Margaret (Douglas) Stuart (1515 - 1578)

Born 8 Oct 1515 in Harbottle Castle, Harbottle, Northumberland, England

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Died 7 Mar 1578 at age 62 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Margaret (Douglas) Stuart is Notable.

Margaret (Douglas) Stuart is a member of Clan Douglas.

Margaret Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Margaret (Douglas) Stuart was born in England.

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII. She's buried in the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey.^[1][2]

Secret Affair and Prison

Margaret was incarcerated for having an affair with Thomas Howard (son of the 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney). Henry VIII, refused to let them marry, and locked them both up. But due to illness, Margaret got out of prison, and survived her sentence ... while her lover died in the Tower.^[3][4]

They had no children, but conjecture from Moss (1976), alleges they had a son, Robert. Beyond this... there's no proof that actually happened.^[5]

Marriage

In any event... the truth is that she turned around, and married Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Her grandson, James became King of Scotland as James VI.^[1][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Rosalind K. Marshall. 'Douglas, Lady Margaret, countess of Lennox (1515–1578). ODNB, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Published 23 September 2004. oxforddnb.com
2. ↑ Weir, Alison. The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas. United States: Ballantine Books, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694. 'A genealogical history of the kings of England, and monarchs of Great Britain'. Pg. 458. In the Savoy [London] : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1677. archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Strickland, Agnes. 'Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses' ...: Mary of Lorraine (cont'd). Margaret Douglas. United Kingdom: Blackwood, 1854. google.com/books/edition
5. ↑ Barnes, Shirley Moore. The Kindred Venturers: The History and Genealogy of Peter Barnes (1744-1814) and Related Families : Bevington, Buckmaster, Graham, Howard, Inman, Porter, Shipley, Springer, and Warner in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. United States: S.M. Barnes, 1993.

• See also:

• Wikipedia: Margaret Douglas

• Wikidata: Item Q433161

• Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Westminster Abbey, westminster-abbey.org

• Margaret, Countess of Lennox. douglashistory.co.uk

• Lady Margaret Douglas on Find A Grave: Memorial #9562 retrieved 4 sep 2015

• Gordon, Robert. Genealogical History of The Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh, 1813) Page 123

• https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Thomas-Howard-Lord/p79694