Margaret Douglas Lennox
History of Scotland
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| | 1515 | Birth | |
| 8th Oct Harbottle Castle Birth of Margaret Douglas , Countess of Lennox, daughter of Archibald Douglas , 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland |
| 1544 | Marriage | |
| Margaret Douglas marries a Scottish exile, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, who was Regent of Scotland in 1570-1571 |
| 1551 | Birth | |
| Birth of Margaret Douglas , daughter of Sir James Douglas , 7th Baron of Drumlanrig and Margaret Douglas |
| 1561 | Marriage | |
| Marries Edward Crichton, 7th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar |
| 1566 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Arrested after her son's marriage to Mary without Elizabeth I's approval |
| Tower of London Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her son's death in 1576 |
| 1566 | Marriage | |
| Marries off her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, to Mary I of Scotland |
| 1567 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Released after the murder of her son Lord Darnley |
| 1571 | Marriage | |
| Marries William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith |
| 1574 | Marriage | |
| The Countess of Lennox Arouses Elizabeth's anger by the marriage of her son, Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox, with Elizabeth Cavendish, stepdaughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury |
| 1576 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her son's death in 1576 |
| 1578 | Death | |
| 7th Mar Death of Margaret Douglas , Countess of Lennox, although she died in debt, she was given a grand funeral in Westminster Abbey, at the expense of Queen Elizabeth I |
| 1593 | Marriage | |
| Marries Robert Wauchope |
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