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Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V 1515–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 October 1515

Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England

Death Date: 7 March 1578

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Angus)

Mother: Margaret Avanda

Spouse(s): JAMES (Regent)

Children(s): Lady Huntly

The story of Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V began in 1515 in Harbottle, Northumberland, England. Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V married James Hamilton 2Nd Earl Of Arran And Duke Of Chatelberault Regent, and had children including Lady Anne Hamilton Of Chatellerault Countess Of Huntly. Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V passed away in 1578 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V began in 1515 in Harbottle, Northumberland, England.
  • Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V married James Hamilton 2Nd Earl Of Arran And Duke Of Chatelberault Regent, and had children including Lady Anne Hamilton Of Chatellerault Countess Of Huntly.
  • Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V passed away in 1578 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady V's Ancestors

Self
Lady V
1515–1578
Birth Place: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
Parents
Sir Archibald Douglas (6th Earl of Angus)
1489–1557
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Tudor Queen consort of Scots Lady of Atholl, Baroness of) Avanda
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Henry (VII Tudor King of) England
1457–1509
Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth (of York Plantagenet m. Henry VII Tudor King of) England
1465–1503
Westminster, London, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Richmond
1430–1456
Margaret Derby
1443–1509
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Somerset
1560–1587
Margaret Beauchamp

Lady V's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James) V (18 October 1515–7 March 1578) m. JAMES (Hamilton 2nd Earl of Arran and Duke of Chatelberault) (Regent) (1 Jan 1515–22 January 1575)
  1. 1. Lady (Anne Hamilton of Chatellerault, Countess of) Huntly 1535–1574 m. Lord (George Gordon 5th Earl of) Huntly 1535–1576
    1. 1. Lady (Jean Gordon of) Huntly 1560–1615 m. George (Fifth Earl of Caithness The Wicked") Sinclair 1566–1643
      1. 1. William Sinclair 1580–1633 m. Bessie Clerksoune 1574–1621
        1. 1. Agnes (Sinclair \ Sinckler) \Sinclar 1600–1625 m. William (H. (Colqhoun)) Cowan 1594–1675

Lady V's Timeline

2 Records

1515
18 October 1515
Birth of Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V in Harbottle, Northumberland, England
Harbottle, Northumberland, England
1578
7 March 1578
Age 63
Death of Lady Margaret Margaretha Erskine Douglas, Royal Mistress to James V in Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 October 1515
    Event Place: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 11; Page: 920
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 March 1578
    Event Place: Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 11; Page: 920
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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