Today in 1456 Edmund Tudor died in Carmarthen Castle, likely from the plague, though rumors persist that he was poisoned. He was the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois in their secret marriage when the dowager queen married her squire. Their children became half brothers to Henry VI, who gave Edmund the wardship of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was a great Lancastrian heiress. It was the marriage between Lady Margaret and Edmund that led to Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII. Margaret was about 6 months pregnant with Henry when Edmund died.
Edmund was buried at the monastery of Greyfriars, but was moved to St. David’s Cathedral by his grandson Henry VIII, when Henry dissolved the monasteries.
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Episode 42: Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.