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Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon (born 1498) was the daughter of

James IV of Scotland James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...

and his mistress Margaret Drummond. Margaret Stewart was born in 1498. Her mother, Margaret Drummond was the daughter of Lord Drummond. The Spanish ambassador

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reported that the king kept Margaret Drummond in great state in a castle, and afterwards had her married. There is no record of her marriage, but she was given the rents of land in

Strathearn Strathearn or Strath Earn (, from gd, Srath Èireann) is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland, extending from Loch Earn in the West to the River Tay in the east.http://www.strathearn.com/st_where.htm Derivation of name Strathearn was one ...

. Margaret Drummond died in 1502 and was buried at

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. According to a later historian of the Drummond family, William Drummond,

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, Margaret Drummond and her sisters were poisoned for political reasons by those who feared she might prevent James IV making an advantageous marriage with a foreign princess like

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or the Spanish infanta,

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. No contemporary evidence for this story has been found. As a child, and known as "Lady Margaret" she lived at

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in the care of Sir Patrick Crichton and his wife, Katrine Turing, where her attendants and companions included Marjory Lindsay and the African servants who were called the "More lasses", Margaret and

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. In February 1505 Lady Margaret started dancing lessons with a drummer called Guilliam. There are records of her clothing, including, in June 1506; a gown of brown or russet cloth bordered with velvet, with velvet sleeves lined with taffeta, a satin kirtle or skirt, a hat and a

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, a veil of " crisp", and ribbons for her hair. She married, firstly,

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, the son of

Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly (died 1524) was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of Parliament, a member of the Privy Council, a regent and Lieutenant of the kingdom. Biography He was the son of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly and h ...

. Lord Gordon's aunt Catherine Gordon's first husband was

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. She rode from the lowland royal court north over the

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towards

Huntly Castle Huntly Castle is a ruined castle north of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the rivers Deveron and Bogie meet. It was the ancestral home of the chief of Clan Gordon, Earl of Huntly. There have been four castles built on the site that hav ...

with her servants John Sinclair and Margaret Prestoun on 19 November 1512. It has been suggested that Margaret Prestoun was the sister of Ellen More. Their children included

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (151428 October 1562) was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the son of John Gordon, Lord Gordon, and Margaret Stewart, daughter of James IV and Margaret Drummond. George Gordon inherited his earldom and esta ...

and

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. After Lord Gordon's death, Lady Margaret married Alexander Stewart, apparently a relation of

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, and they had a daughter called Margaret who married Lord David Drummond. She married, thirdly, in 1531, Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, and they had five daughters. After their marriage,

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made John Drummond Forester of the Royal Forest of Glenartney in Strathearn. A charter making

Innerpeffray Innerpeffray is a hamlet in Perthshire, Scotland, southeast of Crieff. It is located on a raised promontory among beech woodland above the River Earn. A fording point across the river can still be used, on what is the line of a Roman Road. The ...

a free barony in 1536 recognises Margaret Stewart as "sororis regis", the sister of the king.Joseph Anderson, ''Oliphants in Scotland, with a selection of original documents from the charter chest at Gask'' (Glasgow, 1879), pp. 44, 46
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