Biography of Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Sinclair Lady Seton 1450

1570 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Assassinated by Firearm

1604 Masque of the Twelve Goddesses

Around 1562 John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield (age 24) and [her future sister-in-law] Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.

In Jul 1563 [her future husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 27) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 13) were married. They were half first cousin twice removed.

James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Assassinated by Firearm

On 23 Jan 1570 [her grandfather] James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 39) was assassinated at Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots (age 27). His daughter [her mother] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 4) succeeded 2nd Countess Moray. As he was passing in a cavalcade in the main street below, Hamilton fatally wounded him with a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton's (age 57) house. He was the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.

On 23 Jan 1581 [her father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 16) and [her mother] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 15) were married. She by marriage Lord Doune. He by marriage 2nd Earl Moray. She the daughter of James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll (age 50). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 20 Jul 1590 [her grandfather] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 61) was assassinated (the first in Scotland by a fiream). His son [her father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 25) succeeded 2nd Lord Doune.

In 1591 Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 26) and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18 Nov 1591 [her mother] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 26) died.

On 07 Feb 1592 [her father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 27) was murdered. His son [her brother] James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Moray.

Moray, in expectation of a summons to the court, had arrived at Donibristle, a house on the Fife coast owned by his mother [her grandmother] Margaret Campbell (deceased). The house was suddenly beset by the followers of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 30), who called on him to surrender. He declined to do so, and the house was set on fire. Moray escaped but was subsequently killed.

The next day, the corpses of the earl and of Dunbar, Sheriff of Moray, who had also been killed in the attack, were brought to Leith by the earl's mother Margaret Campbell (deceased). She intended to confront King James VI (age 25) and demand that Huntly (age 30) be brought to justice. The body displayed in the St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh; a 'vendetta portrait' showing his wounds was commissioned.

The body remained on display for five years. He was eventually buried on the orders of King James (age 25)

James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray: Before 1591 he was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 02 Oct 1607 James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray and Anne Gordon Countess Moray were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly. He the son of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 06 Aug 1638 James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray died. His son James Stewart 4th Earl Moray succeeded 4th Earl Moray.

Margaret Campbell: In 1544 she was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. On 10 Jan 1563 James Stewart 1st Lord Doune and she were married. There was a masque involving courtiers and musicians dressed in white taffeta as shepherds. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed. In Feb 1592 Margaret Campbell died.

On 22 Oct 1597 [her future husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.

On 29 Nov 1597 Edward Stafford (age 45) and [her future sister-in-law] Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 55) were married. They were fourth cousins.

In Sep 1603 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. The difference in their ages was 55 years. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Masque of the Twelve Goddesses

On 08 Jan 1604 the Masque of the Twelve Goddesses was performed in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. The performers included:

Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 29) played Pallas.

Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 40) played Juno.

Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 25) played Diana.

Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford (age 24) played Vesta.

Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 28) played Proserpine.

Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 13) played Concordia.

Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire (age 41) played Venus.

Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 26) played Macaria.

Audrey Shelton Lady Walsingham (age 35) played Astraea.

Susan Vere Countess Montgomery (age 16) played Flora.

Dorothy Hastings (age 25) played Ceres.

Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 21) played Tethys.

On 04 Jul 1604 Francis Howard (age 18) and [her future sister-in-law] Jane Monson (age 16) were married.

In 1608 [her sister-in-law] Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 66) died.

On 25 Dec 1610 [her son] Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 74) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 19).

In 1612 [her daughter] Anne Howard was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 76) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 21).

On 28 Nov 1615 [her step-son] William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (age 37) died.

On 22 Apr 1620 [her step-son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham (age 40) and Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. She the daughter of William Cockayne (age 59) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 55). He the son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 84) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.

On 14 Dec 1624 [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 88) died. His son [her step-son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.

Before 30 Jun 1627 [her son] Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Arabella Smith Countess Nottingham were married. He the son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 36). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 29 Dec 1627 [her son-in-law] Alexander Stewart (age 18) and [her daughter] Anne Howard (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 36). He the son of Alexander Stewart 1st Earl Galloway (age 47). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 23 Aug 1628 [her future husband] William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 29) was created 1st Viscount Monson of Castlemaine in Kerry, 1st Baron Bellingnard of Limerick. Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 37) by marriage Viscountess Monson of Castlemaine in Kerry.

Before 04 Aug 1639 William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 40) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 48) were married. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 04 Aug 1639 Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 48) died at her house in Covent Garden [Map].

Around 1672 [her former husband] William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 73) died at Fleet Prison [Map].

Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509

Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland 1489-1541

Royal Ancestors of Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Arnot

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Stewart of Beath 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Kennedy 1st Lord Kennedy 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Kennedy 2nd Lord Kennedy 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Maxwell Lady Kennedy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Kennedy Lady Avondale 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Erroll 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: James Stewart 1st Lord Doune 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lindsay of the Byres

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lindsay 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lindsay 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Lord Lorn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Stewart 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Lindsay 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Baillie of Lamington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marion Baillie

Father: James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jean Stewart Countess Huntley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandMother: Margaret Campbell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Malise Graham 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Menteith 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Graham 2nd Earl Menteith 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Graham Countess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandFather: James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Erksine 3rd Lord Erskine 15th Earl Mar 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl Mar 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Erskine 17th Earl Mar 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Erskine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Campbell Countess Mar 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Keith 1st Earl Marischal

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Keith 2nd Earl Marischal

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Keith Master of Marischal

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Keith 4th Earl Marischal 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Douglas 1st Earl Morton 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stewart Countess Morton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Douglas 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Crichton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Crichton Countess Morton

GrandMother: Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Keith of Inverugie

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Keith Countess Marischal 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Gray 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Gray 2nd Lord Gray 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Janet Gray Lady Wemyss 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Keith

Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Keith 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Seton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England