Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister
When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magnificent proxy ceremony held at Richmond Palace in January 1503, no one could have guessed that this pretty, redheaded princess would go on to have a marital career as dramatic and chequered as that of her younger brother Henry VIII.Left widowed at the age of just twenty three after her husband was killed by her brother’s army at the battle of Flodden, Margaret was made Regent for her young son and was temporarily the most powerful woman in Scotland - until she fell in love with the wrong man, lost everything and was forced to flee the country. In a life that foreshadowed that of her tragic, fascinating granddaughter Mary Queen of Scots, Margaret hurtled from one disaster to the next and ended her life abandoned by virtually everyone: a victim both of her own poor life choices and of the simmering hostility between her son, James V and her brother, Henry VIII.
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Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister
When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magnificent proxy ceremony held at Richmond Palace in January 1503, no one could have guessed that this pretty, redheaded princess would go on to have a marital career as dramatic and chequered as that of her younger brother Henry VIII.Left widowed at the age of just twenty three after her husband was killed by her brother’s army at the battle of Flodden, Margaret was made Regent for her young son and was temporarily the most powerful woman in Scotland - until she fell in love with the wrong man, lost everything and was forced to flee the country. In a life that foreshadowed that of her tragic, fascinating granddaughter Mary Queen of Scots, Margaret hurtled from one disaster to the next and ended her life abandoned by virtually everyone: a victim both of her own poor life choices and of the simmering hostility between her son, James V and her brother, Henry VIII.
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Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister

Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister

by Melanie Clegg
Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister

Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister

by Melanie Clegg

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When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magnificent proxy ceremony held at Richmond Palace in January 1503, no one could have guessed that this pretty, redheaded princess would go on to have a marital career as dramatic and chequered as that of her younger brother Henry VIII.Left widowed at the age of just twenty three after her husband was killed by her brother’s army at the battle of Flodden, Margaret was made Regent for her young son and was temporarily the most powerful woman in Scotland - until she fell in love with the wrong man, lost everything and was forced to flee the country. In a life that foreshadowed that of her tragic, fascinating granddaughter Mary Queen of Scots, Margaret hurtled from one disaster to the next and ended her life abandoned by virtually everyone: a victim both of her own poor life choices and of the simmering hostility between her son, James V and her brother, Henry VIII.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473893177
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 10/30/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Fascinated by history from a very early age, Melanie Clegg graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in History of Art. She originally turned to writing historical fiction and her women's history blog, Madame Guillotine, as a means of escaping from the dull admin jobs that she found herself doing, before becoming a full time writer and historian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Chapter 1 The Rise of the Tudors 1485-1489 1

Chapter 2 A Royal Childhood 1489-1497 9

Chapter 3 The Scottish Alliance 1496-1498 18

Chapter 4 Wedding Bells 1499-1502 29

Chapter 5 The Worst of Times 1502-1503 40

Chapter 6 Farewells 1503 49

Chapter 7 Meetings 1503 59

Chapter 8 Queen of Scots 1503-1504 69

Chapter 9 The Little Queen 1504-1509 79

Chapter 10 The Auld Alliance 1509-1513 90

Chapter 11 The Flowers of Scotland 1513-1514 102

Chapter 12 A Struggle for Power 1514-1515 113

Chapter 13 A Homecoming 1515-1517 125

Chapter 14 A Poor Suitor 1517-1523 138

Chapter 15 Beset on all Sides 1523-1529 149

Chapter 16 The Final Chapter 1529-1541 160

Bibliography 172

Index 174

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