Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503, she married James IV, King of Scots . Her son with the King in time became King James V and his daughter became Mary, Queen of Scots. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort Lord Darnley through her second marriage. Margaret's (as an English...
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Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503, she married James IV, King of Scots . Her son with the King in time became King James V and his daughter became Mary, Queen of Scots. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort Lord Darnley through her second marriage. Margaret's (as an English lady) marriage to the Scottish James foreshadowed the Union of the Crowns - her own and the the King's great great grandson would become King of England and Scotland, . Born on 28 November 1489, she was baptised two days later on the 30th — St. Andrew's Day — in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, sharing a name with Scotland's only royal saint. In all, Margaret married three times.
Daughters may have been less welcome to kings than sons; however, they were important political assets in a world where diplomacy and marriage were often closely...
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