Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar (died 1417) was
Countess of Angus and
Lady of Abernethy in her own right. Her father was
Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus
Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus (b.b.1331-1361) was a medieval Scottish nobleman.
He was the son of John Stewart of Bonkyll and Margaret de Abernethy. Stewart was an infant when his father died and inherited his estates and titles in Berwicks ...
.
She was married to
Thomas, Earl of Mar
Thomas, Earl of Mar, (c. 1330-1377) was a 14th-century Earl of Mar, an earldom located in the County of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is sometimes styled Mormaer of Mar since ''mormaer'' was the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of the English word earl. Becaus ...
with whom she had no children. After her husband's death in 1374, she began an extramarital affair with
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership, the Black Douglases continued their climb to pre-eminence in Scottish politics ...
, who was married to the Earl of Mar's sister. With the Earl of Douglas, she had two children,
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1380–1403) was a Scottish nobleman and peer.
Life
He was born at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. He was the natural-illegitimate son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret St ...
(c. 1380–1403) and Lady Margaret Douglas who in 1404 received the lands of Bonjedward from her half-sister, Lady Isabel Douglas. The countess secured a charter of her estates for her son, to whom, in 1389 the title was granted by King Robert II.
[Act of Parliament, Edinburgh 10 April 1389]
See also
*
Earl of Angus
The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the Duke's eldest son.
Histor ...
References
Notes
Sources
*
Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''Scots Peerage'' IX vols, Edinburgh 1904
*
William Fraser (historian), Fraser, Sir William, ''The Douglas Book IV vols''. Edinburgh 1885
*The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 170
K.M. Brown et al. eds (St Andrews, 2007–2011).
External links
thepeerage.com page
House of Stuart, Margaret
Margaret Stewart
Year of birth unknown
1417 deaths
14th-century Scottish earls
15th-century Scottish people
15th-century Scottish women
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