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Robin Douglas-Home was the eldest son of the Honourable Henry Douglas-Home from his first marriage to Lady Margaret Spencer. His uncle was the former British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his younger brother Charles Douglas-Home was the editor of The Times. He was first cousin of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, father of Diana ...
Chapter 11 : Countess of Lennox. On 26 th June, 1544, Henry and Lennox entered a treaty for the marriage. In return for Lennox abandoning his claims to the Scots throne in favour of Henry, his French estates, and betraying Dumbarton and Bute to the English, he was to receive Lady Margaret Douglas in marriage, and a handsome estate.
Margaret, named after her mother, was the daughter of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and widow of James IV of Scotland killed in the battle of Flodden in 1513. She had remarried the nineteen year old Archibald, Earl of Angus greatly to the fury of her late husband’s cousin, John, Duke of Albany, acting as regent since his death.
Margaret Douglas in una miniatura di Nicholas Hilliard, 1575. Margaret Douglas, contessa di Lennox ( 8 ottobre 1515 – 9 marzo 1578 ), era figlia dell'allora regina madre di Scozia Margherita Tudor e del suo secondo marito Archibald Douglas, VI conte di Angus. Era quindi nipote di Enrico VIII e cugina di Edoardo VI, Maria I ed Elisabetta I .
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. On 8 October 1515, Princess Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland and sister of Henry VIII, gave birth to her daughter, Margaret, by her second husband, Archibald Douglas, 6 th Earl of Angus. She had recently been forced to hand over the Scottish Regency to the Duke of Albany, who had arrived from ...
Chapter 6 : At Anne Boleyn's Court. In 1533, when Princess Mary was demoted in rank, and had her household disbanded, Margaret was summoned to court to serve the new Queen, Anne Boleyn, in the capacity of Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Anne’s recently born daughter, Elizabeth. It is not recorded whether she was required to swear to the Acts ...
