Margaret Beaufort the countess of Richmond and mother to the first Tudor king came into this world set up for success. However, family secrets, child marriage and civil war made her life anything but easy. In this episode we see Margaret married three times by the ripe old age of 16.
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Some sources:
- https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2017/05/31/did-john-beaufort-1st-duke-of-somerset-commit-suicide/
- https://tudortimes.co.uk/people/margaret-beaufort-life-story/marriage-childbirth
- https://tudortimes.co.uk/people/margaret-beaufort-life-story/remarriage
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