Individual Details
Margaret "Lady Gordon" Stewart
(Abt 1497 - Aft 1562)
[[Category:Clan Gordon]]
[[Category:Clan Stewart]]
==Biography==Margaret Stewart was born circa 1497, Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 98-99 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 242-243 the illegitimate daughter of [[Stewart-588|James IV]] by his mistress [[Drummond-48|Margaret Drummond]].
=== Marriage to John Gordon === Aged about 13 years she married [[Gordon-615|John Gordon]], Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly, son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeen & Inverness and Jean Stewart, before 26 April 1510. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/latescots.htm?zoom_highlight=James+IV+Stewart Cracrofts Peerage, The Later Scottish Kings (1371 - 1603), James IV (1488-1513)][https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi03scot#page/282/mode/2up RMS Vol. 3. 1295] Note: Cracrofts gives a marriage date of Nov 1512. James IV granted them on 26 April 1510 the lands of Badenoch with the castle of Ruthven there and also the lands of Fortingall and the fortalice of Garth in Perthshire.[https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi02scot#page/740/mode/2up RMS Vol.2. 3452] John Gordon died in 1517 after returning from France. John Gordon died at the Abbey of Kinloss.[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft The Scots Peerage Vol.4 p532]
They were the parents of three sons: * [[Gordon-614|George Gordon]], 4th Earl of Huntly+ b. c 1515, d. 28 Oct 1562* [[Gordon-2594|Alexander Gordon]], Archbishop of Athens, Bishop of the Isles, Bishop of Galloway d. 11 Nov 1575* [[Gordon-3231|James Gordon]], Chancellor of MorayThe Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 533
=== Mistress of Alexander Stewart===After Lordon Gordon passed, Margaret Stewart and [[Stewart-17862|Alexander Stewart]], the son of Alexander, Duke of Albany later Bishop of Moray were engaged after 5 December 1517. They did not marry, but did have a daughter [[Stewart-17849|Margaret]], who married David, 2nd Lord Drummond.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10832.htm The Peerage :Margaret Stewart b. 1497] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 624.
=== Marriage to John Drummond === Secondly, Margaret married her kinsman John Drummond of Innerpeffray in 1531.[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun09pauluoft#page/148/mode/2up The Scots Peerage Vol.9 p149]Margaret Stewart and [[Drummond-282|Sir John Drummond]], 2nd Laird of Innerpeffray obtained a marriage license on 20 January 1531; Date of Papal Dispensation. They had 5 daughters:The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 57. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 671. * [[Drummond-1673|Agnes]], wife of Sir Hugh Campbell, of Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Eglintoun, and of Patrick, Lord Drummond* [[Drummond-812|Isabel]], wife of Sir Matthew Campbell The Scots Peerage, Vol. VII, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 44.
* [[Drummond-303|Margaret]], wife of Robert, 3rd Lord Elphinstone
* [[Drummond-1493|Jean (Jane)]], wife of Sir James Chisholm
* Elizabeth, wife of Malcolm Drummond.
On 28 Jul 1532 they had a Royal Charter of the lands of Easthill of Dunfally. [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi03scot#page/282/mode/2up RMS Vol.3 1202] Margaret Stewart died after 1562. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 98-99. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 592.
After her marriage to John Drummond, Margaret was still addressed as Lady Gordon. She was still alive in May 1562 when she gave evidence at the Process of Divorce of John Earl of Eglinton and his first wife, Countess Joanna. [https://archive.org/stream/reportsonmanuscr00grea#page/28/mode/2up Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Eglinton p28]
==Sources==
See also:* ''The Popular Scotish Biography: Being Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Parts 1-8'' (Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company, 1841), https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Popular_Scotish_Biography_Being_Live.html?id=lLBVAAAAcAAJ* Cracroft's Peerage The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage* ""John Gordon, Lord", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon,_Lord_Gordon * "'Gordon02: Families covered: Gordon of Huntly", ''Stirnet'' http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon02.php
* [https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#_Toc389122950 Medieval Lands: Margaret Stewart]
[[Category:Clan Stewart]]
==Biography==Margaret Stewart was born circa 1497, Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 98-99 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 242-243 the illegitimate daughter of [[Stewart-588|James IV]] by his mistress [[Drummond-48|Margaret Drummond]].
=== Marriage to John Gordon === Aged about 13 years she married [[Gordon-615|John Gordon]], Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly, son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeen & Inverness and Jean Stewart, before 26 April 1510. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/latescots.htm?zoom_highlight=James+IV+Stewart Cracrofts Peerage, The Later Scottish Kings (1371 - 1603), James IV (1488-1513)][https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi03scot#page/282/mode/2up RMS Vol. 3. 1295] Note: Cracrofts gives a marriage date of Nov 1512. James IV granted them on 26 April 1510 the lands of Badenoch with the castle of Ruthven there and also the lands of Fortingall and the fortalice of Garth in Perthshire.[https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi02scot#page/740/mode/2up RMS Vol.2. 3452] John Gordon died in 1517 after returning from France. John Gordon died at the Abbey of Kinloss.[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft The Scots Peerage Vol.4 p532]
They were the parents of three sons: * [[Gordon-614|George Gordon]], 4th Earl of Huntly+ b. c 1515, d. 28 Oct 1562* [[Gordon-2594|Alexander Gordon]], Archbishop of Athens, Bishop of the Isles, Bishop of Galloway d. 11 Nov 1575* [[Gordon-3231|James Gordon]], Chancellor of MorayThe Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 533
=== Mistress of Alexander Stewart===After Lordon Gordon passed, Margaret Stewart and [[Stewart-17862|Alexander Stewart]], the son of Alexander, Duke of Albany later Bishop of Moray were engaged after 5 December 1517. They did not marry, but did have a daughter [[Stewart-17849|Margaret]], who married David, 2nd Lord Drummond.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10832.htm The Peerage :Margaret Stewart b. 1497] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 624.
=== Marriage to John Drummond === Secondly, Margaret married her kinsman John Drummond of Innerpeffray in 1531.[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun09pauluoft#page/148/mode/2up The Scots Peerage Vol.9 p149]Margaret Stewart and [[Drummond-282|Sir John Drummond]], 2nd Laird of Innerpeffray obtained a marriage license on 20 January 1531; Date of Papal Dispensation. They had 5 daughters:The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 57. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 671. * [[Drummond-1673|Agnes]], wife of Sir Hugh Campbell, of Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Eglintoun, and of Patrick, Lord Drummond* [[Drummond-812|Isabel]], wife of Sir Matthew Campbell The Scots Peerage, Vol. VII, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 44.
* [[Drummond-303|Margaret]], wife of Robert, 3rd Lord Elphinstone
* [[Drummond-1493|Jean (Jane)]], wife of Sir James Chisholm
* Elizabeth, wife of Malcolm Drummond.
On 28 Jul 1532 they had a Royal Charter of the lands of Easthill of Dunfally. [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi03scot#page/282/mode/2up RMS Vol.3 1202] Margaret Stewart died after 1562. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 98-99. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 592.
After her marriage to John Drummond, Margaret was still addressed as Lady Gordon. She was still alive in May 1562 when she gave evidence at the Process of Divorce of John Earl of Eglinton and his first wife, Countess Joanna. [https://archive.org/stream/reportsonmanuscr00grea#page/28/mode/2up Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Eglinton p28]
==Sources==
See also:* ''The Popular Scotish Biography: Being Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Parts 1-8'' (Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company, 1841), https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Popular_Scotish_Biography_Being_Live.html?id=lLBVAAAAcAAJ* Cracroft's Peerage The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage* ""John Gordon, Lord", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon,_Lord_Gordon * "'Gordon02: Families covered: Gordon of Huntly", ''Stirnet'' http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon02.php
* [https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#_Toc389122950 Medieval Lands: Margaret Stewart]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1497 | Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Nov 1512 | Lord John "Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly" Gordon | |||
| Marriage | 20 Jan 1531 | Scotland - Sir John "2nd of Innerpeffray" Drummond | |||
| Death | Aft 1562 | Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 1723513 | ||||
| Reference No | 1750019 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir John "2nd of Innerpeffray" Drummond (1486 - 1540) |
| Child | Margaret Drummond (1528 - ) |
| Child | Agnes Drummond (1523 - 1589) |
| Child | Alexander Drummond (1530 - 1579) |
| Child | Jean Drummond (1530 - 1568) |
| Child | Isabell Drummond (1531 - 1568) |
| Spouse | Lord John "Lord Gordon, Master of Huntly" Gordon (1487 - 1517) |
| Child | George Gordon (1514 - 1562) |
| Child | Alexander Gordon (1516 - 1575) |
| Child | James Gordon (1516 - ) |
| Spouse | Alexander Stewart (1477 - 1537) |
| Child | Margaret Stewart (1518 - 1541) |
| Father | James IV "King of England" Stewart King of Scots (1473 - 1513) |
| Mother | Margaret Drummond (1475 - 1501) |
| Sibling | Margaret Stewart (1497 - 1578) |