Biography of Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Sinclair Lady Seton 1450
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.
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 12 Jan 1573 William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 63) died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. He was buried at Reigate, Surrey [Map]. His son [her future husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 23) by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.
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.
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].
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
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 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