Margaret Douglas's mother had crossed the border from Scotland when her father was facing difficulties in Scotland.
17 Facts About Margaret Douglas
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When Wolsey died in 1530, Lady Margaret Douglas was invited to the royal Palace of Beaulieu, where she resided in the household of Princess Mary.
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Margaret Douglas gave Princess Mary gifts on New Year's Day, in 1543 her gift was a satin gown of carnation silk in Venice fashion.
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Thomas was spared execution, but remained in the Tower even after Margaret Douglas broke off their relationship.
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Margaret Douglas fell ill in the Tower, and the King allowed her to move to Syon Abbey under the supervision of the abbess.
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In 1540, Margaret Douglas was again in disgrace with the King when she had an affair with Lord Thomas Howard's half-nephew Sir Charles Howard.
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Margaret Douglas was the son of Thomas' elder half-brother Lord Edmund Howard, and a brother of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
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In 1543, Margaret Douglas was one of the few witnesses of King Henry's final marriage to Catherine Parr, Dowager Lady Latimer, at Hampton Court.
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Catherine Parr and Margaret Douglas had known each other since they both had come to court in the 1520s.
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Margaret Douglas's father hoped that she and her husband could arrange that they were well treated as prisoners.
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Margaret Douglas succeeded in marrying her elder son, Lord Darnley, to his first cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, thus uniting their claims to the English throne.
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Queen Elizabeth I disapproved of this marriage and had Lady Margaret Douglas sent to the Tower of London in 1566, but after the murder of Margaret Douglas's son Darnley in 1567, she was released.
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Margaret Douglas denounced her daughter-in-law, but was eventually later reconciled with her.
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Margaret Douglas's husband assumed the government of Scotland as regent, but was assassinated in 1571.
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Morton thought that Margaret Douglas was best placed to ask and influence Drury to send the jewels back to him in Scotland.
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Margaret Douglas was again sent to the Tower, unlike the Countess of Shrewsbury, but was pardoned after her son Charles' death in 1576.
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Margaret Douglas was buried in the same grave as her son Charles in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in the Abbey.