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Lady Margaret Stewart

Birth
City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
9 Mar 1578 (aged 80)
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Burial
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Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon (born 1498) was the daughter of James IV of Scotland and his mistress Margaret Drummond, who was the daughter of Lord Drummond.

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.

She married, first, John Gordon, Lord Gordon, the son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. Lord Their children included George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Alexander Gordon (bishop of Galloway). Margaret Stewart buried her first husband, Lord Gordon, at Kinloss Abbey.

After Lord Gordon's death, Lady Margaret married Alexander Stewart, apparently a relation of John Stewart, Duke of Albany,and they had a daughter called Margaret who married Lord David Drummond.

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. John Drummond was buried at the west end of Innerpeffray Chapel.

A charter making Innerpeffray a free barony in 1536 recognises Margaret Stewart as "sororis regis", the sister of the king.
Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon (born 1498) was the daughter of James IV of Scotland and his mistress Margaret Drummond, who was the daughter of Lord Drummond.

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.

She married, first, John Gordon, Lord Gordon, the son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. Lord Their children included George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Alexander Gordon (bishop of Galloway). Margaret Stewart buried her first husband, Lord Gordon, at Kinloss Abbey.

After Lord Gordon's death, Lady Margaret married Alexander Stewart, apparently a relation of John Stewart, Duke of Albany,and they had a daughter called Margaret who married Lord David Drummond.

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. John Drummond was buried at the west end of Innerpeffray Chapel.

A charter making Innerpeffray a free barony in 1536 recognises Margaret Stewart as "sororis regis", the sister of the king.


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