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&lt;img SRC=&quot;_httpdocimg_/margaretb.gif&quot; ALT=&quot;Margaret Tudor&quot; height=50 width=296&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Margaret Tudor's life was in many respects as contrary and
tempestuous as that of her granddaughter, Mary queen of Scots.&amp;nbsp; Certainly
the parallels between their second marriages are the most obvious and entertaining.&amp;nbsp;
Both women married handsome younger earls with powerful fathers who embroiled
them in conflict with the notoriously fractious Scottish lords and the
English monarch.&amp;nbsp; And though both women married those earls for love,
without regard for any effect upon their rule and reputation, they came
to bitterly regret their hasty decisions.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img SRC=&quot;_httpdocimg_/margsket.jpg&quot; ALT=&quot;sketch of Margaret Tudor&quot; BORDER=2 height=329 width=200 align=LEFT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
They also entered Scotland as foreigners who found their new home backward
and unsettling.&amp;nbsp; Margaret was the eldest daughter of Henry VII of
England and Elizabeth of York, born on 28 November 1489 at the Palace of
Westminster, a year and a half before her famous brother, Henry VIII.&amp;nbsp;
The elaborate and costly preparations for her birth were recorded by contemporary
chroniclers; Elizabeth of York had officially retired from court life in
October 1489 and, when labor began, the queen was accompanied by the earls
of Oxford and Derby to Mass.&amp;nbsp; Afterwards she entered the state bedchamber
where she presided over a meal of spiced wines and sweet cakes.&amp;nbsp; The
queen's chamberlain then asked all present to pray for a successful labor.&amp;nbsp;
The noblemen then left and Elizabeth, attended by twenty ladies and their
various attendants, entered the inner chamber where she would actually
give birth.&amp;nbsp; Her bed was a magnificent creation with a gold canopy
and embroidered red roses for her husband's house of Lancaster.&amp;nbsp; At
nine o'clock that night Princess Margaret Tudor was born.&amp;nbsp; She was
christened by John Morton, the archbishop of Canterbury, at the chapel
in Westminster two days later; her godparents were her grandmother Lady
Margaret Beaufort for whom she was named, the duchess of Norfolk, Lady
Berkeley and the earl of Shrewsbury.&amp;nbsp; After the celebrations, she
was returned to her room where four nurses (her two head nurses were Alice
Davy and Alice Bywimble) and six rockers, along with their various attendants,
waited to serve their new charge.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Her first year was spent mostly in an oak cradle
lined with ermine and draped in cloth of gold, an ornate setting to which
she became accustomed and sorely missed later in life.&amp;nbsp; As the first
Tudor princess, Margaret was immediately placed on the European marriage
market since Henry VII was eager to strengthen foreign support for his
new dynasty.&amp;nbsp; She spent her first fourteen years in England and was
imbued with a self-righteous belief that England was meant to control Scotland,
if not subjugate it entirely, and that Tudor rule was as valid as any other
European dynasty.&amp;nbsp; Despite the general view that the Tudors were upstarts
and her father's claim to the throne was rather dubious, Margaret embraced
her royal title and lineage with passion.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The atmosphere of those early years in England was
still medieval, and she lived in Gothic palaces with ornate decoration
and rituals.&amp;nbsp; All of Henry VII's children came to participate publicly
in court life while still children.&amp;nbsp; Before the age of five, Margaret
attended court ceremonies and played her part with aplomb.&amp;nbsp; She had
an early love of pomp and pageantry which was never lost, and her father's
court was rather extravagant considering Henry's reputation as a shabby
miser.&amp;nbsp; As a child, Margaret shared a household with her older brother,
Prince Arthur.&amp;nbsp; Born on 20 September 1486, barely nine months after
his parents' marriage, Arthur was the hope and joy of the Tudors.&amp;nbsp;
He and Margaret traveled with their own households from Eltham to Westminster
to Windsor and back again, visiting their parents as often as possible.&amp;nbsp;
Their education was guided by their formidable grandmother, Lady Margaret
Beaufort, who was a shining example of female piety and learning.&amp;nbsp;
Lady Beaufort's impact upon Margaret ensured her a thorough education but
Margaret never shared her grandmother's love of scholarship.&amp;nbsp; Henry
VII was a busy and oft-distracted king whose reign was a constant struggle
in the early years of Margaret's life; he loved his daughter, but had little
time for any of his children.&amp;nbsp; Her mother, Elizabeth of York, was
a quiet and gentle woman whose motto 'Humble and Reverent' aptly summarized
her way of life.&amp;nbsp; She was a loving mother but spent most of her marriage
either pregnant or recovering from increasingly difficult births.&amp;nbsp;
Her ill health often forced her into confinement and her role at court
functions was filled by her mother-in-law.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Margaret reveled in court life and enjoyed her position
as princess to the full; she began a lifelong love affair with beautiful
clothes, delighted in dancing and music as well as archery and playing
cards.&amp;nbsp; She had no responsibilities other than to fulfill her public
duties as princess and, as a result of her privileged position, developed
a very stubborn personality.&amp;nbsp; It was Margaret's lot to be impatient
and disappointed when things did not go her way.&amp;nbsp; In this, however,
she can be forgiven; most royal children were equally stubborn and certainly
the two siblings who survived childhood with her shared this trait.&amp;nbsp;
It is worth remembering, too, that her acute awareness of her position
included the knowledge that she would one day leave England, perhaps forever.&amp;nbsp;
It was not the fate of princesses to live and die in their own countries.&amp;nbsp;
But as Margaret's later actions make clear, those early years in England
left an indelible mark upon her; she always put English interests first,
even when it was not the sensible thing to do.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Her fifth birthday coincided with Henry's elevation
to the dukedom of York in 1494.&amp;nbsp; There was a grand celebratory tournament
in Westminster which lasted three days and the appearance of the 'right
high and excellent Princess, the Lady Margaret' was recorded for posterity.&amp;nbsp;
She wore a gown of buckram and velvet trimmed in gold lace with a winged
white cap, an unflattering but popular style from the Low Countries.&amp;nbsp;
Her best features were her clear complexion and fair hair, both inherited
from her mother.&amp;nbsp; But her temperament was that of her maternal grandfather,
Edward IV, a trait she shared with her brother Henry.&amp;nbsp; While Prince
Arthur was a reserved and thoughtful boy dedicated to scholarship, Margaret
and Henry were gregarious and energetic.&amp;nbsp; They danced at the tournament,
to the amusement of the adults, and Margaret presented the prizes to the
jousters.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Traveling with a great retinue from one palace to
another, she was hardly aware of the struggles her father faced; plague,
rebellion, and war marked Henry's years on the throne as he constantly
struggled to fill his treasury and placate his people.&amp;nbsp; One of the
more serious struggles led to Margaret's betrothal in 1496 to James IV,
king of Scotland.&amp;nbsp; Henry wanted an alliance with Scotland for two
pressing reasons.&amp;nbsp; First, James was following the old Scottish tradition
of angering the English by supporting Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the
English throne who claimed to be Prince Richard of York.&amp;nbsp; This debacle
lasted from 1491 to 1497, but was made more pressing by Prince Arthur's
engagement to Princess Katharine of Aragon, the daughter of Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain.&amp;nbsp; At the time, only Spain recognized Henry's rule
and he was desperate to secure a marriage alliance between the two countries.&amp;nbsp;
But the Spanish would not send Katharine to England unless Henry was secure
on the throne and their daughter could arrive safely and peacefully in
England.&amp;nbsp; In 1493, they brokered an agreement between Scotland and
England which ended Scottish support of Warbeck and gave hope for a more
comprehensive peace in the future.&amp;nbsp; Second, Scotland had long been
allied with France in what was termed the 'Auld Alliance', essentially
the partnership of two English enemies.&amp;nbsp; French money and troops had
often threatened the English-Scots border and Henry was desperate to avoid
further unrest.&amp;nbsp; He and his councilors thought a marriage between
James and Margaret would create a bond between England and Scotland which
would allow England some desperately needed peace and tranquility.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; James IV of Scotland was amenable to the idea as
well.&amp;nbsp; He was sixteen years older than Margaret, but such differences
in age were common enough in royal marriages.&amp;nbsp; For the security of
his own realm, as well as an impressive dowry, he was content to marry
Margaret.&amp;nbsp; James's own life had been tempestuous and unhappy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;img SRC=&quot;_httpdocimg_/jamesiv.jpg&quot; ALT=&quot;King James IV of Scotland&quot; BORDER=2 height=230 width=199 align=LEFT&gt;Born
on 17 March 1473, he was barely sixteen years old when disaffected Scottish
lords led by the Humes and Hepburns forced him to ride in battle against
his own father, James III.&amp;nbsp; At the climactic battle of Sauchieburn
in the summer of 1488, James III was murdered by a man pretending to be
a priest and his son was crowned king of Scotland.&amp;nbsp; James IV was traumatized
by his role in his father's death; for the rest of his life he wore an
iron chain around his waist as penance and made frequent pilgrimages to
the shrine of his patron St Ninian.&amp;nbsp; His personality was both charismatic
and melancholy and he was quite brilliant.&amp;nbsp; His varied interests included
dentistry, golf, and hunting; he was also very energetic, and exhausted
his nobles with his ceaseless traveling across his kingdom.&amp;nbsp; He was
quite dedicated to the ideal of the chivalrous knight and admired the tales
of King Arthur.&amp;nbsp; This romantic notion led him to numerous love affairs
(by the time of his betrothal to Margaret, he already had five healthy
illegitimate children) and a lifelong desire to lead a Crusade.&amp;nbsp; His
people loved him and his court attracted a number of brilliant poets, including
William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas and David Lindsay.&amp;nbsp; Also, Scotland had
three universities while England had only two, a fact which few historians
have noted when dismissing any evidence of Scottish learning in the late
15th century.&amp;nbsp; But the country remained fractious and dangerous, largely
because of its squabbling nobility.&amp;nbsp; Certainly James's reign was marked
by increased prosperity and the flowering of the arts, but he could not
subdue the clans or even intimidate them much.&amp;nbsp; And the lesson of
his father's reign haunted him as he attempted to provide some order and
stability for his people.&amp;nbsp; He was more successful at this than most
Scottish kings, but not successful enough.&amp;nbsp; In Scotland, the nobles
controlled far more land than the king and were savage opponents of royal
authority.&amp;nbsp; The burgeoning middle class was terrified of warfare and
also susceptible to English bribes.&amp;nbsp; Shifting loyalties and simmering
resentment marked relations between the king and his nobles.&amp;nbsp; Poor
James did not have an easy life as king.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But his prolific romantic life was legendarily successful.&amp;nbsp;
James cut quite a swath through the common and noble women of Scotland,
eventually losing his heart to Lady Margaret Drummond.&amp;nbsp; James had
earlier attempted to marry a Spanish princess himself (much as Henry VII
secured a Spanish bride for Prince Arthur) but, when that failed, his love
for Margaret Drummond was such that he seriously considered marrying her.&amp;nbsp;
His councilors were understandably aghast; any marriage to a subject would
necessarily elevate that subject's family to pre-eminence in the realm.&amp;nbsp;
They would not allow it and did their utmost to persuade James to reconsider.&amp;nbsp;
The king began negotiations for Margaret Tudor's hand even as Margaret
Drummond gave birth to their daughter.&amp;nbsp; James moved mother and child
to his palace of Linlithgow and showed them every favor.&amp;nbsp; Rumors of
a secret marriage between the two were rampant but the Scots successfully
concluded the marriage treaty with Henry VII.&amp;nbsp; Still, James's ministers
were concerned that Henry VII would learn of Margaret Drummond and it might
complicate relations.&amp;nbsp; But the problem was solved when Margaret Drummond
and her two sisters were poisoned in spring 1502.&amp;nbsp; The king was devastated.&amp;nbsp;
No one was arrested for the crime, for which most of his councilors were
secretly grateful.&amp;nbsp; James almost immediately began another affair
with Lady Janet Kennedy, but his grief for Margaret Drummond did not lessen.&amp;nbsp;
She was the great love of his life and he never forgot her.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But Margaret Drummond's death freed him to openly
plan his marriage to Margaret Tudor, who until then had been merely a bargaining
chip with the English.&amp;nbsp; James was determined that his marriage would
restore Scottish pride which had suffered much from English harassment
along its borders.&amp;nbsp; He ordered a grand trousseau from Paris, as well
as presents for Margaret and new clothing for his courtiers.&amp;nbsp; His
own clothes included several pairs of scarlet hose, robes of black velvet
trimmed in fur, a crimson jacket lined with cloth of gold, and a truly
grand wedding outfit of white damask embroidered with silver and gold thread.&amp;nbsp;
To Margaret he sent a gown worth almost 160 pds and his courtiers received
sumptuous clothes and jewelry.&amp;nbsp; His spending grew so extravagant that
he was forced to acknowledge his penury to Henry VII; the English king
had written to find out the salaries of Margaret's ladies-in-waiting who
would accompany her to Scotland.&amp;nbsp; James was forced to prevaricate
on that matter, replying only that they would receive 'competent fees'.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In England, meanwhile, preparations for Katharine
of Aragon's marriage to Prince Arthur consumed far more time and energy
than Margaret's betrothal.&amp;nbsp; The Spanish princess was married to the
Tudor heir in the autumn of 1501 and Margaret attended the wedding feast
at Westminster Hall; she wore a gown of crimson velvet trimmed in fur and
sat, along with Prince Henry, on a wooden stool covered with scarlet cloth
beside their parents.&amp;nbsp; Prince Henry had apparently flown into a rage
when told that his sister would soon be known as queen of Scots and thus
accorded precedence over him in public ceremonies.&amp;nbsp; This essentially
meant that Margaret would be announced before him at court functions, a
relatively trivial matter, but observers noted the young prince's love
of his own high position.&amp;nbsp; The tantrum resolved itself and Henry was
on perfect behavior during the wedding festivities which followed.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The earl of Bothwell, the bishop of Moray, and the
archbishop of Glasgow were sent as ambassadors from Scotland.&amp;nbsp; They
were also present at Westminster during those celebratory days, under orders
to observe Margaret and report on her appearance and behavior.&amp;nbsp; If
they found it 'most convenient and advisable' they were to marry her at
once by proxy.&amp;nbsp; Many of the intricacies of the marriage negotiation
had already been decided upon and Pope Alexander VI had given the necessary
dispensation, though he advised Margaret to remain in England for another
year so she would be ready for child-bearing upon her arrival in Scotland.&amp;nbsp;
The matter of dower lands was soon settled as well.&amp;nbsp; James was to
be responsible for 'the apparatus of her body, the ornamenting of her residences,
her vehicles, stud, furniture, dress, private and domestic affairs, and
all other things whatsoever necessary and becoming the honour, state and
dignity of the said Lady Margaret.'&amp;nbsp; Margaret's dowry was 30,000 gold
nobles to be paid over three years.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Once Prince Arthur and his new wife had left for
Ludlow Castle, their seat as Prince and Princess of Wales, Margaret's betrothal
was celebrated at Richmond Palace.&amp;nbsp; There everyone gathered in Queen
Elizabeth's official presence chamber and the archbishop of Glasgow conducted
the proxy marriage ceremony.&amp;nbsp; He asked Margaret and her parents, 'Doth
Your Grace know of any impediment other than there is dispensed withal?&amp;nbsp;
Doth the Queen likewise?&amp;nbsp; Or the Princess?'&amp;nbsp; In their turn, the
three said, 'There is none.'&amp;nbsp; Then Henry VII asked, 'Is it the very
will and mind of the king of Scotland that the said earl Bothwell should
in his name assure the said Princess?'&amp;nbsp; Both archbishop and earl gave
assent and then Margaret was asked, 'Are you content without compulsion,
and of your own free will?'&amp;nbsp; The princess answered composedly, 'If
it please my lord and father the king, and my lady mother the queen.'&amp;nbsp;
Her father said, 'It is my will and pleasure' and Margaret knelt for her
parents' blessing.&amp;nbsp; Bothwell took her hand and repeated his marriage
vows.&amp;nbsp; He did so easily enough; soon all eyes were upon Margaret,
who spoke clearly and with no noticeable nervousness, 'I, Margaret, the
first begotten daughter of the right excellent, right high and mighty prince
and princess, Henry by the Grace of God king of England, and Elizabeth
queen of the same, wittingly and of deliberate mind, having twelve years
complete in age in the month of November last past, contract matrimony
with the right excellent, right high and mighty prince, James king of Scotland,
and the person of whom, Patrick earl of Bothwell, procurator of the said
prince, represents, and take the said James king of Scotland into and for
my husband and spouse, and all other for him forsake, during his and mine
lives natural, and thereto I plight and give to him, in your person as
procurator aforesaid, my faith and troth.'&amp;nbsp; And then, continues the
herald's account, 'the trumpets....blew up, and the loud noise of the minstrels
played in the best and most joyful manner.'
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The king then led the Scots to his rooms while Elizabeth
of York took Margaret's hand and led her to the royal dais.&amp;nbsp; The mother
and daughter sat side by side now, equal in title and precedence.&amp;nbsp;
The next few days were spent in celebratory tournaments and banquets at
Westminster Hall, all of which had Margaret's participation.&amp;nbsp; And
yet, just as it seemed that Henry VII's most fervent ambitions were being
realized, news soon arrived from Wales that Arthur and his bride had fallen
ill.&amp;nbsp; The young prince died while his new bride recovered.&amp;nbsp; Henry
and Elizabeth were devastated; accounts of their grief can be read at the
&lt;a href=&quot;_httpextlink_&amp;amp;rl=1&amp;amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fprimary.html&quot;&gt;Primary
Sources&lt;/a&gt; section.&amp;nbsp; The court was thrown into mourning and a few
weeks after the death Elizabeth of York became pregnant yet again.&amp;nbsp;
It did not help her delicate health.&amp;nbsp; A son was born prematurely and
christened Edward, but died soon after.&amp;nbsp; The queen's strength never
recovered and, upon yet another stillbirth on 2 February 1503, she became
deathly ill.&amp;nbsp; She died on 11 February 1503, her thirty-seventh birthday,
having given birth nine times and leaving three surviving children.&amp;nbsp;
An account of Elizabeth's death, which coincided with Margaret's departure
for Scotland, can also be read at &lt;a href=&quot;_httpextlink_&amp;amp;rl=1&amp;amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fprimary.html&quot;&gt;Primary
Sources&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Margaret's feelings on her brother's death and mother's
ill
health are not recorded.&amp;nbsp; She was obviously closer in temperament
to Henry, but also she was consumed with preparations for her departure
to Scotland.&amp;nbsp; And for a young woman with Margaret's great love of
expensive gifts, pageantry, and magnificent gowns, the preparations were
a delightful diversion.&amp;nbsp; She also enjoyed being queen of Scotland.&amp;nbsp;
Since she had to wait a year before going to Scotland, she was given her
own establishments at Windsor and Westminster where she was served from
golden plates engraved with the Scottish arms.&amp;nbsp; Scores of footmen
served her, dressed in the white and green Tudor livery while her litter
bearers wore green and black.&amp;nbsp; The litter which would carry her on
progress north was itself a grand creation lined with blue velvet and cloth
of gold; her state carriage was lined with bearskin, the horses hung with
black and crimson velvet and her own saddle lavishly embroidered with red
roses.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The rest of this article will be published&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;as soon as I finish scanning color portraits of Margaret.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;written by &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;Marilee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;



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