Dr. Kimberly Schutte

A Biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578): Niece of Henry VIII and Mother-in-Law of Mary, Queen of Scots

 

 

Margaret Douglas was the daughter of Henry VIII's sister Margaret, former Queen of Scotland, and her second husband Archibald Douglas, the Earl of Angus. Though born into the highest eschelons of the Scottish aristocracy, Margaret spent the bulk of her life in England at the court of her uncle and her cousins. There she proved herself to be a thorn in their sides: continually scheming for the advancement of herself and her family. Imprisoned multiple times for clandestine marriages -- both her own and those of her sons -- she dared to stand up against the will of the Tudors.