Margaret was a widow again at the age of 28. At the Battle of Barnet on April 14, 1471, Sir Henry Stafford was injured fighting for the Yorkists and he would die from his wounds on October 4, 1471. In 1469, the House of Lancaster came back into power, but only for a short amount of time as the House of York came back into power. At this time, Margaret was able to keep in contact with her son. After the Battle of Towton, Jasper fled to Scotland to help Margaret of Anjou, Edward Duke of York became Edward IV, and Henry Tudor was stripped of his lands and put in the custody of William Herbert.

When Henry was two years old, his uncle Jasper was granted wardship over him and so Margaret and Henry were seperated. From what we can tell, it sounds like a happy marriage between Margaret and Sir Henry Stafford.

She arranged her own marriage and after the required one year of mourning was over, Margaret married Sir Henry Stafford on January 3, 1458. It was a difficult birth and Margaret was never to have another child after Henry.īeing a single mother and a young widow, Margaret knew that she had to marry again to make sure that she could financially survive. Margaret gave birth to her only son Henry Tudor on Januat the age of 13. Unfortunately, Edmund would never meet his son as he died on Novemof the plague. The marriage was consummated and soon Margaret was pregnant. Margaret was 12 and Edmund was 24 at the time of the wedding on November 1, 1455. With her first marriage annulled, it paved the way for the marriage between Margaret and Edmund. In 1453, Margaret and her mother were called to court when Henry VI granted the wardship of Margaret to his half brothers Edmund and Jasper Tudor. Margaret never recognized this marriage as she was under twelve when she was married. William de la Pole was murdered on May 2, 1450. With this marriage, William de la Pole was seen as reaching too far since Margaret was a potential heir for the throne and was charged with treason. Between January 28 and February 7, 1450, Margaret and John de la Pole, the eldest son of William de la Pole, were married, yet they never lived together. On January 28, 1450, William de la Pole, who was not popular at all with Parliament, was ordered to be arrested. At this time, Margaret remained in her mother’s house to receive her education. Under a deal that her father made with Henry VI, the king took wardship of Margaret, but the king broke that deal and passed on the wardship to William de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk. Margaret’s father went to France to fight for King Henry VI, but it went badly, and he either died from illness or committed suicide on May 27, 1444, leaving Margaret his sole heiress. Her father was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, the first son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. She had seven half-siblings from her mother’s first marriage to Sir Oliver St John. Margaret Beaufort was born on to John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe. She never gave up on her son Henry Tudor. Margaret was the mother of the Tudor Dynasty. Mother of Henry Tudor, later known as Henry VII.

Married to John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk, Edmund Tudor 1st Earl of Richmond, Sir Henry Stafford, and Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby. Daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe.

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