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Margaret Tudor

1489–1541 · 16th century

Margaret Tudor was the elder daughter of Henry VII of England and queen of James IV of Scotland, whom she married in 1503 under the Treaty of Perpetual Peace. After James's death at Flodden she was regent for her son James V and remained active in Scottish politics. Through her the Stuart kings inherited the English crown in 1603, when her great-grandson James VI succeeded Elizabeth I.

Margaret Tudor
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