Mother of All Tudors: Margaret Beaufort

<p><br></p><p>Step into the turbulent heart of the Wars of the Roses and meet one of history’s most formidable survivors: Lady Margaret Beaufort.</p><p>A child bride, a teenage mother, and ultimately the mastermind behind the rise of the Tudor dynasty, Margaret navigated betrayal, bloodshed, and political chaos with nerves of steel.</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb sits down with leading biographers Lauren Johnson and Dr. Nicola Tallis to uncover the real woman behind the legend: her extraordinary resilience, razor-sharp political instincts and the unyielding drive that helped place her son on the throne as Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>Henry VII</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/henry-vii/id1564…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/4maeH16ydbWpdAjckgWbP…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>Henry VIII's Sister, Margaret, Queen of Scots</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/henry-viiis-sist…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/13vuPw1iDkDZAL6iXhE3l…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle. Edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast </em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at </strong><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…; </p><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-al…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p>

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