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- Life Summary of Margaret [added by DianaMixell1 (2022]
When Margaret Stewart was born on 15 July 1497, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, her father, James IV King of Scotland, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Drummond, was 35. She married Lord John Gordon Master of Huntly on 26 April 1510, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons.
She died in 1537, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, at the age of 40, and was buried in Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Daughter of James IV Stewart, King of Scotland and Margaret Drummond
"Margaret Stewart (daugher of Margaret Drummond, daughter of John, first Lord Drummond, whom it was feared, the king would marry, and who, it was alleged, died of poison.) She was born 1497, and was married, first to John, Lord Gordon, and secondly, to Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray." - -
https://archive.org/details/DouglasRScotsPeerageVol11904/page/n43/mode/2up
"Lady Margaret Stuart, the King's daughter, after the death of her first husband, was married the second time to Alexander Duke of Albany, elder brother to John Duke of Albanie, regent and governor to King James the Fifth, and had to him a daughter of her own name, married to David Lord Drummond; and after that, the King's daughter was married a third time, to her cousin. Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray: the children begotten of both these matches, we fhal have occasion to mention hereafter."
https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmostd00drum/page/140/mode/2up
[Additional Wikipedia info added by Grant Montgomery]
Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon (born 1498) was the daughter of James IV of Scotland and his mistress Margaret Drummond.
Margaret Stewart was born about 1498. Her mother, Margaret Drummond was the daughter of Lord Drummond. The Spanish ambassador Pedro de Ayala reported that the king kept Margaret Drummond in great state in a castle, and afterwards had her married. There is no record of her marriage, but she was given the rents of land in Strathearn.
According to a later historian of the Drummond family, William Drummond, Viscount Strathallan, Margaret Drummond and her sisters were poisoned for political reasons by those who feared she might prevent James IV making an advantageous marriage with a foreign princess like Margaret Tudor or the Spanish infanta, Catherine of Aragon.(No contemporary evidence for this story has been found.)
As a child, and known as "Lady Margaret" she lived at Edinburgh Castle in the care of Sir Patrick Crichton and his wife, Katrine Turing, where her attendants and companions included Marjory Lindsay and the African servants who were called the "More lasses", Margaret and Ellen More.
In February 1505 Lady Margaret started dancing lessons with a drummer called Guilliam. There are records of her clothing, including, in June 1506; a gown of brown or russet cloth bordered with velvet, with velvet sleeves lined with taffeta, a satin kirtle or skirt, a hat and a tippet, a veil of "crisp", and ribbons for her hair.
She married, firstly, John Gordon, Lord Gordon, the son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. Their children included George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Alexander Gordon (bishop of Galloway).
After Lord Gordon's death, Lady Margaret was engaged to Alexander Stewart, Bishop of Moray and son of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany by his first wife Catharine Sinclair. The marriage never happened and the illegitimate daughter by this relationship (according to Clan Drummond) was Margaret who was the first wife of David II Lord Drummond with issue one daughter.
She married, thirdly, in 1531, Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, and they had five daughters. After their marriage, James V of Scotland made John Drummond Forester of the Royal Forest of Glenartney in Strathearn. A charter making Innerpeffray a free barony in 1536 recognises Margaret Stewart as "sororis regis", the sister of the king.
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1497 - 1562 (65 years)
