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As I have been working my way through the Tudor era I have been doing further research on the puzzling white band that appears in many early Tudor portraits. The result is this rather long post. I …
The former Catelyn Stark dishes on the "sort of S&M" aspects of her ambitious royal schemer.
Harriet Walter as Margaret Beaufort
A portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort from the Master’s Lodge in Saint John’s College, Cambridge Patrick Comerford I spent two working days in Woking this week, taking part in the annual residential meeting of the the trustees of the Anglican mission agency USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel). Despite my plans, I never managed to get to see the ruins of Woking Palace, the residence of many royal favourites until it fell into ruins in the mid-17th century. But perhaps its most…
The White Queen - Margaret Beaufort
The White Queen begins tonight [Sunday 16 June] at 9pm on BBC One. Check out the slideshow below of some of the series key players… © BBC/Company Pictures & ALL3MEDIA/Giles Keyte
Learn about the palace of Collyweston, the Midlands powerhouse of the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty, Margaret Beaufort in this interview with Rachel Delman
Without her assistance, devotion and loyalty to her son, Henry VII may have never become the first Tudor monarch.
Margaret was born at Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. Her mother was the widow of Sir Oliver St John and daughter of John, 3rd Beauchamp of Bletso and Edith, daughter of Sir John Stourton. Through her father, Lady Margaret Beaufort was a granddaughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and a great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress and third wife Katherine Swynford…
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Basics about Margaret Beaufort, mother and supporter of Henry VII of England, the first Tudor king. Includes a chronology of key events in her life.
Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), Countess of Richmond and Derby, Foundress by unknown artist. Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Beaufort in The Spanish Princess
The White Queen - Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort, Christ's College, Cambridge (where she was a major benefactor)
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