Today in 1489 Margaret Tudor was born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in Westminster. She was named for Henry’s mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and later on, as Henry was negotiating her marriage to Scotland, her grandmother would step in and ensure that she didn’t have to become a wife at the young age that Lady Margaret did. The younger Margaret would become the Queen Consort of Scotland at the age of thirteen when she married James IV. He would die at the Battle of Flodden, and Margaret was left in limbo. Her subsequent remarriage would have huge political ramifications, and her descendants would intrigue and get involved in succession issues decades later with Elizabeth. In the end, it was Margaret’s line that ruled England when her great-grandson James VI also became James I of England, and united the two countries under one rule.
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.
Suggested link:
Episode 53: Tudor Times on Margaret Tudor
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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).
