Margaret Beaufort gives birth to Henry Tudor
1457 · Event
Thirteen years old and widowed two months earlier, Margaret Beaufort nearly dies giving birth at Pembroke Castle to the son she will spend thirty years steering towards the throne.
On these timelines: England, Wars of the Roses, Women in history, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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