Posted by Karen
on 1/11/2009, 10:40:41, in reply to "Re: Opening the Vault of King Henry VIII and Charles I"
Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503, she married James IV, King of Scots, thus becoming the mother of James V and grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. In addition, she was also the grandmother of Mary's consort Lord Darnley through her second marriage. Most important of all, Margaret's marriage to James led directly to the Union of the Crowns. Born on 28 November 1489, she was baptised two days later on the 30th — St. Andrew's Day — in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, sharing a name with Scotland's only royal saint. In all, Margaret married three times.
Margaret's third and final marriage was to Henry Stewart, who was created Lord Methven by Margaret's son James V. Margaret died of a severe stroke at Methven Castle, in Perthshire on 18 October 1541 and was buried at the Carthusian Priory of St John in Perth (which along with her tomb was demolished during the Reformation, 1559). Her brother's dynasty ended with the childless Elizabeth I, and the line of succession to the English throne was passed through Margaret's heirs. Her great-grandson, James VI of Scotland, became James I of England, thus uniting the crowns of the two countries and conferring on Margaret something of a posthumous triumph.
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