On this day in Tudor history, thirteen-year-old Princess Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, married thirty-year-old King James IV of Scotland.
It was an important diplomatic match, part of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace negotiated between the two kingdoms.
In this video, I'll take you inside:
- The background to the wedding
- grand wedding at Holyroodhouse
- Margaret's rollercoaster life as queen, widow, regent and power player
- And how her bloodline still sits on the throne today
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