#pembrokecastle — Public Fediverse posts
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“There is no other site like it in Britain – it is a once‑in‑a‑lifetime discovery.”
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#OTD 1457, in the fortress of Pembroke Castle, a young woman, not yet 14 bore a son. The mother, Margaret Beaufort, was 2nd cousin to Henry VI and she named her son in his honour. She was also the widow of the king’s half-brother, Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. It is unlikely that at the time of his birth, anyone foresaw that young Henry Tudor would become King Henry VII. Read more on him here. http://bit.ly/1RCUldq #histodons #henryvii #pembrokecastle #historyofroyalwomen #tudor