# Margaret Beaufort – Matriarch of the Tudors

An episode of [Historic Royal Palaces Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1065848261), 12 Feb 2026, 1 h 04 min.

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Margaret Beaufort was a leading figure in the tumultuous Wars of the Roses and would go on to become the matriarch of the Tudor Dynasty. Mother to Henry VII and a key player in bringing the Tudors to the throne, was Margaret a manipulative schemer as she has sometimes been portrayed, or instead a resilient survivor of trauma and decades of civil conflict? To better understand Margaret in the context of her time, Curator Charles Farris is joined by historians Dr Joanna Laynesmith and Lauren Johnson, as they explore the power and perception of this 15th century matriarch.

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