Birth of Margaret Douglas
Birth of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland
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Margaret Douglas Biography and Timeline
Follow Margaret Douglas through 12 dated historical records for Scotland.
Margaret Douglas, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
12Distinct records
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1515–1593Years on this page
1515
1544
Marriage
Margaret Douglas marries a Scottish exile, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, who was Regent of Scotland in 1570-1571
1551
Birth of Margaret Douglas
Birth of Margaret Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas, 7th Baron of Drumlanrig and Margaret Douglas
1561
Marriage
Marries Edward Crichton Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
Role range: 1561-1561
1566
Arrest of Margaret Douglas
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
Marriage
Marries off her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, to Mary I of Scotland
1567
Arrest of Margaret Douglas
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 of Margaret Douglas
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 Douglas
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
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.