Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578) was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, queen dowager of Scotland. Margaret was born at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland. Because of her nearness to the English crown, Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English court in close association with her cousin, the future Queen Mary I of England, who remained her fast friend throughout life.

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  • Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578) was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, queen dowager of Scotland. Margaret was born at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland. Because of her nearness to the English crown, Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English court in close association with her cousin, the future Queen Mary I of England, who remained her fast friend throughout life. She was high in the favour of her uncle, King Henry VIII of England, but was twice disgraced; first for an attachment to Lord Thomas Howard, who was imprisoned because of his misalliance with Margaret, and died in the Tower of London in 1537, and again in 1541 for a similar affair with Thomas Howard's half-nephew Charles Howard, the half-brother of Queen Catherine Howard. In 1544 she married a Scottish exile, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516-1571), who was regent of Scotland in 1570-1571. During Mary's reign, the Countess of Lennox had rooms in Westminster Palace; but on the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, she moved to Yorkshire, where her home at Temple Newsam became a centre for Roman Catholic intrigue. She succeeded in marrying off her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, to his cousin Mary I, Queen of Scots, thus uniting their claims to the English throne. In 1566 she was sent to the Tower of London, but after the murder of Darnley in 1567 she was released. She denounced Mary I, Queen of Scots, but was eventually reconciled with her daughter-in-law. In 1574 she again aroused Elizabeth I's anger by the marriage of her other son, Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox, with Elizabeth Cavendish, stepdaughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury. She was sent to the Tower, unlike Lady Shrewsbury, but was pardoned after her son's death in 1576. Margaret's diplomacy largely contributed to the future succession of her grandson, James VI of Scotland, to the English throne. After the death of her son, Charles, she helped care for his daughter, Arbella Stuart. However, she did not outlive him by very long. A few days before her death, she had dined with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and this led to rumours that she had been poisoned. There is no historical evidence for this. Although she died in debt, she was given a grand funeral in Westminster Abbey, at the expense of Queen Elizabeth I. She was buried in the same grave as her son Charles in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in the Abbey. Her grandson James VI of Scotland (who later became James I of England) is said to have erected the fine monument. Her recumbent effigy, made of alabaster, wears a French cap and ruff with a red fur-lined cloak, over a dress of blue and gold. On either side of the tomb chest are weepers of her four sons and four daughters. The Lennox Jewel, made for Lady Lennox as a memento of her husband, was bought by Queen Victoria in 1842.
  • Margaret Douglas war Countess of Lennox, Nichte König Heinrichs VIII. von England und Großmutter König Jakobs I. von England.
  • Margaret Douglas, comtesse de Lennox était la fille d'Archibald Douglas 6e comte d'Angus, et de Margaret Tudor. Margaret épouse en 1544 Matthew Stewart 4e comte de Lennox. De cette union naissent deux enfants : Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 1er duc d'Albany (1545-1567), second époux de la reine Marie Ire d'Ecosse (Marie Stuart) et père du roi Jacques VI d'Ecosse (futur Jacques Ier) Charles Stewart, 1er comte de Lennox Margaret Douglas meurt le 7 mars 1578 et est enterrée à l'abbaye de Westminster par Elisabeth Ire
  • Margarida Douglas, Condessa de Lennox foi a sétima filha de Margarida Tudor e de Archibald Douglas. Foi a mãe de Lord Darnley, segundo marido de Maria I da Escócia.
  • Файл:Margaret Douglas. jpg Маргарита Дуглас Маргарита Дуглас — дочь Маргариты Тюдор, сестры английского короля Генриха VIII, и ее второго мужа Арчибальда Дугласа, графа Ангуса. Будучи близкой родственницой английских королей, Маргарита воспитывалсь при дворе короля Генриха VIII вместе с его старшей дочерью Марией, будущей королевой Англии Марией I Кровавой, с которой Маргарита стала очень дружна. В 1544 г. Маргарита вышла замуж за шотландского эмигранта Мэтью Стюарта, графа Леннокса, который вел свое происхождение от королей Шотландии из династии Стюартов. После восшествия на престол Англии Елизаветы I Маргарита Дуглас, сохранившая верность католической религии, была удалена от королевского двора и поселилась в Йоркшире, где стала участницей интриг английских католиков против королевы. В 1565 г. сын Маргариты и Леннокса, Генрих Стюарт, лорд Дарнли, женился на королеве Шотландии Марии Стюарт. Разгневанная Елизавета I заточила Маргариту Дуглас в Тауэр и освободила лишь после убийства лорда Дарнли в 1567 г. Когда второй сын Маргариты, Чарльз Стюарт, сочетался браком с Элизабет Кавендиш, она вновь оказалась в тюрьме: королева Елизавета I не могла допустить, чтобы потомки Тюдоров без ее согласия заключали браки, боясь появления сильного претендента на престол. Маргарита Дуглас скончалась в 1578 г. и была похоронена в Вестминстерском аббатстве вместе с королями Англии. Внук Маргариты Яков Стюарт стал королем Шотландии и Англии.
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  • Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578) was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, queen dowager of Scotland. Margaret was born at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland. Because of her nearness to the English crown, Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English court in close association with her cousin, the future Queen Mary I of England, who remained her fast friend throughout life.
  • Margaret Douglas war Countess of Lennox, Nichte König Heinrichs VIII. von England und Großmutter König Jakobs I. von England.
  • Margaret Douglas, comtesse de Lennox était la fille d'Archibald Douglas 6e comte d'Angus, et de Margaret Tudor. Margaret épouse en 1544 Matthew Stewart 4e comte de Lennox.
  • Margarida Douglas, Condessa de Lennox foi a sétima filha de Margarida Tudor e de Archibald Douglas. Foi a mãe de Lord Darnley, segundo marido de Maria I da Escócia.
  • Файл:Margaret Douglas. jpg Маргарита Дуглас Маргарита Дуглас — дочь Маргариты Тюдор, сестры английского короля Генриха VIII, и ее второго мужа Арчибальда Дугласа, графа Ангуса.
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  • Margaret Douglas
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  • Дуглас, Маргарита
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