Today in 1456 Edmund Tudor died in Carmarthen Castle, likely from the plague, though rumors persist that he was poisoned. He was the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois in their secret marriage when the dowager queen married her squire. Their children became half brothers to Henry VI, who gave Edmund the wardship of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was a great Lancastrian heiress. It was the marriage between Lady Margaret and Edmund that led to Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII. Margaret was about 6 months pregnant with Henry when Edmund died.
Edmund was buried at the monastery of Greyfriars, but was moved to St. David’s Cathedral by his grandson Henry VIII, when Henry dissolved the monasteries.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th-century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com.
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Episode 42: Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
