Birth of Margaret Douglas8 October 1515
Birth of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland
Historical person
Margaret Douglas Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Margaret Douglas, based on 12 World History Database records associated with Scotland.
12 records1515–15934 events3 places
Chronological biography
1515
1544
Marriage1544
Margaret Douglas marries a Scottish exile, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, who was Regent of Scotland in 1570-1571
1551
Birth of Margaret Douglas1551
Birth of Margaret Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas, 7th Baron of Drumlanrig and Margaret Douglas
1561
Marriage1561
Marries Edward Crichton Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
1566
Arrest of Margaret Douglas1566
Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her sons death in 1576. Arrested after her sons marriage to Mary without Elizabeth Is approval
Marriage1566
Marries off her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, to Mary I of Scotland
1567
Arrest of Margaret Douglas1567
Released after the murder of her son Lord Darnley
1571
Marriage1571
Marries William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
1574
Marriage1574
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 of Margaret Douglas1576
Arrested for a 2nd time for the marriage of one of her sons, this time Charles Stuart, but pardoned after her sons death in 1576
1578
Death of Margaret Douglas7 March 1578
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
Marriage1593
Marries Robert Wauchope
Titles and roles
Countess · Noblewoman
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.