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Margaret Beaufort seems a woman many people dislike. I, a true Libran, try to weigh up all the pros and cons before reaching a final decision. Even so, in regards to Margaret, one thing swaying my sympathy towards her - even though it was something that happened in these times- is the knowledge she was a 'child-mother'. Giving birth at 13 not only damaged her body in such a way she would never bear another child, I believe it very likely that this event would have helped shape her into the woman she became.
As much an enigma in her own times as she is to ours, Margaret Beaufort was clearly ambitious for her only child born in the first of her three marriages. Margaret had a reputation for intelligence, and piety- after being widowed of her last husband she lived a life seemingly devoted to religion- founding several religious houses as well as colleges at Cambridge. Separated from her son early in his life, during the reign of Richard III she always acted with one goal in sight- her son would wear the crown of St. Edward.
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For further reading, the Richard III Society also has an article on Margaret Beaufort
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