke of Somerset passed to his brother Edmund, and all wealth and land - Margaret as his only child. She was brought up by her mother until in 1450 she passed into the care of the royal favorite, the Duke of Suffolk, who wished to marry her for his son and heir John.
Marriage Story
The first marriage of Margaret with the son of his guardian took place, probably in 1444, February 7, but the exact date is unknown. Soon, however, it was annulled in February 1453 by King Henry VI.
Margaret Beaufort then was engaged to the king’s half-brother, Edmund Tudor, the first Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 - November 1, 1456). The wedding of Margaret and Edmund took place on November 1, 1455. The husband died exactly one year later, and two months later, the 14-year-old widow gave birth to her only child, Henry, the future king of England.
After the death of her husband, the girl entrusted custody of her son to her brother-in-law Jasper. She herself had married Sir Henry Stafford. This marriage remained childless. Staffords belonged to the followers of Lancaster, so the triumph of the House of York in 1461 forced Margaret Beaufort and her husband to move away from the yard.
The events of 1471 had serious consequences for the woman and her son, when, due to the outcome of the Battle of Tewkesbury, Henry Tudor, son of Margaret Beaufort, was considered the only legitimate heir to the royal throne. In the same year, Margaret was widowed, her next husband was Thomas Stanley, but this marriage was childless.
