Margaret Tudor
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Margaret Tudor | |
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Queen consort Of Scotland Countess of Angus Lady Methven | |
Queen consort of Scots | |
Tenure | 8 August 1503 – 9 September 1513 |
Born | Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, Kingdom of England | 28 November 1489
Died | 18 October 1541 Methven Castle, Perthshire, Kingdom of Scotland | (aged 51)
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Issue | James Stewart, Duke of Rothesay Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay James V of Scotland Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox Dorothea Stewart |
House | Tudor |
Father | Henry VII of England |
Mother | Elizabeth of York |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the wife of James IV of Scotland. She was Queen Consort of Scotland from 1503 until James IV died in 1513. After that, she was regent for their son James V. Margaret and James IV were grandparents of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Margaret was born at Westminster Palace. She was the oldest surviving daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
In 1514, Margaret married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. Margaret and Douglas were grandparents of Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Margaret's great-grandson, King James VI of Scotland, became the king of England and Ireland after Elizabeth I of England died in 1603.
Ancestry
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Margaret Tudor Born: 28 November 1489 Died: 18 October 1541
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Scottish royalty | ||
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Vacant Title last held by Margaret of Denmark
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Queen consort of Scotland 8 August 1503 – 9 September 1513 |
Vacant Title next held by Madeleine of France
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