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, thus becoming the mother of James V and grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort Lord Darnley through her second marriage. Most important of all, Margaret's marriage to...
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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, thus becoming the mother of James V and grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort Lord Darnley through her second marriage. Most important of all, Margaret's marriage to James led directly to the Union of the Crowns. 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; they were, nonetheless, important political assets in a world where diplomacy and marriage were often closely linked. Even before her sixth birthday, Henry VII conceived of a marriage between James and Margaret, as a way of...
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