What really amazes me about Margret is that she didn't want her granddaughters to go through what she went through. Both Margret and Elizabeth stood up to Henry together and refused to let him send either Margret or Mary off to be married until they were matured enough. For someone that fiction shows as heartless and cold it shows that she actually wasn't a horrible person. It really shows her protective side for her granddaughters. If she was as cold as ambitious as Philippa Gregory makes out this would never have happened

Thanks Claire. I was always appalled when Margaret being taken as a bride so young by someone in his late twenties didn't wait for her to mature a few years before doing the deed. Poor girl being only 13 when delivering her baby was nearly ripped in two and never wss able to conceive again. Barbaric!

She must have felt like "My work is done" after all she did to help her son gain and hold the throne, Now she was watching her grandson take the throne with a lovely supportive Queen and the goodwill of the English people.

Lady Margaret was a force to be reckoned with.

I have always thought Margaret Beaufort a fascinating woman. Recent historical fiction treats her so unfairly...she is an amazing woman in a time when women where considered property! Thanks for sharing Margaret’s achievements!

She has always been one of my favorite figures from history. It always weighed heavy that she became a mother at 13 and spent the rest of her life with total devotion to her son. Thank you for helping tell her real story! Rest in Peace, Lady Margaret 💗

She has always struck me as a very strong, influential woman. Nothing weak about her!

She left this world at a happy time. She made it to see her legacy pass his crown on to his son without any strife or bloodshed and she saw Henry viii's coronation with his new wife and she probably thought that all would be well from here on out, and in a way it probably was a good idea she did go when she did because her job was done and she had accomplished so much in life by her son being crowned and starting a new dynasty. I'm sure she was so proud!! Without her we wouldn't have known any of these interesting people.

Wonderful video as always! Margaret really has been vilified in The White Queen, The White Princess, and now The Spanish Princess. And it's all been to absolve male historical figures of wrong doing or just to create more drama. It's really sad considering what an important and influential figure she is.

Wow 13 years old and Delivered a child. Thats sad. Thank you claire for this amazing lesson in Tudor Times.

Dan Jones brings wonderful reality to this woman in his 'Britain's bloodiest dynasty' series. Well worth a watch. Many thanks for another fascinating video Claire x

Such a strong woman....all those marriages as well. Such a tough lady...she really stood by her men folk..I have heard she had quite a hold over Henry Viii' s education...How sad that Henry had to loose her only days into his reign...no mother or grandmother 😐...thankyou Claire another great video....😀 . .

Thank you for this, Claire. I've always been fascinated with Lady Margaret Beaufort and view her as a strong woman who knew how to make alliances in a man's world.

Lady Margaret Beaufort sounds like a fascinating woman in a time where women were not seen as much more than pawns to be traded amongst men (especially amongst the nobility). To have a child at 13 is mind boggling by today’s standards, but perhaps was (amongst nobility) more common at that time. I’m glad that the primary resource describing the ordinances of setting out the baby’s nursery and how the church should be set out for the christening. Gives historians a great insight into her thoughts. Thanks for another wonderful video, and I really like the top you’re wearing!

Thank you so much. I have always been a history nut. The Tudors are my favorite. I really enjoy each and every video you have done!! Please continue educating us to the real history!!

The favorite part of my day is watching your videos. Thank you!

I just love you, Claire. I enjoy how you remind us to regard these people in an empathetic way, as it is easy to forget their humanity. We see them as figures, but in fact, they were human and it is good to remember as much. As characters, they serve the agendae of the authors and aren't always painted in their entirety. This show is a highlight of my day

What a treat! Two uploads for me (way different time zone from you) in one day! Margaret Beaufort was incredible! So nice to hear your take on Henry VII's mother, a Lancastrian supporter. Her life of determination of seeing her son come to the crown coupled with her love of him, is a primer for political advancement and survival. The hooked nose and hooded eyes I didn't know about. Thank you for your work and the upload of this information about one of my favorite women in history. (No, I don't think she was "crazy").

I had read and heard about her before but never heard all this. I cannot imagine having a baby so young... Then being a widow so young. She took charge of her life in a time women couldn't. I also read she intervene when her son wanted to send his daughter for marriage when she was young, and persuaded him to wait until she was a little bit older to send her so she would not be a child having a child

I have never warmed to Margaret Beaufort before today. It's refreshing to hear another side of her--I strongly believe that Everybody has positive qualities, and you have helped me to see more of hers. For this I owe you great gratitude.

There is a really good video somewhere on youtube about Margaret's life. Her times were really unsettled and she repeatedly had to take terrible risks to keep her property, protect her husbands and in the end, aid her only son to become Henry VII.

You bring history to life!

🇭🇲🦘 (viewed 31/5/2021) What a strong and amazing woman Lady Margaret Beaufort was. Living through the worst and best of times, bravely and with distinction. .. So pleased to have heard about her 'life' today, so much I'd never known before. Not only Matriarch of the Tudor family, but a true patron of Education. I love her Family Motto being - " I REMEMBER OFTEN " ❗.. She must have been so very proud of her son, King Henry VII, with all he achieved during his reign, especially the eventual peace and prosperity his reign brought to England. .. I watched this twice as so fascinating! Great video. "Thank you" Claire 👑👍

Thanks so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge on such a fascinating time in history. It was (in some cases still is) a complicated path of intertwining lives. You make these people breathe again 💜

The poor dear giving birth so young, but to her sad luck, he was a boy.....she would have had to have a will of iron, to keep going with such a rough life...thanks again for a eye opening vid, lady clarie🇬🇧🥰🇬🇧🥰🇬🇧🥰

Thank you for separating fact from fiction! Love watching your videos, don't ever stop uploading them!

Thank you, Claire. A wonderful & concise profile of Lady Margaret. She is a complex figure, and amazing in her focus and strong-mindedness. I watched the Timeline documentaries on the Wars of the Roses, four in number, each with much detail. Documentary four which details Lady Margaret's life story is the only one of these documentaries which is really needed. Her role was that great and critical to what happened to the Kingdom in the midst of the wars.

I missed this one last year....Lady Margaret was by far one of the most fascinating women in history

Have to have my daily tonic of Tudor and tea!!! Am fascinated with Lady Margaret. She authored and somewhat controlled the birthing of a dynasty. WOW!!

This really is irrelevant, but I just listened to your chat on The Queens of England podcast and I just wanted to say it was so good! It was quite great to hear that you would be his guest speaker 😊

Fascinating!!❤️

I'm so glad that Claire has done a tribute to Margaret Beaufort. She is, after all, the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty. And she campaigned for the education of girls as well as boys; it was partly due to her efforts that Queen Elizabeth I and other highborn women of her generation were so well educated. Also, Margaret, mindful of the fact that she'd been forced to marry a man twice her age when she was 12 (and that the resultant traumatic childbirth at age 13 so damaged her body that it left her unable to have more children -- at least that is what is assumed, as her son was her only offspring, although she married twice more after the death of his father), she intervened on the matter of her namesake granddaughter, Princess Margaret Tudor, when she was betrothed at some disgracefully young age. She made sure that Margaret was not sent off to live as a husband's wife until she was fully physically mature.

Lady Margaret Beaufort was the patron of the Church of St Giles in Wrexham where I live and also well connected to the Shrine of Winifred's well in Holywell in North Wales.

You are wearing the pretty watercolor print. Lovely on you! I have read a few books about Beaufort. Do you have recommendations for study?

I recently purchased your Anne Boleyn coloring book. So much fun!!!

One of my favorite historical figures!

Excellent as always. Thank you, Claire!

I watch your vids every night during my night shift at work. I love these talks and thank-you for all your hard-work and enthusiasm - I still wish there was a way to exhume some of the Tudors and do genetic tests on them and with facial re-construction software and technology see what everyone looked like and find out if they were buried with jewels and treasures -

Well, Lady Margaret lived a heck of a life.

I appreciate your explorations into some of these historical figures that have been so maligned by either their enemies through history or fiction writers. Sometimes I feel like these novelists and TV series writers just need an antagonist. But then I think - there are plenty of those to go around without rewriting a person's whole life and actions. Thank you for a closer look at this incredible woman.

Lady Margaret Beaufort is such a fascinating woman that she would deserve a whole long video Facts vs Fiction as you have done for The Other Boleyn Girl.

Great work for sharing this wonderful information

Thank you Claire. I came to admire her after the last episode of Britain's Bloody Crown.

Excellent video. Always interesting to watch ❣️

Some years ago my husband and I used to do an educational Tudor week for primary schools at Castle Rushen based around 'King' Thomas Stanley's visit to the Isle of Man in 1507. The children took part in several of Tudor activities - dance and music, cooking, learning a traditionary ballad, games, writing on velum in the scriptorium with a quill pen. At the end they would collect in the presence chamber and "King Thomas" would enter to a fanfare and the children would serve his Majesty the prepared food and wine after they had recited the ballad and entertained the King with dancing.

Thank you!

Thank you for another wonderful video that pays tribute to the whole of the person, not just some character traits that made them famous for infamous! The family roots are very enter twined. Thanks for helping to make sense of them and also making them make sense for that period of history.

❤❤❤another great video Claire!

Claire, I just realized I've been watching your videos without subscribing. Changing that right away of course. It does work telling people to do it, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing

Hey Claire, just saw the video on Lady Margaret Beaufort. Enjoyed it very much. I like the way you wade through the gossip and the innuendo and sensationalizing of these historical figures and try to present a balanced view. I am hoping in a year or so to come on one of your tours. I have friends in London, one of who is an architectural historian. Lots of fun. Thanks again, love this series. Charlotte Nugent LCSW

Amazing videos. You humanize these historical players.

Thank you Claire. I save your video to watch every night just before bedtime. Please stay safe during the heatwave now roasting Europe.

Thank you for this tribute to Lady Margaret Beaufort. Admittedly, my perception of her was based on how she was portrayed in TV docuseries. Was happily surprised to learn through this video that she was such an advocate of education.

Bishop John Fisher attended Margaret at the end. I've just realised that over 20 years later Henry had him executed for opposing the divorce and the supremacy. Here we are again - Henry put to death an old man who had been a friend of his grandmother and a part of Henry:s childhood. I wonder what Margaret would have said to that.

Women had to be so strong and tough in those days, or they just didn't survive, then they had the added problem of being branded a witch and having no legal rights or status once married; mind you, they didn;t have any rights before marriage, they were just chattels of their parents and then their husband.

The Tudor dynasty truly began with women ahead of their time and a force to be reckoned with such a Margaret Beaufort and Queen Elizabeth Woodville. And, ended with their great granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth I, another woman who was incredibly resilient and strong. 👑 The strength of this family was always these great women. They were the real movers and shakers.

Margaret was extraordinary.

Ogress, is the word which comes to mind when I think of her fictional depictions on the page & screen. Thanks for striking a balance, Claire! ⚖️

I didn't know all this, but still thought people were hard on her.

Thank you for your videos which I've recently started watching. I find them really interesting and informative. I'm so glad to see the actual historical documents used to inform us. I was so glad to see Lady Margaret Beaufort portrayed in a positive light, especially following what I can only describe as her libellous portrayal in the Phillippa Gregory series. I had to stop watching them because I found them so appallingly and cruelly untrue. It seems like some people will peddle any lies in order to reinstate Richard III and malign the Tudors.

Hi Claire! I’m very much obsessed with everything to do with Anne Boleyn 😍 she’s my favorite Tudor Queen but could you please help me answer this question: Did Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, really hate Anne Boleyn?

watching it again

It's heartwarming to find out the positive sides of these historical people. After watching a certain TV series and reading both books that the series was based on, I disliked Margaret Beaufort but now I admire her far more. I always did admire her bravery in childbirth but she really was painted in a poor light. I have a much better view of her now so thank you, Claire, as always, for bringing us the truth in another wonderful video.

I have been wondering if she was as hateful and crazy as she had been portrayed in fiction. I figured that she was being vilified. I always like to research to find out the the true character of historical figures when they are portrayed wrongly. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

A very colorful Claire! She is one of my favorite!

Hi Claire. I just got done watching The Spanish Princess, and it paints Margaret B. in such a bad light, particularly with regard to Katharine of Aragon, and Edmund Dudley and his fate. Also, do we know if she and Henry VIII got along when he became king? Could you do a short video, or provide more facts if known on these questions, and her part in governing after Queen Elizabeth died?

Just got that Henry 6 was related to Owen Tudor though their mother, Catherine of Valois.

I've often wondered what lady Margaret would make of the way her grandson treated the church she loved and her favourite bishop. I think she would be appalled

I never knew anything about Henry's grandmother. What a fascinating woman! I will have to do research on her to learn more. Thanks so much. I just bought a book from the local library's shop. It's a hard cover edition of New Worlds, Lost Worlds by Susan Brigden. What's your opinion of this book & author? Hopefully, I can start reading it this weekend. Thanks again! 👍❤👑🏰🎪🎭

She deserves a movie

PBS has a series on King Henry viii which mentions Margaret beaufort's being in court with both sides of the Roses. I believe she learned a lot from Lord Stanley by playing both sides. Just like the man who killed Richard the iii Rhys ap Thomas did. Very smart! I'm not vilifying her just thought I'd throw this little tidbit out there.

Wonder what she would of thought of her grandsons actions towards Catholic faith in order to get a divorce.. She should be remembered for her work towards education. It's a shame how she portrayed in fiction.

Yes Claire you're living the dream 👍

V good

So excited to be of relation to this woman!

can u give us a tour of your awesome house ?

RIP Great Lady.

I've always found Margaret to be a fascinating and strong woman. Is there a link to where I could read those ordinances you spoke of Claire??

Can you tell me some films About Lady Margaret Beaufort so I can see them I've only ever watched the White Queen the red Queen they don't seem to show her well

Thank you she must have been a brave lady n

Margaret Beaufort was an amazing woman!

Claire is right about the recent portrayals of Margaret being less than flattering. No less than 3 recent shows (The White Queen, The White Princess, and The Spanish Princess) have laid the guilt for the murder of the princes in the tower at her feet, with no concrete proof to back it up. Is that just a coincidence? What is it about her that rubs some people the wrong way, leading them to believe she was capable of murdering two innocent children? I have asked myself this question, and looked back at the details of her life that we are certain about, and I only came up with one thing. Towards the end of her life, Margaret became very generous, especially towards the church. She founded and paid for several religious schools and institutions. Was she simply a generous person, or did she do these things to atone for some terrible sins she commited? Killing the young princes would have been the worst sin of all. It certainly would have made any religious person scared that it would lead to hell. As she approached death, these acts of generosity may have helped her believe she might be forgiven. Again this is all circumstantial, but it is all I could find that gives any support to the idea that she killed the princes.

In a way, Margaret Beaufort was one of history's best moms. I don't know too many who manage to get their kid a throne 😊

And HOW she deserves this tribute!! I often think about this pivotal giant of history - she is such an incredibly consequential being. She ORIGINAL strong, badass "if you mess with my kid I'll kill you" single mom lol, an inspiration to the rest of us even now! 😁💖 For this, she lost her innocence, her childhood and (I tend to agree with those that say) her ability to have any more children after giving birth at 13 💔 She deserves to be remembered exactly as you say, and more!

It seems that in film, many historical people are treated in a one dimensional manner, but that does them a great disservice. We are different things to different people and that applies to everyone!!!

She was a tough old bird. To have suffered early childbirth/motherhood and to have endured to see her son take the throne amid so much landmines along the way.

Hi Claire is this the Beaufort 's of Badminton House Gloucester thank you as always xx

What do you think about roman Katherine by Anya Seton? For me,it is one of the best story about middle ages,not only for England but for any country.

My favorite Margaret from back in that era was Margaret Pole who was executed when she was very old by Henry the 8th. Margaret pole was a York and her own brother had been executed under Henry the 7th. Bless her heart because she had a hard life and then only to have her head chopped off for no reason when she was elderly. There was a plantagenet flag in her Cedar Chest and Henry the 8th thought she and her sons were planning an uprising. So so sad what Henry the eighth's good to her and her son and grandson. Thank God Reggie pole survived only because he was a cardinal and was able to stay away from Henry's lynchmen.

Thanks so much Claire! I am fascinated with this Lady of history. Can you recommend any books with factual information about Lady Margaret Beaufort?

Her only child, Henry was born when she was 13 years old. Claire: Which makes me want to flinch! I would say flinch and cringe!

Love that top - you look like summer.

Can you please do more videos on Margaret because like anne has been unfairly vilified and has recently been blamed for everything that went wrong on both Richard and Henry the seventh reigns I think this is gone too far.

Any movies on Lady Margaret?

As a beneficiary of the disappearance of the princes in the tower, she will always be maligned in fiction it seems. Unfortunately for her legacy that mystery is as yet unsolved. Her patronages are not as often mentioned.

She sounds like a woman who used her brain and became stronger, because of her adversity. I cant imagine what the girl being impregnated and bearing the baby went through. What a nightmare. She should be remembered as a woman who survived very difficult times and died at the top of her game...so to speak.

Hi Claire in the Tudor family I would like to know who is Agnes Ashurst born 1443- died 1510. I found information that Edmund Tudor Earl of Richmond born on 1420 died on 1494 was her father.

Margaret fascinates me. She does seem to be the power behind the throne for her son. So glad she got to see Henry 8th's coronation and that she supported education. Poor woman, married so young and deprived of further children.

Wish you'd do Henry VIII's other grandmother Elizabeth Woodville. 😁

She married at age 7 or 10?? Born 1443 and married 1450 or -53? Pregnant and gave birth at age 13??! Holy hell were those medieval times mad!! It makes me so irrationally angry to hear about those customs. There has to be something Seriously wrong with the male sex for things like that to even be able to happen..