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Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of Henry VII of England.
May 12, 2020 · Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was a prominent and important figure in the Tudor age, and yet today she is largely forgotten. Her story deserves to be better known. Margaret’s mother was Henry VIII’s sister, Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and widow of James IV of Scots.
Margaret Douglas, countess of Lennox (born Oct. 8, 1515, Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, Eng.—died March 7, 1578) was a prominent intriguer in England during the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was buried, at the expense of Elizabeth I, in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey, in the same grave as her son Charles. She was born on 8th October 1515 at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland.
Mar 13, 2017 · Margaret Douglas was the niece of Tudor King Henry VIII and granddaughter of Henry VII. Dates: October 8, 1515 - March 7, 1578. Heritage. Margaret Douglas' mother was Margaret Tudor, daughter of England's King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII’s once beloved niece, is a somewhat shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history who ended up taking stage in the bitter struggle for power during Henry’s reign.
Jan 1, 2021 · Mary McGrigor shares the history of Margaret Douglas, who masterminded the marriage of her son Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, to Mary Queen of Scots. She was born, on 7 October 1515, as her mother fled from enemies, in a castle with a leaking roof.
