Margaret (Stewart) Drummond (abt. 1497 - aft. 1562)

Born about 1497 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John (Gordon) Gordon Master of Huntly — married before 26 Apr 1510 in Scotland

Wife of John (Drummond) Drummond IInd of Innerpeffray — married 20 Jan 1531 (to after 1540) in Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1562 after about age 65 in Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Stewart) Drummond is Notable.

Margaret Stewart was born circa 1497, ^[1][2] the illegitimate daughter of James IV by his mistress Margaret Drummond. ^[3][4]

Marriage to John Gordon

Aged about 13 years she married John Gordon, Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly, son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeen & Inverness and Jean Stewart, before 26 April 1510. ^[5] Note: Cracrofts gives a marriage date of Nov 1512. James IV granted them on 26 April 1510 the lands of Badenoch with the castle of Ruthven there and also the lands of Fortingall and the fortalice of Garth in Perthshire.^[6] John Gordon died in 1517 after returning from France. John Gordon died at the Abbey of Kinloss.^[7]

They were the parents of three sons:

1. George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly+ b. c 1515, d. 28 Oct 1562
2. Alexander Gordon, Archbishop of Athens, Bishop of the Isles, Bishop of Galloway d. 11 Nov 1575
3. James Gordon, Chancellor of Moray^[8]

Mistress of Alexander Stewart

After Lordon Gordon passed, Margaret Stewart and Alexander Stewart, the son of Alexander, Duke of Albany later Bishop of Moray were engaged after 5 December 1517. They did not marry, but did have a daughter Margaret, who married David, 2nd Lord Drummond. ^[9]

Marriage to John Drummond

Secondly, Margaret married her kinsman John Drummond of Innerpeffray in 1531.^[10] Margaret Stewart and Sir John Drummond, 2nd Laird of Innerpeffray obtained a marriage license on 20 January 1531; Date of Papal Dispensation. They had 5 daughters:^[11][4]

• Agnes, wife of Sir Hugh Campbell, of Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Eglintoun, and of Patrick, Lord Drummond
• Isabel, wife of Sir Matthew Campbell^[12]
• Margaret, wife of Robert, 3rd Lord Elphinstone
• Jean (Jane), wife of Sir James Chisholm
• Elizabeth, wife of Malcolm Drummond.

On 28 Jul 1532 they had a Royal Charter of the lands of Easthill of Dunfally. ^[13] Margaret Stewart died after 1562. ^{[13] [14][15]}

After her marriage to John Drummond, Margaret was still addressed as Lady Gordon. She was still alive in May 1562 when she gave evidence at the Process of Divorce of John Earl of Eglinton and his first wife, Countess Joanna. ^[16]

Research Notes

• The Peerage :Margaret Stewart b. 1497

• Cracrofts Peerage, The Later Scottish Kings (1371 - 1603), James IV (1488-1513)

• Cracroft's Peerage The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage

• "'Gordon02: Families covered: Gordon of Huntly", Stirnet http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon02.php

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 98-99
2. ↑ Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, p. 242-243
3. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 22
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, p. 671
5. ↑ Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum:: The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1882, Vol. 2., Archive.org, p. 283, #1295
6. ↑ Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum:: The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1882, Vol. 2., Archive.org, p. 740. #3452
7. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 532
8. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 533
9. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 624.
10. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1914, Vol. IX, Archive.org, p. 149
11. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 57.
12. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 44
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum: : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1883, Vol. 3., Archive.org, p. 282, #1202
14. ↑ Richardson, Douglas, "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2011, Ed. 2 Vol. I, p. 98-99.
15. ↑ Richardson, Douglas, "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2011, Ed. 2 Vol. III, p. 592.
16. ↑ Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Eglinton p28

See also:

• Wikipedia: Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon

• Wikidata: Item Q16747640, en:Wikipedia

• The Popular Scotish Biography: Being Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Parts 1-8 (Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company, 1841), https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Popular_Scotish_Biography_Being_Live.html?id=lLBVAAAAcAAJ

• ""John Gordon, Lord", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon,_Lord_Gordon

• Medieval Lands: Margaret Stewart