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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · Presenting...This is History: A Dynasty to Die For · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

That means she's a member of the Lancastrian clan, headed by the useless, shambling king, Henry VI.

The child's late father, Edmund Tudor, was also part of the royal family.

So the child about to be born will join the small inner circle of the Lancastrian royal house.

Which is good, because right now, that family could use a bit of freshening up.

As the pangs of childbirth grip Margaret's little body, all thoughts of family trees are forgotten.

The women of the chamber gather round to help her through a very long and difficult labour.

When the baby is eventually delivered, it seems like a miracle.

Margaret has suffered so much that she'll never have another child.

But she's alive, and so is her son.

There's some debate about what to call him, but Margaret is in no doubt.

This boy is going to be named Henry.

Henry Tudor.

And though the circumstances of his birth are not very promising, a teenage widow for a mum, a remote Welsh coastal castle for a home, fate has decided that he's destined for a very big future indeed.

Because outside these castle walls, the Plantagenets have entered the first spasms of a war that's going to burn the whole dynasty to the ground.

Out of the ashes will rise a new family, the Tudors.

And in this, the explosive final season of our Plantagenet saga, we're going to follow the astonishing story of their rise to power.

I'm Dan Jones, and from Sony Music Entertainment, this is history.

Season 10 of A Dynasty to Die For.

Episode 1, A New Hope.

A New Hope.

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