Margaret Beaufort: Mother Of The Tudor Dynasty - Plot & Excerpts
The King did not, at first, show any interest in Margaret, although, with Suffolk’s death, her wardship had once again passed to the crown. This changed in February 1453, when Margaret’s mother was commanded to come to court, bringing her daughter with her in her train. For Margaret, the summons meant that Fortune’s Wheel was about to turn again. Margaret was still only nine years old at the time of the summons, and it would have been her first visit to court. On 23 April 1453, she and her mother attended the St George’s Day celebrations of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle, and this may have been Margaret’s first sight of the King. Henry VI was never the most prepossessing of kings, and his own wife, Margaret of Anjou, had failed to recognise him at their first meeting when he attended her dressed as a squire. In spite of this, he was a kindly figure and may have met with the young Margaret personally. Henry VI was certainly interested in his young cousin, and on 12 May 1453, he made her a grant of 100 marks to spend on clothes – a vast sum at the time.
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