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==== III Riçard dönəmi ====
[[IV Eduard]]<nowiki/>ın ölümü və [[III Riçard]] tərəfindən taxtın ələ keçirilməsinin ardından Marqarita sarayda yeni kraliça [[Anna Nevil]]<nowiki/>in xidmətinə alındı. Hətta [[6 iyul]] [[1483]]-cü ildə baş tutan [[tacqoyma]] mərasimində kraliçanın ətəyini tutmuşdu. Oğlunun İngiltərəyə qayıtması üçün yeni krala müraciət etsə də, bu təklifi qəbul edilmədi. Bu təklifinin rədd edilməsinin ardından, Leydi Marqarita bu dəfə də kral tərəfindən [[London qəsri|London qalası]]<nowiki/>na həbs edilən və daha sonra müəmmalı şəkildə yoxa çıxan şahzadələrin anası və keçmiş dostu [[Elizabet Vudvil]]<nowiki/>lə yeni bir ittifaq qurdu. Aralarında olan vasitəçi isə hər ikisinin ortaq həkimi olan Levis Karleon idi və bu ittifaqı gücləndirmək üçün sabiq kraliçanın böyük qızı və [[York sülaləsi|York ailəsi]]<nowiki/>nin həyatda olan ən böyük nümayəndəsi [[Yorklu Elizabet]]<nowiki/>lə [[VII Henri (İngiltərə kralı)|Henri Tüdor]] arasında gizli bir nişan bağlandı. Bununla da Henri Tüdor həm [[Lankaster sülaləsi|Lankaster]], həm də [[York sülaləsi|York]] tərəfdarlarının dəstəyini qazandı.
Ancaq [[London qəsri|London qalası]]<nowiki/>nda həbs tutulan şahzadələrin aqibəti barədə şübhələr fərqlidir. Bəzi tarixçilərə görə [[III Riçard]] səltənətini hüquqi baxımdan təsdiqləməq məqsədilə qardaşı uşaqlarını öldürmüş, bəzilərinə görə isə Leydi Marqarita oğlundan başqa taxt namizədinin olmaması üçün şahzadələrin ölüm əmrini vermişdi.
[[1483]]-cü ildə Marqarita [[Bukingem hersoqu]]<nowiki/>nun tərtiblədiyi saray çevrilişini də dəstəklədi. Belə ki, plana görə [[VII Henri (İngiltərə kralı)|Henri Tüdor]] [[Bretan]] sahillərindən İngiltərəyə gəlməli idi ancaq çıxan fırtına səbəbilə gecikdi və bu əsnada ələ keçirilən hersoq edam olundu. Beləcə, çevriliş uğursuzluqla nəticələndi. Marqarita isə bu üsyanın maddi dəstəkçisi olaraq cəzalandırıldı və bütün mülkləri əlindən alındı. Ardından vətən xaini olması barədə Parlament qərarı verildi. Əri [[Tomas Stanley]]<nowiki/>in evində həbs olundu və bütün mülkləri ərinin adına keçirildi. Bu isə ona cəza yox, bir növ hədiyyə oldu. Belə ki, oğlunun ordu topladığı bir ərəfədə, Leydi Marqarita ölkədə oğluna tərəfdar toplamağa davam etdi.
Marqaritanın əri [[Tomas Stanley]] [[Bukingem hersoqu]]<nowiki/>nun üsyanında kralın tərəfində dursa da, [[1485]]-ci ildə baş tutan Bosvort döyüşündə tərəfsiz qaldı. Üstəlik oğlu Corc Stanley [[III Riçard]]<nowiki/>ın əlində girov tutulurdu. Buna baxmayaraq ögey oğlunun cərgəsində dayandı və qələbənin ardından yeni kralın başına tacı özü taxdı. [[VII Henri (İngiltərə kralı)|Henri Tüdor]] taxta çıxdıqdan sonra ögey atasını Derbi qrafı, anasını isə Riçmond və Derbi qrafinası təyin etdi. Bundan başqa Leydi Marqarita [[1488]]-ci ildə [[Bant ordeni]] ilə təltif edildi.
=== Oğlunun səltənət illəri ===
After her son's victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the Countess was referred to in court as "My Lady the King's Mother". Beaufort was well rewarded for her lifelong endeavors; her son’s first Parliament reversed the attainder against her and named her a “''feme sole''”. This title, previously reserved almost exclusively for queens, granted Beaufort considerable legal and social independence from men. She was allowed to own property separately from her husband (as though she were unmarried) and sue in court – two rights denied her contemporary women.
As arranged by their mothers, Henry married Elizabeth of York. The Countess was reluctant to accept a lower status than the dowager queen Elizabeth or even her daughter-in-law, the queen consort. She wore robes of the same quality as the queen consort and walked only half a pace behind her. Elizabeth's biographer, Amy Licence, states that this "would have been the correct courtly protocol", adding that "only one person knew how Elizabeth really felt about Margaret and she did not commit it to paper."
Margaret had written her signature as ''M. Richmond'' for years, since the 1460s. In 1499, she changed her signature to ''Margaret R.'', perhaps to signify her royal authority (''R'' standing either for ''regina'' – queen in Latin as customarily employed by female monarchs – or for Richmond). Furthermore, she included the Tudor crown and the caption ''et mater Henrici septimi regis Angliæ et Hiberniæ'' ("and mother of Henry VII, king of England and Ireland").
Many historians believe the departure from court of dowager queen Elizabeth Woodville in 1487 was partly at the behest of Henry's influential mother, though this is uncertain.
Beaufort exerted considerable political influence within the Tudor court. The power she exercised was evidently obvious; a report from Spanish envoy Pedro de Ayala dating to 1498 claimed Henry was "much influenced by his mother and his followers in affairs or personal interest and in others." In the earlier years of her son's reign, records indicate Margaret usually accompanied the royal couple when they traveled.
While Margaret's position in the royal court was, to some extent, an expression of gratitude by her son, she was likely far less the passive recipient of Henry's favor one might expect. As Gristwood suggests in the following, Beaufort instead actively contrived to further her standing:
"A place had to be created for the sort of 'king's mother' Margaret was determined to be. Perhaps if Margaret had become a queen, a role that she clearly felt Fortune had denied her, she would not have felt the need to press for her rights quite so stridently."
An interpretation of longer standing presents itself in the words of the Tudor King himself, as he confirmed the Acts passed by his inaugural Parliament:
“Le roy le voet.”
“The king wills it.”
Lady Margaret's immediate petitions were not for queenly powers of rule over others, but were two succinct demands for independence and liberty of self, which were products of expert legal advice, as opposed to a desperate desire to rule.
The first Act reversed the legislation that had robbed Margaret of her properties under the reign of Richard III, deeming it “entirely void, annulled and of no force or effect.” The second Act of November 1485 stated that she would enjoy all her properties and titles, and could pursue any legal action as any “single unmarried person might or may do at any time,” despite still being married.
Moreover, as with many decisions made to secure the new dynasty, these Acts of Parliament passed appear to be a collaborative effort, mutually beneficial to both mother and son, as by granting Margaret the status of a femme sole, Henry and his Parliament made it possible to empower the King's Mother without giving further leverage to the Stanleys, since Margaret could use any wealth granted to her for her own purposes, thereby circumventing the prevailing idea of coverture.
In his chronicle, Polydore Vergil assessed the partnership between the Tudor king and his mother, noting that Henry gave her a share of most of his public and private resources, contrary to any assertion that Margaret desired greater power. Or, as King Henry Tudor states in a letter to his mother:
"...not only in this but in all other things that I may know should be to your honour and pleasure, and will of your self, I shall be as glad to please you as your heart can desire.”
Lady Margaret's wardship of brothers Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire is one of many examples of how her unique position allowed her in varying aspects to operate beyond the scope of any queen, a position which, instead hindering or irritating her at all, proved advantageous to the state of the Crown and delineated her as a helpful and happy agent of its course, as she refused monetary recompense for her stewardship in this arena and successfully secured the allegiance of the Duke of Buckingham to King Henry Tudor, a loyalty that would fade away from the Crown once she and her son were gone.
Later in her marriage, the Countess preferred living alone. In 1499, with her husband's permission, she took a vow of chastity in the presence of Richard FitzJames, Bishop of London. Taking a vow of chastity while being married was unusual but not unprecedented. The Countess moved away from her husband and lived alone at Collyweston, Northamptonshire (near Stamford). She was regularly visited by her husband, who had rooms reserved for him. Margaret renewed her vows in 1504. From her principal residence at Collyweston she was given a special commission to administer justice over the Midlands and the North.
Beaufort was also actively involved in the domestic life of the royal family. She created a proper protocol regarding the birth and upbringing of royal heirs. Though their relationship is often portrayed as antagonistic, Beaufort and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth worked together when planning the marriages of the royal children. They wrote jointly of the necessary instruction for Catherine of Aragon, who was to marry Elizabeth’s son, Prince Arthur. Both women also conspired to prevent Princess Margaret from being married to the Scottish king at too young an age; in this matter, Gristwood writes, Beaufort was undoubtedly resolved that her granddaughter "should not share her fate".
After Elizabeth’s death in 1503, Margaret became the principal female presence at court. When the death of Prince Arthur necessitated a new heir apparent, Margaret played a part in ensuring Prince Henry was raised appropriately by selecting some members of his new household.
The Countess was known for her education and her piety. Biographers Jones and Underwood claim the entirety of Beaufort’s life can be understood in the context of her "deeply-felt love and loyalty to her son". Henry is said to have been likewise devoted. A surviving letter written by Henry to his mother reveals his sense of gratitude and appreciation:
"All which thyngs according to your desire and plesure I have with all my herte and goode wille giffen and graunted unto you… I shall be as glad to plese you as youre herte can desire hit, and I knowe welle that I am as much bounden so to doe as any creture lyvyng, for the grete and singular moderly love and affection that hit hath plesed you at all tymes to ber towards me".
Henry VII died on 21 April 1509, having designated his mother chief executrix of his will. For two days after the death of her son, Margaret scrambled to secure the smooth succession of her grandson, Henry VIII. She arranged her son's funeral and her grandson's coronation. At her son's funeral she was given precedence over all the other women of the royal family.
Before her death Beaufort also left her mark on the early reign of Henry VIII; when her eighteen-year-old grandson chose members of his privy council, it was Margaret's suggestions he took.
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