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Edmund Tudor
(1430-1456)
Margaret Beaufort
(1443-1509)
Edward IV Plantagenet
(1442-1483)
Elizabeth Woodville
(Abt 1437-1492)
Henry VII Tudor
(1457-1509)
Elizabeth of York Plantagenet
(1466-1503)
Lady Margaret Tudor of England
(1489-1541)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. James IV Stewart of Scotland

2. Archibald Douglas

Lady Margaret Tudor of England 1 2

  • Born: 28 Nov 1489, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England
  • Marriage (1): James IV Stewart of Scotland on 8 Aug 1503 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Marriage (2): Archibald Douglas on 4 Aug 1514
  • Died: 18 Oct 1541, Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland aged 51

  General Notes:

Eldest daughter of the English king Henry VII.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was employed. Princess of England. Queen of Scotland.

• Acceded: Queen of Scotland, 8 Aug 1503, Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Interred: Carthusian Abbey of St John, Perth.


Margaret married James IV Stewart of Scotland, son of James III Stewart of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg, on 8 Aug 1503 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland. (James IV Stewart of Scotland was born on 17 Mar 1473 and died on 9 Sep 1513 near Branxton, Northumberland, England.)


Margaret next married Archibald Douglas on 4 Aug 1514. The marriage ended in divorce on 11 Mar 1527-1528. (Archibald Douglas was born circa 1490, died in Jan 1556-1557 in Tantallon Castle, Scotland and was buried in Abernethy, Perth & Kinross, Scotland.) The cause of his death was erysipelas.


Sources


1 The Official Web Site http://www.royal.gov.uk/.

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

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