41 Facts About Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV.

Margaret Tudor then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to extend her regency.

Margaret Tudor married James IV at the age of 13, in accordance with the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland.

In seeking allies, Margaret Tudor turned to the Douglases, and in 1514 she married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, with whom she had one daughter, Margaret Tudor Douglas.

Margaret Tudor's siblings included Arthur, Prince of Wales, the future King Henry VIII, and Mary, who would briefly become Queen of France.

Margaret Tudor was baptised in St Margaret Tudor's, Westminster on St Andrew's Day.

Margaret Tudor was named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, her paternal grandmother.

Margaret Tudor's nurse was Alice Davy, who later joined the household of Catherine of Aragon.

Pedro de Ayala heard that both Elizabeth of York and Margaret Tudor Beaufort opposed the marriage, contending that Margaret Tudor was too young to become a mother.

Margaret Tudor, who was still a child, remained in England, but was now known as the "Queen of Scots".

Margaret Tudor was accompanied by Robert Blackadder, archbishop of Glasgow, and Andrew Forman, postulate of Moray.

Later in 1503, months after the death of her mother, Margaret Tudor left England for Scotland; her progress was a grand journey northward.

The rites were performed by the archbishop of Glasgow and Thomas Savage, archbishop of York, and Margaret Tudor was anointed during the ceremony.

In 1514, Margaret Tudor married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and had one child:.

Margaret Tudor gave a French knight Antoine d'Arces a gold salt cellar with an image of the Virgin Mary.

Margaret Tudor suffered from nosebleeds, and an apothecary William Foular provided a bloodstone or heliotrope as a remedy.

Margaret Tudor had opposed the war, but was still named in the royal will as regent for the infant king, James V, for as long as she remained a widow.

Margaret Tudor is considered to have acted calmly and with some degree of political skill.

In seeking allies Margaret Tudor turned more and more to the powerful House of Douglas.

Margaret Tudor found herself particularly attracted to the Earl of Angus, whom even his uncle, the cleric and poet Gavin Douglas, called a "young witless fool".

Pregnant with Angus' child, Margaret Tudor feared for her life under the rule of the Privy Council of Scotland.

Margaret Tudor obtained permission to go to Linlithgow Palace for her lying-in.

Margaret Tudor escaped to Tantallon Castle and then, via Blackadder Castle and Coldstream Priory, crossed the border to England.

Margaret Tudor left valuable costume and jewels behind at Tantallon, including several velvet hoods embroidered with pearls with jewel-set front borders called "chaffrons", and a silk hat with a diamond jewel that had been a present from Louis XII of France.

Margaret Tudor's jewels were later collected by Thomas Dacre's agent, John Whelpdale, the Master of College of Greystoke.

Margaret Tudor was well received by Henry and, to confirm her status, was lodged in Scotland Yard, the ancient London residence of the Scottish kings, and at Baynard's Castle.

Margaret Tudor discovered that while she was in England her husband had been living with Lady Jane Stewart, a former lover.

The dispute between husband and wife was set to dominate Scottish politics for the next three years, complicated even more by a bitter feud between Angus and James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran; with bewildering rapidity Margaret Tudor sided with one and then the other.

Albany was useful to Margaret Tudor: he was known to have influence in Rome, which would help ease her application for a divorce.

In most essentials, Margaret Tudor remained an Englishwoman in attitude and outlook, and sought a better understanding between the land of her birth and her adopted home.

When Beaton objected to the new arrangements, Margaret Tudor had him arrested and thrown into jail.

Margaret Tudor's situation was not eased when her brother, Henry VIII, allowed Angus to return to Scotland.

Margaret Tudor formed a new attachment, this time to Henry Stewart, a younger brother of Lord Avondale.

Margaret Tudor attempted to resist but was forced to bend to the new political realities.

Margaret Tudor was prepared to use all arguments, including the widespread myth that James IV had not been killed at Flodden.

Margaret Tudor was an early beneficiary of the royal coup, as she and her husband emerged as the leading advisors to the king.

Margaret Tudor was looking for a grand occasion on the lines of the Field of Cloth of Gold, and spent a huge sum in preparation.

Margaret Tudor was eager for divorce but proceedings were frustrated by James, whom she believed her husband had bribed.

Margaret Tudor sent for King James, who was at Falkland Palace, but he did not come in time.

Margaret Tudor hoped the King would give her possessions to her daughter, Lady Margaret Douglas.

Margaret Tudor was buried at the Charterhouse in Perth.