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The Lady of Shalott , Tennyson's poem that holds a lot of meaning to me personally...
And sometimes through the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two.
She hath no loyal Knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.
â€Margaret and I were most alike physically, and she was my chief companion in climbing trees and swimming in the moat. She was three years older than I, and utterly fearless—I should say even reckless. She never thought before she hurled herself over a fence, or forced her pony to jump, or tasted a strange wild berry. People have accused me of being fearless, reckless, but I am not and never was. I learned that about myself early from watching Margaret.†—Henry VIII, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, Margaret George.
Margaret Tudor, second child of Henry VII, King of England and his queen, Elizabeth of York, was born at the Palace of Westminster at 9:00 p.m. on November 29, 1489. From the moment of her birth, she was almost immediately promised to the King of Scotland, James IV as a bride. That promise was fulfilled through the Treaty of Perpetual Peace signed in November of 1502. The union of the Thistle and the Rose, as the marriage became known, was solemnized on August 8, 1503 in a lavish wedding ceremony at the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh. Margaret was 13 and the Scottish king was 30.
The English princess, though not an avid student of arts and letters, was accomplished at archery, dance, needlework and apparently courtly intrigue. It was never her plan to stand at the helm of Scotland, but upon the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, she found herself a 24-year-old single mother, pregnant and holding the reigns of rulership over a nation who had just lost the flower of its nobility in a war against her younger brother, Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland. Thrust into a man's world, the young Scottish queen mother embarked on the remainder of her 38-year reign which weathered two more marriages, two more children, one turbulent divorce, an escape to England for a year, international double dealings both for and against her own brother the English king and the deft handling of a near-civil war in Scotland with the aid of the famous Mons Meg cannon now housed in Edinburgh Castle.
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval. --Helen Rowland 1875-1950, American Journalist
The real Queen Margaret died in October 1541, but her memory lives on at Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas every spring on weekends, April to Memorial Day Monday.
The photos in the following slide show were made by Photography on the Run.
You Are a Warrior Soul
You're a strong person and sometimes seen as intimidating.
You don't give up. You're committed and brave.
Truly adventuresome, you are not afraid of going to battle.
Extremely protective of loved ones, you root for the underdog.
You are picky about details and rigorous in your methods.
You also value honesty and fairness a great deal.
You can be outspoken, intimidating, headstrong, and demanding.
You're a hardliner who demands the best from themselves and others.
Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul
What Kind of Soul Are You?
This profile was set up purely for fun, to keep Scarborough Renaissance Faire fans up to date on the doings of the festival from my (Janna the Real Person) perspective and to keep the magic alive even in the off season. If you take this seriously or think I've lost my mind, maybe we need to re-examine your fantasy world versus your real life...LOL!
