Mother of Henry VII, her mother was Margaret Beauchamp and her father was John Beaufort.

She outlived her son, Henry VII and was the only child of John Beaufort.

She was pregnant at 13, though she was mother of the king she is often overlooked. As the person that started the Tudor dynasty she is often quickly forgotten and her grandson, Henry VIII, becomes the most memorable one in this period. Mainly because the historiography, tends to male focused.

Pregnancy at the age of 13 was uncommon but proves the difference in pre and postindustrial fertility rates.

Margaret has always been viewed through the lens of her son furthering the patriarchal nature that Margaret became viewed through. Even though she was the founder and matriarch of what would become the most recognised dynasty in British History.

She was not an ordinary woman, as she was one of the wealthiest women in England and was from nobility. Often many believe that the Tudors were of middling sort or low nobility.

Margaret put investments into education as a well educated woman herself she believed that other individuals should get the opportunity. This was not out of being progressive but rather she deemed education important and criticised the rise of ‘new learning’. This concept of women in education was not progressive as nobility tended to have access regardless of sex to some level of education. It was pivotal in some aspects as Margaret did fund and take interest in the bettering of education.

Yet this is far from true as the political turmoil caused from the Wars of the Roses allowed the perfect environment for Henry Tudor to seal the end of the tension between the houses of York and Lancaster.