Margaret Douglas

Margaret Douglas was born on 8 October 1515 in Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, England.¹ She was the daughter of Archibald Douglas and Margaret Tudor.¹ Margaret Douglas married Matthew Stuart, son of John III Stuart and Elizabeth Stuart, on 29 June 1544 at St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, England.¹ Margaret Douglas died on 9 March 1578 in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, at age 62.¹ She was buried on 3 April 1578 at Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England.¹
Margaret's mother Margaret Tudor died on 24 November 1542 at Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.¹ Margaret Douglas became the mother of Henry Stewart on 7 December 1545.¹ Margaret Douglas became the mother of Charles Stuart in 1555.¹ Margaret's son Henry Stewart was married to Mary Stuart Queen of Scotts on 29 July 1565 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.^1,2 Margaret Douglas became a widow with the death of her husband, Matthew Stuart on 4 September 1571 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, at age 54.¹ Margaret's son Charles Stuart was married to Elizabeth Cavendish in November 1574 in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England.¹ Margaret's son Charles Stuart died in 1576 in London, Middlesex, England.¹